Automating and Managing Windows Azure Solutions with PowershellTom FullerWindows Azure – Technology Solution Professional@DeveloperTofuhttp://developertofu.com

Who is Tom Fuller?

In 2010, the family moves to Atlanta, GA from Tampa, FL

I lived in Buffalo, NY until I left for college and yes, I am still a Buffalo Bills fan but no, I do not miss the snow

2 Years as MVP, 5 Years as Microsoft Field Engineer, recently took role as Azure specialist

12 years in dev focused roles like architect, web developer lots of work with large enterprises in the US

A fun challenge, coaching a 5 and under girls team

Active speaker, writer, blogger developertofu.com or @DeveloperTofu

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Networking

O/S

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Virtualization

Applications

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On and OffOn & off workloads (e.g. batch job)Over provisioned capacity is wasted Time to market can be cumbersome

Unpredictable BurstingUnexpected/unplanned peak in demand Sudden spike impacts performance Can’t over provision for extreme cases C

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Growing FastSuccessful services needs to grow/scale Keeping up w/ growth is big IT challenge Cannot provision hardware fast enoughC

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Predictable BurstingServices with micro seasonality trends Peaks due to periodic increased demandIT complexity and wasted capacity

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Windows Azure

Comprehensive set of services that enable you to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters

Solid

Open

Flexible

Global Footprint

99.95% monthly SLA

Pay only for what you use

Cloud services Web sites Virtual machines

infrastructure for building andrunning your applications

applicationbuilding

blocksstorage

big data

caching

CDN

database

media

networking

traffic manager

virtualmachines

web sites

cloud services

compute

service bus

identity

mobile

Windows Azure Cloud Services (Stateless VM’s)

Web Role Worker Role

Virtual machines in the CloudTwo Flavors:

A place for your application code to run…Web role is simply a Virtual Machine with IIS pre-configured

Worker role is for non-web based processing code, back-end business processes

You can actually connect to your web/worker roles – they are just VM’s

You package your code/artifacts and Windows

Azure bootstraps a VM, installs the code and starts up the VM for you. Load balances multiple instances

compute data management networking

SQL database

noSQL databasewebsites blob connect

virtual network

traffic managerVMs

cloud services

Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Management Portal

Scripting (Windows, Linux and Mac)

compute data management networking

SQL database

noSQL databasewebsites blob connect

virtual network

traffic manager

cloud services

REST API

Getting Started Select Image and VM Size New Disk Persisted in Storage

Boot VM from New Disk

VMs

Windows Azure Web SitesQuickly and easily deploy sites to a highly scalable cloud environment with the frameworks and open source apps of your choice using Windows Azure Web Sites

Supports multiple frameworks (ASP.NET, Classic ASP, PHP, Node.js)

Pick from popular Open Source apps

Pick your DB (SQL Azure, MySQL)

Choose your tools (Visual Studio, Git, FTP, WebMatrix)

Build on any platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)

compute data management networking

SQL database

noSQL database blob connect

virtual network

traffic manager

cloud services VMs

GIT : FTP

GIT : FTP

GIT : FTP Web Deploy : TFS Deploy

Supported Deployment Protocols

websites

Management

Service Management API for Managing and Monitoring Applications in Windows Azure

Provides programmatic access to platform functionality

Used to deploy, manage, and monitor applications

Powerful REST API, performed over SSL and mutually authenticated using X.509 certificatesMay be accessed from within application running in Windows Azure, or directly over the Internet from any application

PowerShell commands using the same APIs can be used to script management functions

What can you do with PowerShell?

AutomationQuery, Manage and Configure Virtual Machines across multiple subscriptions, cloud services and storage accounts.

Virtual NetworkingCompletely Configure VNETs from a Script

Provision Fully Configured Virtual MachinesDomain JoinedStorage and Networking Configured

Remote ManagementManage SQL Databases, Configuration, Diagnostics, Deployments, and Azure assets (Affinity Groups, Storage Accounts, Keys, etc..)

