How to start local Azure Service Fabric Cluster with PowerShell or CLI

You can just use the Start-Service cmdlet

PS C:\windows\system32> Start-Service FabricHostSvcWARNING: Waiting for service 'Microsoft Service Fabric Host Service (FabricHostSvc)' to start...

You can also check if the host is running by running Get-Service

PS C:\windows\system32> Get-Service FabrichostSvcStatus   Name               DisplayName------   ----               -----------Running  FabrichostSvc      Microsoft Service Fabric Host Service

If it's running you can also use Restart-Service

PS C:\windows\system32> Restart-Service FabrichostSvcWARNING: Waiting for service 'Microsoft Service Fabric Host Service (FabrichostSvc)' to start...WARNING: Waiting for service 'Microsoft Service Fabric Host Service     (FabrichostSvc)' to start...

I had a similar issue and ended up using the utility functions provided with the SDK which I found here:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Service Fabric\Tools\Scripts\ClusterSetupUtilities.psm1

In my powershell script I use the following to import the utility functions:

# Import the cluster setup utility module$sdkInstallPath = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Service Fabric SDK').FabricSDKScriptsPath$modulePath = Join-Path -Path $sdkInstallPath -ChildPath "ClusterSetupUtilities.psm1"Import-Module $modulePath

Then I have the following to check if the cluster is running and to start it if it is not:

# Start the local cluster if neededif (-not (IsLocalClusterRunning)){    StartLocalCluster}

Under the covers it basically does the same thing that Kevin does in his answer (Start-Service FabricHostSvc). So if you are setting up a PowerShell script this may be helpful but if you just wanted to run a command in PowerShell it may be cumbersome to import the utilities.