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Target Version: NServiceBus 9.x

Operational Scripting

In order to provision or de-provision the resources required by an endpoint, the asb-transport command line (CLI) tool can be used.

The tool can be obtained from NuGet and installed using the following command:

dotnet tool install -g NServiceBus.Transport.AzureServiceBus.CommandLine

Once installed, the asb-transport command line tool will be available for use.

asb-transport <command> [options]

Available commands

  • endpoint create
  • endpoint subscribe
  • endpoint unsubscribe
  • queue create
  • queue delete

asb-transport endpoint create

Creates infrastructure for an endpoint -- input queue.

asb-transport endpoint create name
                              [--size]
                              [--partitioned]

options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

-s | --size : Queue size in GB (defaults to 5)

-p | --partitioned: Enable partitioning

asb-transport endpoint subscribe

Creates a new subscription for an endpoint.

asb-transport endpoint subscribe name topic
                              [--subscription]

Options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

-b | --subscription: Subscription name (defaults to endpoint name)

asb-transport endpoint unsubscribe

Deletes a subscription for an endpoint.

asb-transport endpoint unsubscribe name topic
                              [--subscription]

Options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

-b | --subscription: Subscription name (defaults to endpoint name)

asb-transport queue create

Create a queue using:

asb-transport queue create name
                              [--size]
                              [--partitioned]

options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

-s | --size: Queue size in GB (defaults to 5)

-p | --partitioned: Enable partitioning

asb-transport queue delete

Delete a queue using:

asb-transport queue delete name

options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

Migration-specific commands

These commands are dedicated to endpoints that are configured with the migration topology for the purpose of migrating from the single-topic publishing approach (forwarding topology) to topic-per-event approach.

  • migration endpoint create
  • migration endpoint subscribe
  • migration endpoint unsubscribe
  • migration endpoint subscribe migrated
  • migration endpoint unsubscribe migrated

asb-transport migration endpoint create

Creates infrastructure for an endpoint: input queue, topic, and subscription.

asb-transport migration endpoint create name
                              [--size]
                              [--partitioned]
                              [--topic]
                              [--topic-to-publish-to] [--topic-to-subscribe-on]
                              [--subscription]

options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

-s | --size : Queue size in GB (defaults to 5)

-p | --partitioned: Enable partitioning

-t | --topic: Topic name (defaults to 'bundle-1')

-tp | --topic-to-publish-to: The topic name to publish to.

-ts | --topic-to-subscribe-on: The topic name to subscribe on.

-b | --subscription: Subscription name (defaults to endpoint name)

asb-transport migration endpoint subscribe

Creates a new subscription for an endpoint using single-topic approach.

asb-transport migration endpoint subscribe name event-type
                              [--topic]
                              [--subscription]
                              [--rule-name]

Options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

-t | --topic: Topic name to subscribe on (defaults to 'bundle-1')

-b | --subscription: Subscription name (defaults to endpoint name)

-r | --rule-name: Rule name (defaults to event type)

asb-transport migration endpoint unsubscribe

Delete a subscription for an endpoint using single-topic approach.

asb-transport migration endpoint unsubscribe name event-type
                              [--topic]
                              [--subscription]
                              [--rule-name]

Options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

-t | --topic: Topic name to unsubscribe from (defaults to 'bundle-1')

-b | --subscription: Subscription name (defaults to endpoint name)

-r | --rule-name: Rule name (defaults to event type)

asb-transport migration endpoint subscribe-migrated

Creates a new subscription for an endpoint using topic-per-event approach.

asb-transport migration endpoint subscribe-migrated name topic
                              [--subscription]

Options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

-b | --subscription: Subscription name (defaults to endpoint name)

asb-transport migration endpoint unsubscribe-migrated

Deletes a subscription for an endpoint using topic-per-event approach.

asb-transport migration endpoint unsubscribe-migrated name topic
                              [--subscription]

Options

-c | --connection-string : Overrides the environment variable 'AzureServiceBus_ConnectionString'

-n | --namespace : Sets the fully qualified namespace to connect with cached credentials, e.g., credentials from Azure PowerShell or CLI. This setting cannot be used in conjunction with the connection string setting.

-b | --subscription: Subscription name (defaults to endpoint name)

Examples

Provisioning the audit and the error queues

asb-transport queue create audit -c "<connection-string>"
asb-transport queue create error -c "<connection-string>"

Using connection strings

asb-transport [command] [subcommand] -c "<connection-string>"

Using cached credentials

asb-transport [command] [subcommand] -n "somenamespace.servicebus.windows.net"

Provisioning endpoints

Create the topology for an endpoint named MyEndpoint:

asb-transport endpoint create MyEndpoint -c "<connection-string>"

Subscribing to events

Subscribe MyOtherEndpoint to the event Contracts.Events.SomeEvent using the default settings:

asb-transport endpoint subscribe MyOtherEndpoint Contracts.Events.SomeEvent -c "<connection-string>"

Subscribe MyOtherEndpoint to the event Contracts.Events.SomeEvent and override the subscription name to be my-other-endpoint

asb-transport endpoint subscribe MyOtherEndpoint Contracts.Events.SomeEvent -s my-other-endpoint -c "<connection-string>"

Provisioning endpoints that use migration topology

Create the topology for an endpoint named MyEndpoint using the default settings:

asb-transport migration endpoint create MyEndpoint -c "<connection-string>"

Create the topology for an endpoint named MyEndpoint and override the topic name to be custom-topic and the subscription name to be my-endpoint:

asb-transport migration endpoint create MyEndpoint -t custom-topic -s my-endpoint -c "<connection-string>"

Create the topology for an endpoint named MyEndpoint and override the publish topic name to be custom-publish-topic and the subscription topic name to be custom-subscribe-topic:

asb-transport migration endpoint create MyEndpoint -tp custom-publish-topic -ts custom-subscribe-topic -c "<connection-string>"

Subscribing to events

Subscribe MyOtherEndpoint to the event Contracts.Events.SomeEvent using the default settings:

asb-transport migration endpoint subscribe MyOtherEndpoint Contracts.Events.SomeEvent -c "<connection-string>"

Subscribe MyOtherEndpoint to the event Contracts.Events.SomeEvent using the topic-per-event apprach (after migration):

asb-transport migration endpoint subscribe-migrated MyOtherEndpoint Contracts.Events.SomeEvent -c "<connection-string>"

Subscribe MyOtherEndpoint to the event Contracts.Events.SomeEvent and override the topic name to be custom-topic:

asb-transport migration endpoint subscribe MyOtherEndpoint Contracts.Events.SomeEvent -t custom-topic -c "<connection-string>"

Subscribe MyOtherEndpoint to the event Contracts.Events.SomeEvent and override the subscription name to be my-other-endpoint

asb-transport migration endpoint subscribe MyOtherEndpoint Contracts.Events.SomeEvent -s my-other-endpoint -c "<connection-string>"

Subscribe MyOtherEndpoint to the event Contracts.Events.SomeEvent and override the subscription rule name to be SomeEvent:

asb-transport migration endpoint subscribe MyOtherEndpoint Contracts.Events.SomeEvent -r SomeEvent -c "<connection-string>"
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