Staging or Production Instance?

Question

Is there anywhere in the service runtime that would tell me if I\'m currently running on \'Staging\' or \'Production\'? Manually modifying the config to and from production

Answer 1

Sometimes I wish people would just answer the question.. not explain ethics or best practices...

Microsoft has posted a code sample doing exactly this here: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazure/CSAzureDeploymentSlot-1ce0e3b5

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{ 
    // You basic information of the Deployment of Azure application. 
    string deploymentId = RoleEnvironment.DeploymentId; 
    string subscriptionID = ""; 
    string thrumbnail = ""; 
    string hostedServiceName = ""; 
    string productionString = string.Format(
        "https://management.core.windows.net/{0}/services/hostedservices/{1}/deploymentslots/{2}",
        subscriptionID, hostedServiceName, "Production"); 
    Uri requestUri = new Uri(productionString); 

    // Add client certificate. 
    X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.LocalMachine); 
    store.Open(OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly); 
    X509Certificate2Collection collection = store.Certificates.Find(
        X509FindType.FindByThumbprint, thrumbnail, false); 
    store.Close(); 

    if (collection.Count != 0) 
    { 
        X509Certificate2 certificate = collection[0]; 
        HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(requestUri); 
        httpRequest.ClientCertificates.Add(certificate); 
        httpRequest.Headers.Add("x-ms-version", "2011-10-01"); 
        httpRequest.KeepAlive = false; 
        HttpWebResponse httpResponse = httpRequest.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;

        // Get response stream from Management API. 
        Stream stream = httpResponse.GetResponseStream(); 
        string result = string.Empty; 
        using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream)) 
        { 
            result = reader.ReadToEnd();
        } 
        if (result == null || result.Trim() == string.Empty) 
        {
            return;
        }
        XDocument document = XDocument.Parse(result); 
        string serverID = string.Empty; 
        var list = from item
                   in document.Descendants(XName.Get("PrivateID",
                       "http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure")) 
                   select item; 

        serverID = list.First().Value; 
        Response.Write("Check Production: "); 
        Response.Write("DeploymentID : " + deploymentId
            + " ServerID :" + serverID); 
        if (deploymentId.Equals(serverID)) 
            lbStatus.Text = "Production"; 
        else 
        { 
            // If the application not in Production slot, try to check Staging slot. 
            string stagingString = string.Format(
                "https://management.core.windows.net/{0}/services/hostedservices/{1}/deploymentslots/{2}",
                subscriptionID, hostedServiceName, "Staging"); 
            Uri stagingUri = new Uri(stagingString); 
            httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(stagingUri); 
            httpRequest.ClientCertificates.Add(certificate); 
            httpRequest.Headers.Add("x-ms-version", "2011-10-01"); 
            httpRequest.KeepAlive = false; 
            httpResponse = httpRequest.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse; 
            stream = httpResponse.GetResponseStream(); 
            result = string.Empty; 
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream)) 
            { 
                result = reader.ReadToEnd();
            } 
            if (result == null || result.Trim() == string.Empty) 
            {
                return;
            }
            document = XDocument.Parse(result); 
            serverID = string.Empty; 
            list = from item
                   in document.Descendants(XName.Get("PrivateID",
                       "http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure")) 
                   select item; 

            serverID = list.First().Value; 
            Response.Write(" Check Staging:"); 
            Response.Write(" DeploymentID : " + deploymentId
                + " ServerID :" + serverID); 
            if (deploymentId.Equals(serverID)) 
            {
                lbStatus.Text = "Staging";
            }
            else 
            {
                lbStatus.Text = "Do not find this id";
            }
        } 
        httpResponse.Close(); 
        stream.Close(); 
    } 
}