Azure Websites
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This document provides an overview and agenda for a global Windows Azure boot camp on web sites. It discusses what Azure web sites are and how they work, noting they are best suited for standalone web apps, digital campaigns, social apps, gaming front-ends, and mobile app supporting services. The document outlines how Azure web sites are not suited for background services, operating system access, or file system access. It also discusses tools, supported web frameworks, continuous deployment, and scaling options for Azure web sites.
Azure Websites
- 1. WINDOWS AZURE WEBSITES Global Windows Azure Boot Camp – 29 March 2014
- 2. AGENDA • Azure Web Sites Overview • What is Azure Web Sites? • What is it best suited for? • What is it not about? • How does it work? • Tools • Supported Web Frameworks • Continuous Deployment • Scaling • Thank You
- 3. ROLE FOR WINDOWS AZURE WEB SITES WITH CD
- 4. WHAT IS AZURE WEB SITES
- 5. WHAT IS AZURE WEB SITES WebSites CloudServices VirtualMachines Applications Data Firewall Rules Virtual Network O/S Applications Data Firewall Rules Virtual Network Applications Data
- 6. WHAT IS IT BEST SUITED FOR? • Best for standalone web apps & web services • Digital Campaigns • Social Apps • Gaming front-ends • Mobile App supporting services • Corporate websites • Brand websites • Multiple blogging sites
- 7. WHAT IS IT NOT ABOUT? • Background Services (e.g. Windows Services) • Operating System Access • File System Access • Unsupported programming language • Web App Memory/CPU > VM Limits
- 8. HOW IT WORKS? All DBs are running on SQL Azure. Azure blobs as durable storage. Windows Azure worker roles. Monitor resources usage. Dynamic web activation service. W3WP.exe IIS application pool process. Azure LB IIS ARR (LB) Deployment server(s) API frontend Web server Storage controller Site (W3WP.exe) Metering DWAS Runtime DB Web Sites DB‟s Cloud drive
- 9. HTTP WebWork er WebWork er WebWorker Frontend (IIS ARR) SQL Azure VHD blobs SQL Azure / MySQL / Mongo API endpoint Publish endpoint File Server WebWorker SERVING HTTP(S) TRAFFIC – INACTIVE SITE („COLD‟ SITE) http://site1..../
- 10. HTTP Frontend (IIS ARR) SQLAzure VHD blobs SQLAzure API endpoint Publish endpoint FileServer SERVING HTTP(S) TRAFFIC – INACTIVE SITE („COLD‟ SITE) http://site1..../ WebWorker site1site1
- 11. HTTP WebWork er WebWork er WebWorker SQLAzure VHD blobs SQLAzure API endpoint Publish endpoint FileServer SERVING HTTP(S) TRAFFIC – ACTIVE SITE („HOT‟ SITE) http://site1..../ WebWorker Frontend (IIS ARR)
- 12. TOOLS – SUPPORTED WEB FRAMEWORKS • Web Matrix for Windows Azure • Free • Multi language – PHP & Node.js • Visual Studio 2013 • Complete end to end tool • Extensions http://vswebessentials.com • Visual Studio Online Monaco • New • Online • Low cost • PowerShell Commands
- 14. CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT - PUBLISHING METHOD
- 15. CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT - BACKGROUND • Kudu – an internal deployment engine – “watches” for check-ins • An automated build is completed • KuduSync kicks in • The deployment is created in your website‟s folder structure • The new deployment is copied to your site‟s root, leaving old deployments intact • It‟s an open source project available on GitHub • Automatically installed on all Windows Azure Web Sites • Can use a custom deployment script
- 16. CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT - SERVICE HOOKS • Executed whenever a deployment via Git, Mercurial or DropBox is completed • Retrieved from your configuration settings in the dashboard • Can participate in trigger-action scenarios
- 17. Multi-tenant. Daily quotas Multi-tenant. Daily quotas Dedicated VMs. No quotas
- 18. QUESTION 1. Social Apps 2. Gaming front-ends 3. File System Access 4. Mobile App supporting services 5. Corporate websites Which one of the below is not an option for Azure Web Site?