Question

I have deployed a web role on Windows Azure. It runs on one instance only. I set up the remote desktop to access it.

At the moment I need to change only two lines in a JavaScript file in the website.

I connected to the instance then …

1. navigated to the E:\approot\Scripts
2. opened the target file, edited it

Changes didn’t propagate. (I download the old content)

Then I tried to

1. Stop the IIS in web role
2. Edit the file
3. Start the IIS again

Changes didn’t propagate (When I open the file in the RD I see my new content, but when open via http I see the old content)

Then I tried

1. Opened RD
2. Navigated to the file and edited it
3. Rebooted the instance via Windows Azure control panel
4. Again connected to RD

I still see the old content in the remote server

My question is what I should do in order to change only one file without redeploying the whole package?

Answer 1

My guess is you’re editing the wrong location. Look in e:\sitesroot\0 (or something like that). When in doubt, open the IIS config UI and find out exactly where the website content lives.

EDIT: But as Dennis pointed out, changes you make this way don’t persist, so use this only for testing.