Using Service Fabric Explorer
There is another tool that you can use to visualize the Service Fabric cluster. It is a standalone tool that you can find by navigating to the local installation path at %Program Files%\Microsoft SDKs\Service Fabric\Tools\ServiceFabricExplorer
and clicking on ServiceFabricExplorer.exe
. When you run the application, it will automatically connect to your local Service Fabric cluster. It can display rich information regarding the applications on the cluster, the cluster nodes, heath status of the applications and nodes, and any load on the applications in the cluster.
Getting ready
You must have already completed the installation of Service Fabric on your local machine for Service Fabric Explorer to work. If you have not done so yet, follow the Downloading and installing Service Fabric recipe in this chapter.
How to do it...
- When you start Service Fabric Explorer, the following window will appear:

- Note that the tree view to the left displays
Application View
andNode...