Azure Service Fabric: cannot run local Service Fabric Cluster

Question

I have a problem with Azure Service Fabric.

I have installed it (on Windows 7) as it was said in https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/articles/service-fabric-get-started/.

Then I have tried to run a Service Fabric application from Visual Studio 2015. I got an error “Connect-ServiceFabricCluster : No cluster endpoint is reachable, please check if there is connectivity/firewall/DNS issue”.

Here is the fill log of that run:

1>------ Build started: Project: Application2, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
2>------ Deploy started: Project: Application2, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
-------- Package started: Project: Application2, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
  Application2 -> c:\temp\Application2\Application2\pkg\Debug
-------- Package: Project: Application2 succeeded, Time elapsed: 00:00:01.7361084 --------
2>Started executing script 'Set-LocalClusterReady'.
2>Import-Module 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Service Fabric\Tools\Scripts\DefaultLocalClusterSetup.psm1'; Set-LocalClusterReady
2>--------------------------------------------
2>Local Service Fabric Cluster is not setup...
2>Please wait while we setup the Local Service Fabric Cluster. This may take few minutes...
2>
2>Using Cluster Data Root: C:\SfDevCluster\Data
2>Using Cluster Log Root: C:\SfDevCluster\Log
2>
2>Create node configuration succeeded
2>Starting service FabricHostSvc. This may take a few minutes...
2>
2>Waiting for Service Fabric Cluster to be ready. This may take a few minutes...
2>Local Cluster ready status: 4% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 8% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 12% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 17% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 21% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 25% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 29% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 33% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 38% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 42% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 46% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 50% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 54% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 58% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 62% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 67% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 71% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 75% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 79% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 83% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 88% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 92% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 96% completed.
2>Local Cluster ready status: 100% completed.
2>WARNING: Service Fabric Cluster is taking longer than expected to connect.
2>
2>Waiting for Naming Service to be ready. This may take a few minutes...
2>Connect-ServiceFabricCluster : **No cluster endpoint is reachable, please check 
2>if there is connectivity/firewall/DNS issue.**
2>At C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Service 
2>Fabric\Tools\Scripts\ClusterSetupUtilities.psm1:521 char:12
2>+     [void](Connect-ServiceFabricCluster @connParams)
2>+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2>    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Connect-ServiceFabricClus 
2>   ter], FabricException
2>    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TestClusterConnectionErrorId,Microsoft.ServiceFa 
2>   bric.Powershell.ConnectCluster
2> 
2>Naming Service ready status: 8% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 17% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 25% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 33% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 42% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 50% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 58% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 67% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 75% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 83% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 92% completed.
2>Naming Service ready status: 100% completed.
2>WARNING: Naming Service is taking longer than expected to be ready...
2>Local Service Fabric Cluster created successfully.
2>--------------------------------------------------
2>Launching Service Fabric Local Cluster Manager...
2>You can use Service Fabric Local Cluster Manager (system tray application) to manage your local dev cluster.
2>Finished executing script 'Set-LocalClusterReady'.
2>Time elapsed: 00:07:01.8147993
2>The PowerShell script failed to execute.
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 1 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Deploy: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

Answer 1

This worked for me and I stumbled upon the solution on an MSDN forum.

Most likely your C++ runtime is corrupt and that needs to be reinstalled. You will have to manually execute vcredist_x64.exe which can be found at

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\Fabric\Fabric.Code\vcredist_x64.exe

Once that is done, you can choose to reboot your machine or not, I chose to reboot it and then ran the following commands

 C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Service Fabric\ClusterSetup\CleanCluster.ps1

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Service Fabric\ClusterSetup\DevClusterSetup.ps1

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

I had to disconnect my VPN from my office as well as the directions that Varun had shown above.

Thanks @Varun for sharing this!!

Once I connected my VPN I could not run the system again.

Hope this helps someone.