Getting StartedUse: Get-AzurePublishSettingsFile and Import-AzurePublishSettingsFileTo Import Downloaded Publish Profile (.publishsettings) http://windows.azure.com/download/publishprofile.aspx

Automatically configures Subscription ID, Certificate, Service Endpoint and Subscription Name.

Multiple Subscription Support Get-AzureSubscription | foreach { Select-AzureSubscription $_.SubscriptionName # Perform Management Operation Against Each Subscription}

DemoGetting Started with Azure Subscription Credentials in Powershell

Virtual Machine Management

Quick VM Provisioning ModeSupports VM Creation in a Single Cmdlet

Create Multiple Pre-Defined VMs in a BatchNew-AzureVM -VMs $vm1, $vm2, $vm3

Advanced Provisioning Configuration ModeProvision With: Endpoints, Data DisksConfigure: Cache Settings for OS/Data Disks and Subnet Names

Setting the current storage account

Returns Storage AccountGet-AzureStorageAccount | Select StorageAccountName

Cmdlets like New-AzureQuickVM will use this Account

Sets the Current Storage AccountSet-AzureSubscription 'somesub1' -CurrentStorageAccount 'mystorage‘

Information Needed to create a VM

Image NameGet-AzureVMImage | select ImageName

Disk NameGet-AzureDisk | select DiskName

Data Center LocationGet-AzureLocation

Simple VM Creation

First Virtual Machine in a NEW Cloud Service (-Location specified)New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -ServiceName $svc -Name $vm1 -ImageName $wimg -Location $location -Password $pwd

New Virtual Machine in an Existing Cloud Service (no –Location)New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -ServiceName $svc -Name $vm2 -ImageName $wimg -Password $pwd

Creating a Linux Virtual Machine in an Existing Cloud ServiceNew-AzureQuickVM -Linux -ServiceName $svc -Name $vm3 -ImageName $limg -LinuxUser $lu -Password $pwd

Virtual Machine Discovery

Retrieve Cloud Services Get-AzureService

Retrieve Virtual Machines for Service Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $cloudSvcName

Retrieve Status for All VMs in SubsriptionGet-AzureService | foreach { $_ | Get-AzureVM | ft ServiceName, Name, InstanceStatus}

Common Settings

NameThe name of the Virtual Machine

InstanceSizeExtraSmall, Small, Medium, Large, ExtraLarge

AvailabilitySetNameThe availability set (used for high availability)

Provisioning Options

Add-AzureProvisioningConfig Options-Windows -Password $pwd-WindowsDomain -Password $pwd -Domain $dom, -JoinDomain $fqdn, -DomainUser $domUser -DomainPassword $domPwd -MachineObjectOU $ou-DisableAutomaticUpdates-NoRDPEndpoint, -TimeZone, Certificates

Add-AzureProvisioningConfig OptionsLinux -LinuxUser $user -Password $pwd -DisableSSH , -NoSSHEndpoint -SSHKeyPairs, -SSHPublicKeys installed from certificates deployed in cloud service

Configuring a VM at Provision Time

Create Configuration Object with New-AzureVMConfigModify with Add-* cmdletsAdd with New-AzureVM

New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vm1 -InstanceSize Medium -ImageName $img | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd | Add-AzureDataDisk -CreateNew -DiskLabel 'data' -DiskSizeInGB 10 -LUN 0 | Add-AzureEndpoint -Name 'web' -PublicPort 80 -LocalPort 80 -Protocol tcp | New-AzureVM -ServiceName $newSvc -Location $location

Virtual Machine Storage

Data DisksAdd/Remove data disks at boot or while runningCreate blank or attach existing disks

Modify Cache Settings of OS Disk or Data DiskModifying OS Disk while running requires reboot

Data Disk Creation

New Virtual Machine Creation with Data DiskNew-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd | Add-AzureDataDisk -CreateNew -DiskSizeInGB 10 -DiskLabel 'myddisk' -LUN 0 | New-AzureVM -ServiceName $cloudSvcName

