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Jennifer Fadriquela
Jennifer Fadriquela

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Locally publishing Service Fabric without State Loss

If you want to publish your latest enhancement without losing your data in Reliable Dictionaries, here are the steps to follow:

Step 1: Go to Solution Explorer then navigate to Project Properties.

Step 2: In Application section, set Application Debug Mode field to Auto Upgrade.

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Step 3: Go to Publish Window. Make sure that Upgrade the Application is checked.

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Step 4: Click Manifest Windows button and update the version numbers of the affected projects/services. Ensure to update both Code and Config fields. Click Save.

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Step 5: Proceed on publishing the application.

Step 6: After successful publishing, go to Service Fabric Local Cluster Manager and select Stop Local Cluster.

Step 7: Once Local Cluster is stopped, go to C:\SFDevCluster\Data\_App\_Node_0\<YOUR_APPLICATION_NAME>.ApplicationType_App1 and delete all project specific files and folders.

Step 8: Go to Service Fabric Local Cluster Manager -> Start Local Cluster (don't select Reset Local Cluster - this will delete all data).

That's it! Please do share your thoughts in the comments.

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