How to run Java compute-intensive tasks on a cloud platform virtual machine

With Windows Azure, you can use a virtual machine to handle compute-intensive tasks, such as a virtual machine that can handle tasks and deliver results to clients or mobile applications. This article will give you an idea of how to create a computer-intensive Java application that can be monitored by another java application.

This tutorial assumes you know how to create a Java console application, channel it into your Java application, and generate a Java archive (JAR). Suppose you have no knowledge of Windows Azure.

You will learn:

How to create a virtual machine

How to log on to your virtual machine remotely

How to install a JRE or JDK on your virtual machine

How to create a service bus namespace

How to create a Java application that performs compute-intensive tasks

How to create a Java application that monitors the progress of compute-intensive tasks

How to run a Java application

How to stop a Java application

This tutorial will use traveling salesman problem as a compute-intensive task. Here is an example of running a compute-intensive task in a Java application:

The following is an example of a Java application monitoring compute-intensive task:

Note

To complete this tutorial, you need a Windows Azure account that has the Windows Azure Virtual Machine feature enabled. You can create a free trial account to enable the preview function in just a few minutes.

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