Add Extension
The Add Extension asynchronous operation adds an available extension to your cloud service. In Microsoft Azure, a process can run as an extension of a cloud service.
Request
The Add Extension request may be specified as follows. Replace <subscription-id> with your subscription ID and <cloudservice-name> with the name of the cloud service.
| Method | Request URI |
|---|---|
| POST | https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/services/hostedservices/<cloudservice-name>/extensions |
URI Parameters
None.
Request Headers
The following table describes the request headers.
| Request Header | Description |
|---|---|
x-ms-version |
Required. Specifies the version of the operation to use for this request. This header should be set to 2013-03-01 or a later version. |
Request Body
The following example shows the format of the request body:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Extension xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure”>
<ProviderNameSpace>namespace-of-extension</ProviderNameSpace>
<Type>type-of-extension</Type>
<Id>identifier-of-extension</Id>
<Thumbprint>thumbprint-of-encryption-certificate</Thumbprint>
<ThumbprintAlgorithm>thumbprint-algorithm</ThumbprintAlgorithm>
<PublicConfiguration>base-64-encoded-xsd-for-extension-public-configuration</PublicConfiguration>
<PrivateConfiguration>base-64-encoded-xsd-for-extension-private-configuration</PrivateConfiguration>
<Version>version-of-extension</Version>
</Extension>
The following table describes the elements of the request body.
| Element name | Description |
|---|---|
| ProviderNameSpace | Required. Specifies the provider namespace of the extension. The provider namespace for Azure extensions is Microsoft.Windows.Azure.Extensions. |
| Type | Required. Specifies the type of the extension. |
| Id | Required. Specifies the identifier of the extension. |
| Thumbprint | Optional. Specifies the thumbprint of the certificate that is used to encrypt the configuration specified in PrivateConfiguration. If this element is not specified, a certificate may be automatically generated and added to the cloud service. |
| ThumbprintAlgorithm | Optional. Specifies the thumbprint algorithm of the certificate that is used to encrypt the configuration specified in PrivateConfiguration. |
| PublicConfiguration | Optional. Specifies the public configuration that is defined using the schema returned by the List Available Extensions operation. |
| PrivateConfiguration | Optional. Specifies the private configuration that is defined using the schema returned by the List Available Extensions operation. |
| Version | Optional. Specifies the version of the extension. If this element is not specified or an asterisk (*) is used as the value, the latest version of the extension is used. If the value is specified with a major version number and an asterisk as the minor version number (X.*), the latest minor version of the specified major version is selected. If a major version number and a minor version number are specified (X.Y), the specific extension version is selected. If a version is specified, an auto-upgrade is performed on the role instance. |
Response
The response includes an HTTP status code, a set of response headers, and a response body.
Status Code
A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
Response Headers
The response for this operation includes the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers.
| Response Header | Description |
|---|---|
x-ms-request-id |
A value that uniquely identifies a request made against the Management service. For an asynchronous operation, you can call Get Operation Status with the value of the header to determine whether the operation is complete, has failed, or is still in progress. |
Response Body
None.