Automatic Windows Azure with PowerShell and the Windows Azure CLI tools.

1. Ido Flatow
Senior Architect
Microsoft MVP
SELA Group
Automating Windows Azure
Because the Management Portal is so 2012
@idoFLATOW
http://bit.ly/flatow-blog
This presentation:
http://sdrv.ms/13HplxU

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AUTOMATING WINDOWS AZURE
ABOUT ME
 Senior architect, Sela Group
 Co-author of:
 Developing Windows Azure and Web Services –
Microsoft official course
 WCF 4 – Microsoft official course
 Pro .NET Performance – Apress
 Microsoft MVP
 Focus on server, services, and cloud
technologies
 Manager of the Israeli Web Developers User
Group

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AUTOMATING WINDOWS AZURE
DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS
 New product version/build
 Creating new environments (dev, test, staging)
 Deploying to new data centers
 Provisioning components for new tenants
(multitenant applications)
 Installing entire system using customer’s
subscription
 Disaster recovery
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WE NEED AUTOMATION BECAUSE
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 The checklist becomes annoying after
the third time
 We miss a step during each and every
deployment
 Someone will eventually need to update
the deployment instructions (but not me!)
 Five VMs done, 45 to go
 We want to go home before dawn

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WE NEED AUTOMATION BECAUSE
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We just want something
to double-click so
we can go home on time!

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HOW STUFF WORKS
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HTTP Management APIs

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HOW STUFF WORKS
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HOW STUFF WORKS
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HTTP Management APIs
HTTPS
x.509 Client Cert.
XML

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WHAT CAN WE AUTOMATE?
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Web Sites Virtual Machines Mobile Services Cloud Services
SQL Database Storage
Media Services Service Bus
Virtual Network Traffic Manager
Locations Affinity Groups Certificates
SQL ReportingHDInsight Recovery Services
Active Directory CDN
AlertsLinked Resources
Has HTTP APIs No HTTP APIs

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HOW TO AUTOMATE
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COMMAND LINE TOOLS
Command Line Interface (CLI)
 Runs on Windows, Mac, and
Linux
 Written in Node.js
 Commands can return JSON
 Scripting with:
 Linux tools, such as grep,
awk, and sed
 Javascript with Azure-scripty
(node-based)
PowerShell Cmdlets
 Run only on Windows
 Larger toolset
 Commands return .NET
objects
 Scripting with
 PowerShell piping
 PowerShell scripts
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THE BASICS:
AZURE ACCOUNTS
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Get-AzurePublishSettingsFile
Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile $pathToPublishSettingsFile
# Or manually set the subscription
Set-AzureSubscription -subscriptionname $name -certificate $cert
-subscriptionid $id
azure account download
azure account import <pathToPublishSettingsFile>

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THE BASICS:
WEB SITES & CLOUD SERVICES
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New-AzureWebsite -Name $name -Location "East US“
New-AzureService -ServiceName $name -Location “East US“
azure site create --location "East US" <Name>
azure service create --location "East US" <Name>

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THE BASICS:
VIRTUAL MACHINES
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$image = Get-AzureVMImage | ? {$_.ImageFamily -like
'*2012*Datacenter'} | sort $_.PublishedDate | select –first 1
New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -Name $name -Location "East US"
-ImageName $image.ImageName -ServiceName $cloudServiceName
-AdminUsername myAdmin -Password $password
image=$(azure vm image list | grep 'Windows-Server-2012-Datacenter-
201308.01' | awk '{print ($2)}')
azure vm create $name $image administrator $pass --location "East US" -r

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VIRTUAL MACHINES
WITH AZURE-SCRIPTY
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var scripty = require('azure-scripty');
scripty.invoke('vm image list', function(err, results) {
var imageName = results[0].Name;
cmd = {
command: 'vm create',
rdp: true,
positional: [process.argv[2],imageName, 'administrator', process.argv[3]],
location: '"' + process.argv[4] + '"'};
scripty.invoke(cmd);
});
node createVM.js myNewVM mypassword ‘East US’

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SUPPORTED SERVICES
SQL Database Storage
Service Bus
HDInsight
Web Sites Virtual Machines Cloud Services Mobile Services
Virtual Network
Affinity Groups Certificates
SQL Database Storage
Service Bus
Web Sites Virtual Machines Cloud Services
Virtual Network
Affinity Groups Certificates Locations Name Test
Store Add-ons

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Seeing is Believing!
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WHAT ABOUT ALL THE REST?
 Use the HTTP-based APIs
 Require some coding (curl, python, C#, …)
 Don’t forget to authenticate
 MSDN documentation is available
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/jj152841.aspx
 You are not the first one to try this
 Windows Azure SDK (Python, Node, PHP, Ruby, …)
 ElastaCloud Azure Fluent Management (.NET)
 Windows Azure Service Management Library (.NET)
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Media Services Traffic Manager VNet Gateway Management Certs. …

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RESOURCES
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Too many resources for a single slide
Presentation and resources can be found here:
sdrv.ms/13HplxU
idof@sela.co.il @idoflatow http://bit.ly/flatow-blog