How to add new Node Type to deployed Service Fabric cluster?

Question

I deployed a Service Fabric Cluster running with a single application and 3 Node Types of 5 machines, each with its own placement constraint.

I need to add other 2 N

Answer 1

The Add-AzureRmServiceFabricNodeType command can add a new node type to an existing Service Fabric cluster.

Note that the process can take roughly an hour to complete, since it creates one resource at a time starting with the cluster. It will create a new load balancer, public IP address, storage accounts, and virtual machine scale set.

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString -String 'Password$123456' -AsPlainText -Force

Add-AzureRmServiceFabricNodeType `
    -ResourceGroupName "resource-group" `
    -Name "cluster-name" `
    -NodeType "nodetype2" `
    -Capacity 2 `
    -VmUserName "user" `
    -VmPassword $password

Things to consider:

• Check your quotas beforehand to ensure you can create the new virtual machine scale set instances or you will get an error and the whole process will roll back
• Node type names have a limit of nine characters when creating a cluster via portal blade; this same restriction may apply using the PowerShell command
• The command was introduced as part of v4.2.0 of the AzureRM PowerShell module, so you may need to update your module

You can also add a new node type by creating a new cluster using the Azure portal wizard and updating your DNS records, or by modifying the ARM template, but the PowerShell command is obviously the best option.