In order to be able to effectively unit test Azure Service Fabric Actors we use a NuGet package called "ServiceFabric.Mocks”. It’s truly fantastic. As the name implies it allows you to Mock all Service Fabric services, not just Actors but the Actor model has unique structure that makes it exceptionally helpful in testing. The way … Continue reading Unit Test Service Fabric Actors when Actors call other Actors
Reliable Actors
Updating Service Fabric version for an Actor: Step by Step
ONE. Upgrade Actor Projects to .NET Core 2.1 TWO. Update Remoting Provider Decorator [assembly: FabricTransportActorRemotingProvider(RemotingListenerVersion = RemotingListenerVersion.V2, RemotingClientVersion = RemotingClientVersion.V2)] THREE. Remove all references from Tests Project First remove all references to dependent projects (Actor, Actor.Interfaces, Actor.Mocks, Actor.Model). Second open the Package Manager console and run the following commands: Uninstall-Package Microsoft.ServiceFabric Uninstall-Package Microsoft.ServiceFabric.Services Uninstall-Package Microsoft.ServiceFabric.Services.Remoting … Continue reading Updating Service Fabric version for an Actor: Step by Step
DLLHell 2018: Upgrading Service Fabric Project from v3.1.283 to v3.2.176
I’m getting an error from each of my xUnit test projects that there is a package downgrade from Microsoft.NETCore.App from 2.0.9 to 2.0.0. I tried isolating the issue to one project so I unloaded all the test projects in my solution. Then I tried upgrading the version of .NET Core from v2.0 to v2.1. However … Continue reading DLLHell 2018: Upgrading Service Fabric Project from v3.1.283 to v3.2.176
Actors Referencing .NET Standard ‘Works On My Machine’
So the age old ‘works on my machine’ is back at it again with Service Fabric Reliable Actors and likely Reliable Services in general (Stateless or Stateful). As you can see from the status my local dev cluster is reporting ‘it works on my machine’. I should be done right? 😊 I have been trying … Continue reading Actors Referencing .NET Standard ‘Works On My Machine’
Deploying to Standalone Cluster: FileNotFoundException
In my previous post, I demonstrated how I overcame some remote connectivity challenges that were preventing me from accessing my Service Fabric Cluster via PowerShell from other machines on my local network. Since then I have been able to deploy to my Standalone cluster using Visual Studio tools. Error event: SourceId='System.Hosting', Property='CodePackageActivation:Code:EntryPoint'. There was an … Continue reading Deploying to Standalone Cluster: FileNotFoundException
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