Tutorial-AuthorService.md

Tutorial: Create and reuse a Service Fabric NuGet package

This tutorial walks you through the steps of creating and sharing a stateless Service Fabric service.

Create the Service

1. Launch Visual Studio 2015/2017.
2. Create a new Service Fabric Application with a new Stateless Service named MyCoolService.
3. Build the solution.
4. Package your Service Fabric application by right-clicking on the application project and selecting the Package menu.

Create the NuGet package

1. Launch PowerShell.
2. Create a serice NuGet package (writing to d:\temp folder):

New-ServiceFabricNuGetPackage -InputPath <path to your Service Fabric application>\pkg\Debug\MyCoolServicePkg d:\temp

3. Now, you can find the MyCoolService.1.0.0.nupkg package under the d:\temp folder.

The NuGet package is now ready to be published and shared with your customers.

Use the NuGet package

To simulate the experience of your service users, you’ll create a new Service Fabric application and add the above NuGet package to the new application.

1. Create a new Service Fabric Application with a new Stateless Service named TempService.

Note The TempService service isn't needed. Service Fabric tooling doesn't allow creating an empty application, so we need to add a dummy service. You can remove the service after you've created the application.

2. In Solution Explorer, right-click on the solution node and select the Manage Nuget Packages for Solution menu.

3. Browse to the MyCoolService package. Check the application project, and then click on the Install button, as shown in the following figure:

4. Now your application is configured with the MyCoolService service! Simply publish your application.

Once the application is deployed, you can observe how MyCoolService has been deployed along your own services: