In the Delft-FEWS Basebuild distribution, there is a powershell script called setEnvFromJsonBase64.ps1 that can be used to install a FSS as a service on an Azure Virtual Machine using a custom script extension (CSE). The fssLauncher will be started as a service using the NT AUTHORITY\Network Service account.
# Call the setEnvFromJsonBase64.ps1 script in Azure Custom Script Extension for Virtual Machine Scale Set
"variables": {
"env": {
"FEWS_FSS_HOME_DIR": "d:\fews\fss",
"FEWS_FSS_INDEX_1_DATABASE_URL": "jdbc:postgresql://dummy_hostname:5432/dummy_databasename",
"FEWS_FSS_INDEX_1_DATABASE_USER": "dummy_username",
"FEWS_FSS_INDEX_1_DATABASE_ENCRYPTED_PASSWORD": "dummy_encrypted_password",
"FEWS_FSS_INDEX_1_CLIENT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME": "fss_clientConfig.xml",
"FEWS_FSS_INDEX_1_GROUP": "windows"
}
},
"commandToExecute": "[concat('powershell -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted ',
'Start-BitsTransfer -Source "https://mystorage.blob.core.windows.net/builds/fews-stable-201802-87056-bin.zip" -Destination "d:\bin.zip";',
'Expand-Archive "d:\bin.zip" -DestinationPath "d:\fews\bin";',
'Remove-Item -Path "d:\bin.zip";',
'd:\fews\bin\windows\setEnvFromJsonBase64.ps1 ' base64(string(variables('env'))), ';',
'd:\fews\bin\windows\fssLauncherRegisterService.bat;',
'd:\fews\bin\windows\fssLauncherStartService.bat]"
