Introduction
This article helps to guide you in killing Web jobs in the Azure environment.
When Web jobs are executing for a very long time and if we want to kill the task, there is no option for the Application portal and even I found it difficult to kill the Web jobs. In many forums, I found the question frequently “How to Kill Web jobs”, but there is no clear answer in the forums as well. This article will guide you by giving a step by step process, which is very helpful for all Azure users.
I have created an infinite loop program and then deployed it in Azure Web jobs and tested here in this article.
Create an infinite loop execution code
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Web jobs are executing for a long time and here are the steps to kill the Web jobs in Azure.
Kudu is the tool in Azure to check Background process.
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Deploy the infinite loop Web jobs in Azure portal.
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Infinite Loop Web Job is executing,
Check the execution of the Web jobs, using the Web jobs portal [Kudu] option.
Kudu URL Format: yourWebSite.scm.azurewebsites.net
Sample URL: google.scm.azurewebsites.net
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Check the execution status in Web Jobs dashboard.
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Select the Process option.
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Select Web Jobs, which is supposed to be killed [Properties].
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Use Kill option, given below-
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The killing of process is indicated by Red color.
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The process got killed successfully.
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Web Job – Failed:
The Web jobs were killed while executing, so the process failed.
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Conclusion
Hope this article will be easy to understand, as it clearly shows the step by step process, which will help the beginners to keep track of the methods.