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Introduction

This article describes the issues that are fixed in Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites version 2. Additionally, this article contains the installation instructions for Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites version 2.

Update highlights

This release introduces a new interactive installation, upgrade, and offline installation process that addresses user feedback about the original process. A new Windows Azure Pack Web Sites Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in is included in this update. This updates offers functionality that was previously available only through Windows PowerShell commands. In addition, the MMC snap-in can be used to perform clean installations on a stand-alone or preconfigured file server and to configure a secondary controller.

New features

Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites version 2 adds the following new features to the platform:


Important changes

  • By default, SSL Version 3 is disabled. For more information, see How to enable SSL v3 in Windows Azure Pack Websites.

  • IP SSL functionality has new UI capabilities. However, some elements will not be upgraded. For more information, see IP SSL Changes in Windows Azure Pack Websites Version 2 Update 6.

    If you implemented IP-based SSL by using VIP mapping or local address mappings with IPv6 addresses, please do not upgrade to Update Rollup 6 unless you migrate to IPv4 before you apply this update. This scenario is not supported in this update. However, it will be supported in a future update.

  • Roles have to be repaired for the following configuration changes to take effect. (This may cause the role to restart.)

    • Add/delete/update VIP Mappings
      Front Ends

    • Add/delete/update IP range for IP Restrictions 
      Workers

    • Upload new publishing certificate 
      Publishers

    • Upload new default certificate 
      Front Ends

  • Ports that are used by Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites version 2 

    Because of changes to IP-based SSL, Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack Websites version 2 uses additional TCP ports for communication between roles. These changes are listed in the following table. Those changes that are displayed in bold type are new in Update Rollup 6. Before you install or upgrade, you should make sure that communication with these ports is enabled.

    Role

    Service

    Port

    Database Server

    SQL Server

    1433 or a nondefault port if is configured

    File Server

    SMB

    445

    Web Farm Framework Agent

    8173

    WinRM (HTTP)

    5985

    WinRM (HTTPS)

    5986

    FrontEnd

    HTTP

    80

    HTTP

    443

    HTTP/HTTPS

    Any ports that are used in nonstandard port VIP Mappings

    Certificate Sync Service

    1233

    Kudu Credential Cache Listener

    1233

    WinRM (HTTP)

    5985

    WinRM (HTTPS)

    5986

    Management Server

    Web Farm Framework Agent

    8173

    WinRM (HTTP)

    5985

    WinRM (HTTPS)

    5986

    Publisher

    FTP

    21

    Web Deploy

    443/8172

    Web Farm Framework Agent

    8173

    WinRM (HTTP)

    5985

    WinRM (HTTPS)

    5986

    Web Worker

    DWAS/W3WP

    80

    Web Farm Framework Agent

    8173

    WinRM (HTTP)

    5985

    WinRM (HTTPS)

    5986

    Worker Management Endpoint

    456


Issues that are fixed in this update rollup

This update fixes the following issues:

  • Issue 1

    By default, SSL version 3 is enabled in Windows Azure Pack Web Sites version 2.

  • Issue 2

    You cannot add workers from the administrator portal.

  • Issue 3

    If services are currently running when the upgrade is started, a webhosting.msi upgrade may fail.

  • Issue 4

    Controller may operate on remote servers that do not belong to the controller. This issue can be caused by stale DNS entries.

  • Issue 5

    Installation fails when Hosting or Metering databases are already present, and no useful error messages are displayed.

  • Issue 6

    You cannot  delegate IPSecurity settings for IPRestrictions to users who run the following Windows PowerShell cmdlet:

    Set-DefaultAppHostConfigSection -SectionName "system.webServer/security/ipSecurity" -OverrideModeDefault Allow
    The cmdlet seems to finish. But when an IP restriction in a site's Web.config file occurs, a 500.19 Http response is returned when a request to the site is made.

  • Issue 7

    After they upgrade to Update Rollup 4 for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites version 2 , users cannot access usage statistics from the metering database.

  • Issue 8

    If TrustedHosts is configured by Group Policy, Windows Azure Pack Web Sites cannot configure the TrustedHosts setting. This setting is needed to communicate with the file server through Windows Remote Management.


How to obtain and install Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites

Download information

Update packages for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites are available from Microsoft Update or by manual download. 

Microsoft Update

To obtain and install an update package from Microsoft Update, follow these steps on a computer that has an Operational Manager component installed:

  1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

  2. In Control Panel, double-click Windows Update.

  3. In the Windows Update window, click Check Online for updates from Microsoft Update.

  4. Click Important updates are available.

  5. Select the Update Rollup packages that you want to install, and then click OK.

  6. Click Install updates to install the update package.

Manual download of the update packages

To manually download the update packages from the Microsoft Update Catalog, o to the following website:

Download Download the Windows Azure Pack Sites update package now.

Installation instructions are documented in the Upgrading Windows Azure Pack Web Sites topic on the Microsoft TechNet website. These instructions describe how to upgrade to Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites version 2. Please notice that the installation and upgrade process changed significantly in this release. Therefore, please take the time to review the documentation.

There is additional guidance provided at this link to monitor the upgrade and to check the upgrade status. 

Because of the changes that were made to data stores in addition to executable changes, this update cannot be rolled back.

Additional products that are installed as part of Update Rollup 6Update Rollup 6 for Windows Azure Pack Web Sites version 2 uses additional OSS products to provide runtime support and functionality. These items are listed here for guidance because this list is not visible if the installation is noninteractive.



Files that are changed

File size

Version

WebsitesFeed.msi

3,252,224

44.0.6.0




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