[tor-bugs] #13189 [meek]: Set up an Azure backend

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#13189: Set up an Azure backend
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     Reporter:  dcf      |      Owner:  dcf
         Type:  project  |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:
    Component:  meek     |    Version:
   Resolution:  fixed    |   Keywords:
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
       Points:           |
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Changes (by dcf):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 I spent quite some time looking at setting up a "Cloud Service." It's hard
 to do. The Azure SDK is free software, but not a certain program,
 [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/gg432988.aspx cspack],
 that builds the [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles
 /cloud-services-how-to-create-deploy/ ".cspkg"] file that you need to
 upload. I tried this [https://github.com/c9/azure-packager-node Node-based
 packager], but couldn't get it to work. In the end I gave up on a cloud
 service.

 Instead, I wrote a [https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-
 transports/meek.git/blob/e28a053e89b9fbdf83283203c26053a39fa72038:/wsgi/reflect.py
 WSGI reflector] and installed it on Azure Websites. It's about the same as
 the PHP reflector. I added instructions on how to set it up to
 [[doc/meek#MicrosoftAzure]].

 The bridge line to use this deployment is
 {{{
 Bridge meek 0.0.2.0:3 url=https://az668014.vo.msecnd.net/
 front=ajax.aspnetcdn.com
 }}}

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