Question

What is cspack in Azure?

Answer 1

It is a command-line tool that is used for generating service package files. The tool also helps in preparing the application for deployment in Microsoft Azure or compute emulator.

Every project of cloud service type has the .cscfg file which is basically the cloud service configuration file that is generated by means of cspack tool and is primarily used to store:

• The number of role instances for the deployment of each role in the project.
• The thumbprint of the certificates.
• User-defined configuration and settings.

Answer 2

CSPack is a command-line tool that generates package files for applications that must deploy in Azure. CSPack uses the data from the service definition and service configuration files to define the content within a package. You can upload an application package file (.cspkg) to Azure via the Azure site using CSPack. The package is named [ServiceDefinitionFileName].cspkg by default, but you can change it with the /out option of CSPack. Every cloud service project contains a cscfg file, essentially a cloud service configuration file generated by the cspack tool.