device-agent-deployment-layout.md

Device Agent Deployment Layout

Purpose

This page describes a possible layout for the Device Agent executable and its supporting files on disk. The manifest files (described below) allow other configurations as well.

Sample

c:\deploy\
          bin\
              AzureDeviceManagementClient.exe
              AzureDeviceManagementClient.json
              <plug-in-executable-name>.dll
          manifests\
              <plug-in-executable-name-manifest>.json
          logs\
              <debug-mode-log-files>.log

Dependency Traversal

• AzureDeviceManagementClient.exe starts, and looks for AzureDeviceManagementClient.json in the same folder. This part is not configurable.
• AzureDeviceManagementClient.json tells AzureDeviceManagementClient.exe:
  • Where the plug-in manifests are (relative or absolute path).
  • Where debug-mode log files should be stored.
• AzureDeviceManagementClient.exe enumerates and loads all files under manifests.
  • <plug-in-executable-name-manifest>.json tells AzureDeviceManagementClient.exe where the plug-in executables are.
  • AzureDeviceManagementClient.exe loads the plug-in executables.

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