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Discussion of various automation options available in the Microsoft Azure platform - Azure Automation, PowerShell, Azure Management Libraries, Azure Resource Manager, and Brewmaster.
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Automating Your Microsoft Azure Environment
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COLUMBUS, OH OCTOBER 17, 2014 CLOUDDEVELOP.ORG
Today’s Agenda1. Why Automation in Azure2. Azure Management Library3. PowerShell4. Azure Automation5. Brewmaster*
* I am employed by Aditi. Brewmaster is an Aditi service.
Why Automation?Azure is highly automated• Service healing• Internal resources
Time to provision full environments• Compute, storage, etc.
Deployment to multiple geographies• Change only configuration / parameters
Why Automation?
#1 Source of Failed Projects (IMO)
Humans Terrible at Repetitive Tasks
A Few Options
REST API• Service Management
• Resource Manager
A Few Options
REST API• Service Management
• Resource Manager
Azure Management Library
A Few Options
REST API• Service
Management• Resource
Manager
Azure Management Library
PowerShell• Invoke REST• Service
Management• Resource
Manager
A Few Options
REST API• Service
Management• Resource
Manager
Azure Management Library
PowerShell• Invoke REST• Service
Management• Resource
Manager
XPlat CLI• ??
A Few Options
REST API• Service
Management• Resource
Manager
Azure Management Library
PowerShell• Invoke REST• Service
Management• Resource
Manager
XPlat CLI• ??
Azure Automation
A Few Options
REST API• Service
Management• Resource
Manager
Azure Management Library
PowerShell• Invoke REST• Service
Management• Resource
Manager
XPlat CLI• ??
Azure Automation
Brewmaster
Microsoft Azure Management Library
Microsoft Azure Management LibraryConsistent modern libraries over the Azure REST API
Source: http://www.BradyGaster.com
Microsoft Azure Management Library
Source: http://www.BradyGaster.com
Microsoft Azure Management LibraryScenarios• Integration Testing• Custom provisioning of services (SaaS)• Dev/Test• Resource Governance
• Anything you may want to automate
Microsoft Azure Management LibraryGet all or just the ones you need
MAML
Create Web SiteCreate Storage AccountCreate and Deploy Web Role
• Get the MAML Libraries from NuGet• Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Management
• Get Active Directory Authentication Library• Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory (search “ADAL”)
• Authenticate against AAD or use ClientCredential• Use Microsoft Account or Organization
• Use resource specific client to perform actions• StorageManagementClient, ComputeManagementClient, etc.
Recap
PowerShell
PowerShell CmdletsGet the goods
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/
https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-tools/releases
PowerShellUse cmdlets and/or REST APIs
Ability to script complex environments• Template with an XML parameters file• PowerShell learning curve
Consistent Deployments• Build server or developer machine
Authentication OptionsInteractive• Azure AD
> Add-AzureAccountVERBOSE: Account "[email protected]" has been added.VERBOSE: Subscription "Cloud Practice Sales Demos" is selected as the default subscription.VERBOSE: To view all the subscriptions, please use Get-AzureSubscription.VERBOSE: To switch to a different subscription, please use Select-AzureSubscription.
* Tip – Profile data stored in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Windows Azure Powershell
Authentication OptionsProgrammatic• Management certificate• New –credentials option
$userName = "<your organizational account user name>"
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "<your organizational account password>" -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($userName, $securePassword)
Add-AzureAccount -Credential $cred http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/install-configure-powershell/
PowerShell:Service Management
Create VMs with custom script extensionDeploy a Cloud Service
Resource ManagerWhat is Azure Resource Manager?
Resource Group
Unit of Management• Lifecycle• Identity• Grouping
One Resource -> One Resource Group
RepeatabilityProvide• Idempotency• Orchestration• Resource configuration
Ability To• Source control• Parameterized input/output
SQL - A Website VirtualMachines
SQL-AWebsite
[SQL CONFIG] VM (2x)
DEPENDS ON SQLDEPENDS ON SQL
SQLCONFIG
Image source - http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/2-607
JSON Templates
What You NeedAzure Resource Manager Tools Preview (VS2013)
What You NeedPowerShell (v0.8.7.1)
Switch-AzureMode AzureResourceManagerGet-AzureResourceGroupGalleryTemplate –Identity
Microsoft
PowerShell:Resource Manager
Create new deployment from gallery (WebSite + SQL)
Create customized image(WebSite + SQL + Redis + WebDeploy)
Azure Automation
What is Azure Automation?IT process automation solution for Azure• Creation, monitoring, deployment, & maintenance• PowerShell Workflow engine• Runbooks• Leverage existing PowerShell scripts
Azure Automation
Stop VMs on a Schedule
Brewmaster
BrewmasterAutomated provisioning and deployment in Azure1. Choose Template 2. Configure
Parameters3. Deploy
Brewmaster TemplatesPre-built templates for popular server workloadsSharePoint, AD, SQL Server Always On, ARR, etc.DSC and PowerShell
Template SDKhttps://github.com/AditiTechnologiesJSON-basedC# Fluent Syntax Builder (NuGet)
Brewmaster
Create SQL Server AlwaysOn deployment
Choices . . . When to UseMAML
• PCL (WinPhone/WinStore)
• Higher level languages
PowerShell
• DevOps• Templates• Build Servers• Quicker than portal
Azure Automation
• Schedule Tasks• Integrate with Other
Services• System Center scripts
Brewmaster
• Templates for server workloads
• IaaS-only
Azure Resource Manager
• Future for Azure API• New, well-defined
topology• Unable to export from
cloud
ResourcesMAML• http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2014/04/wamlmaml/ • http://
www.bradygaster.com/post/announcing-the-general-availability-of-the-microsoft-azure-management-libraries-for-net
PowerShell• ARM - http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/2-607 • http://michaelwasham.com/windows-azure-powershell-reference-guide/
Azure Resource Manager• http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/08/11/azure-resource-manager-tools-preview/• http://
blogs.msdn.com/b/rmattsampson/archive/2014/08/19/azure-resource-manager-tools-for-visual-studio.aspx
Azure Automation• http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/tag/azure-automation/
Brewmaster• http://brewmaster.aditicloud.com
Questions?
Thank You!Michael S. CollierPrincipal Cloud Architect
[email protected]@MichaelCollierwww.MichaelSCollier.com
