deployment - Azure Autoscaling works locally but not when deployed

Question

Problem

I am trying to deploy a worker role which will autoscale a few target sites. I am able to run the autoscaler locally and it works (I installed the certificates on my machine). However, it won't autoscale once I deploy it to Azure as a cloud app. (However, the worker role is running because I can see my non-autoscaling processes working in the same worker role.)

What I tried

I have followed the Deploying the Autoscaling Application Block instructions.

Added the "CN=Windows Azure Tools" certificate to the management certificates of the target subscription. Added the "CN=Windows Azure Tools" certificate to the autoscaling application's certificates. Specified the location of my cert in the worker role

Specified the location of the cert in my service store for configuring autoscaling

What am I missing?

Thanks

Answer 1

For running in Azure I would try setting the Store Location to be LocalMachine.

If you've followed all the steps in the Deploying the Autoscaling Application Block then the certificate with the private key (.pfx) should be deployed in the role. You can RDP into the server to verify that the certificate is installed (and the location).

You can also try enabling logging as per Autoscaling Application Block Logging to see if there are any messages.