On the Iron Foundry Project we are diligent about keeping up to date with any significant Cloud Foundry changes. With the recent refactoring the Cloud Foundry team has been working there has been a lot more to keep track of. For information on the Cloud Foundry side of things check out these write ups by Mark Lucovsky (Cloud Foundry Roadmap: Below the Water Line, Refactoring the VCAP Repo, and Heads Up on Some New Cloud Controller Features).
To check out the changes, with appropriate Iron Foundry extensions, check out the Iron Foundry Repositories. If you’d like to try out your own custom deployment, the scripts have been updated accordingly also.
VMC CLI
One of the key things we’ve done in the last few weeks is change the vmc (usage information) from preview release to a full release. So to get the latest Iron Foundry enabled vmc be sure to uninstall the previous version:
Then simply use gems to install the latest (KB Article Available):
If ruby and gems isn’t installed on Windows yet follow these quick steps.
Install Ruby for Windows from Ruby Installer. This is tested using version 1.9.3. During installation you can either add ruby to your PATH or add it manually later.
Run the following commands from a command prompt. You should ensure that ruby and sqlcmd are in your PATH as well.
Checking ruby version & installing on Windows:
Hi, I have just a question that if the vmc-IronFoundry can only be installed on Windows.
Now I have made micro cloud foundry and micro iron foundry run on a physical machine with Ubuntu. And I tried to push asp.net applications with the vmc-IronFoundry installed on Ubuntu. But it didn’t work.
The vmc-IronFoundry client works on any system that can run windows, however the problem you’ve run into is that you need to get an Iron Foundry Micro running with the Cloud Foundry Micro. Without the Iron Foundry Micro there is no DEA (Droplet Execution Agent) that can run .NET Web Applications. Download the Iron Foundry Micro here: http://www.ironfoundry.org/download
Once you download the Iron Foundry Micro follow these instructions Jared Wray (@jaredwray) put together to get it working with the Cloud Foundry Micro: http://help.ironfoundry.org/entries/20950013-iron-foundry-with-cloud-foundry-micro
There is also a video available here where I (@Adron) sets up a Cloud Foundry Micro with an Iron Foundry Micro: http://compositecode.com/2012/09/06/in-my-dreariness-i-installed-cloud-foundry-and-extended-it-with-iron-foundry/
Once you’ve done that type the command ‘vmc frameworks’ and you’ll find that you now have the .NET option as a framework.