How do you stop/pause or restart a Workflow Orchestration Manager instance?

aeteq 0 Reputation points
2024-07-03T10:50:27.2933333+00:00

We use git-sync with our WOM instance. For DAGs, this works fine, changes to DAGs show up very quickly in Airflow.

However, some changes require a restart of the instance, for example changes in the plugin (since those are only loaded once at startup). There is no button in the WOM list to restart an instance, so how can you do it?

Related, how do you pause an instance if you don't need it for some time but don't want to completely delete it?

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  1. BhargavaGunnam-MSFT 28,616 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-07-05T15:13:30.7233333+00:00

    Hello aeteq,

    For your question, the answer is: You can't stop, pause, or restart a Workflow Orchestration Manager instance from the Data Factory Studio.

    Below is a feature request for this functionality, which is open for the user community to upvote and comment on. This allows product team to effectively prioritize your request against our existing feature backlog and gives insight into the potential impact of implementing the suggested feature.

    https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/fe77abaa-7bca-ee11-92bc-000d3a033659

    I suggest you comment on and upvote the feature request. In the meantime, I will check with the Product Group to see if they have any plans for implementing this feature. I will update this thread once I hear back from them

    I hope this answers your question. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

    If this answers your question, please consider accepting the answer by hitting the Accept answer and up-vote as it helps the community look for answers to similar questions.

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  1. aeteq 0 Reputation points
    2024-07-03T10:51:56.8133333+00:00

    This is more of a hack than a real answer, but when you use git sync, you can just edit the instance, press "Edit git sync properties" and enter the exact same details as before. This restarts the instance, but of course requires you to know the secret of the git-sync account.

  2. BhargavaGunnam-MSFT 28,616 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-07-03T17:55:10.3866667+00:00

    Hello aeteq,

    Thanks for sharing the workaround.

    Since the Microsoft Q&A community has a policy that "The question author cannot accept their own answer. They can only accept answers by others ", I'll repost your solution in case you'd like to "Accept " the answer.

    Issue: How to stop/pause or restart a Workflow Orchestration Manager instance?

    Solution:

    Currently there isn’t a direct "restart" button available in the WOM interface for ADF Managed Airflow.

    Workaround:

    When using git-sync, you can restart the instance by editing the instance settings:

    1. Navigate to your ADF Managed Airflow
    2. Select "Edit git sync properties."
    3. Enter the exact same details as before.

    This action will restart the instance but requires you to know the secret of the git-sync account.

    If I missed anything please let me know and I'd be happy to add it to my answer, or feel free to comment below with any additional information.

    I hope this helps!