Add new Data Disk to existing Virtual MachineGet-AzureVM -ServiceName 'myvm1' | Add-AzureDataDisk -CreateNew -DiskSizeInGB 10 -DiskLabel 'myddisk' -LUN 1 | Update-AzureVM

Deploying into a Virtual Network

Virtual Machine SettingsSet Subnet on VM with Set-AzureSubnet

Deployment SettingsSet Virtual Network -VNetName Set DNS Servers - New-AzureDns and -DNSSettings

Provision into a VNET and AD

$dom = 'contoso'$jdom = 'contoso.com'$onPremDNS = New-AzureDns -IPAddress '192.168.1.4' -Name 'OnPremDNS'$cloudDNS = New-AzureDns -IPAddress '10.1.1.4' -Name 'CloudDNS'$computerOU = $advmou = 'OU=AzureVMs,DC=contoso,DC=com‘

New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -WindowsDomain -Password $pwd -Domain $dom ` -DomainUserName $domUser -DomainPassword $dpwd -JoinDomain $jdom ` -MachineObjectOU 'AzureVMs' | Set-AzureSubnet -SubnetNames 'AppSubnet' | New-AzureVM –ServiceName $svc -AffinityGroup 'adag' ` -VNetName 'ADVNet' -DnsSettings $onPremDNS, $cloudDNS

DemoProvisioning and updating a new Virtual Machine from Powershell

Automation

Adding and Removing Instances

Update a running role to have more or less instances

Set-AzureRole –ServiceName "MySvc1" –Slot "Production" –RoleName "MyTestRole3" –Count 3

VM Batch Creation

Create Multiple Configured VMs and Pass to New-AzureVM

$vm1 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd

$vm2 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd $vm3 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd New-AzureVM -CreateService -ServiceName $cloudSvcName -VMs $vm1,$vm2,$vm3 -Location $dc

Disk and Image Repository

OS Images

Get-AzureVMImage # Return all Get-AzureVMImage | Where { $_.Category -eq 'Microsoft' } # Return Microsoft Get-AzureVMImage | Where { $_.Category -eq 'User' } # Return CustomGet-AzureVMImage | Where { $_.Category -eq 'Partner' } # Return Partner ImagesGet-AzureVMImage | Where { $_.OS -eq 'Windows' } # Return only Windows OS imagesRemove-AzureVMImage -ImageName 'myimg' -DeleteVHD # Delete image and storageAdd-AzureVMImage -OS 'Windows' -ImageName 'MyWinImage' -MediaLocation 'http://storageaccount/vhds/winimage.vhd' # Add Existing VM Image from Storage

Disks

Get-AzureDisk # Return all Get-AzureDisk | Where { $_.AttachedTo -eq $null } # Return all not attached to a VMGet-AzureDisk | Where { $_.OS -eq $null } # Return only data disks Get-AzureDisk | Where { $_.OS -eq 'Windows' } # Return only Windows OS disksRemove-AzureDisk -DiskName 'mydisk' -DeleteVHD # Delete disk and storageAdd-AzureDisk -OS 'Windows' -DiskName 'MyWinDisk' -MediaLocation 'http://storageaccount/vhds/winosdisk.vhd‘ # Add Existing OS Disk from Storage Add-AzureDisk -DiskName 'MyDataDisk' -MediaLocation 'http://storageaccount/vhds/datadisk.vhd‘# Add Existing Data Disk from Storage

Microsoft, Partner and User

OS Disks or Data Disks

Batch Updating Running VMs

Remove RDP and Add New Storage Across all Web Front Ends

Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $svc | Where { $_.Name -match 'wfe' } | foreach { $_ | Remove-AzureEndpoint -Name 'rdp' | Add-AzureDataDisk -CreateNew -DiskSizeInGB 10 -LUN 1 -DiskLabel 'newstorage' | Update-AzureVM}

DemoAutomating Scale Up of a Web Role with Powershell

Get Started

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