Cloud Warmup for Sitecore

Warms up Sitecore websites hosted on Azure App Services by requesting root URL, and ensures that Sitecore Bootloader module installations are finished.

Inputs

• Azure Web App Name/Slot Full Name:
  • If your web app's default URL is https://your-app.azurewebsites.net, you should set this field "your-app".
  • If your web app slot's default URL is https://your-app-slotname.azurewebsites.net, you should set this field "your-app-slotname".
• Kudu User Name:
  • Username of the web app or slot's publish credentials. Something like "$your-app".
• Kudu User Password:
  • The password of the web app or slot's publish credentials.
• Max Retry Count:
  • Max number of attempts to make requests. The default value is 5.
• Request Timeout:
  • Http request timeout in seconds for each HTTP request attempt. The default value is 300.
• Total Timeout:
  • The total timeout in seconds for the whole task execution. The default value is 1800.
• Cooling Off Time Between Retries:
  • The time to wait in seconds after a failed attempt of HTTP request until the next attempt. The default value is 60.

Task Details

• Based on request timeout, total retry, wait between retry and total timeout. Ensure successes from below
  • Website root URL returns 200
  • "App_Data/Transforms" folder is empty via Kudu APIs (Which means Bootloader installations are finished if there is any)
• When above are all passed, ensure that the following file is removed in Web App
  • "App_Data/maintance.lock"