/azure-service-fabric

name: azure-service-fabric
description: Expert knowledge for Azure Service Fabric development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when designing Service Fabric clusters, Reliable Services/Actors, CRP/CRM, reverse proxy, or sfctl/EventStore APIs, and other Azure Service Fabric related development tasks. Not for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (use azure-kubernetes-service), Azure Container Apps (use azure-container-apps), Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Functions (use azure-functions).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata:
  generated_at: "2026-10-25"
  generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure Service Fabric Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Service Fabric. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)

This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content:

• **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown.
• **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description | |----------|-------|-------------| | Troubleshooting | L37-L59 | Diagnosing and fixing Service Fabric issues: connectivity, upgrades, health, logging/monitoring, container and Java logs, reverse proxy, Reliable Services/Actors, and local cluster setup. | | Best Practices | L60-L94 | Best practices for designing, deploying, upgrading, testing, monitoring, and operating Azure Service Fabric apps and clusters, including Reliable Collections/Actors, backup/restore, networking, capacity, and DR. | | Decision Making | L95-L106 | Guidance on sizing and configuring Service Fabric clusters: capacity planning, disk and OS options, stateless node types, platform (Linux vs Windows), versions, and migration targets. | | Architecture & Design Patterns | L107-L120 | Designing Service Fabric cluster architecture: cross-AZ replica rings, CRP/CRM internals, service affinity, movement cost, defragmentation, metrics balancing, networking, and API gateway patterns. | | Limits & Quotas | L121-L125 | Configuring Service Fabric app upgrade settings: health policies, rolling upgrade behavior, monitoring, and timeout parameters to control safe, reliable deployments. | | Security | L126-L182 | Securing Service Fabric clusters and apps: certificates, Microsoft Entra auth, managed identities, secrets, disk encryption, policies, remoting/WCF/HTTPS security, and production best practices. | | Configuration | L183-L304 | Configuring Service Fabric clusters, apps, and networking: backups, scaling, manifests, actors, containers, monitoring/telemetry, reverse proxy, ARM/managed clusters, and Cluster Resource Manager settings. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L305-L341 | Patterns and tools for integrating Service Fabric apps with Azure services, APIs, containers, remoting stacks, and managing clusters/apps via sfctl, PowerShell, and EventStore APIs | | Deployment | L342-L402 | Deploying, upgrading, scaling, and migrating Service Fabric clusters and applications (managed, classic, standalone), including CI/CD, identities, networking, zones, and maintenance controls. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Connect to Service Fabric managed clusters and handle SFX cert errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-cluster-connect | | Troubleshoot SNAT port exhaustion in Service Fabric managed clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/how-to-managed-cluster-troubleshoot-snat-port-exhaustion-issues | | Troubleshoot Azure Service Fabric application upgrade issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-application-upgrade-troubleshooting | | View and use Service Fabric container logs for diagnosis | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-containers-view-logs | | Troubleshoot common Service Fabric code package errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-diagnostics-code-package-errors | | Diagnose common monitoring and diagnostics scenarios in Service Fabric | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-diagnostics-common-scenarios | | Analyze Service Fabric events with Azure Monitor logs queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-diagnostics-event-analysis-oms | | Monitor and diagnose Service Fabric apps locally on Windows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-diagnostics-how-to-monitor-and-diagnose-services-locally | | Monitor and diagnose Service Fabric apps locally on Linux | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-diagnostics-how-to-monitor-and-diagnose-services-locally-linux | | Report and inspect Service Fabric health from code | https://learn.micro