Mastering Azure Serverless Computing
Design and Implement End-to-End Highly Scalable Azure Serverless Solutions with Ease
1st Edition
Published on 13. August 2020
340 pages
978-93-89898-17-0 (ISBN)
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Abhishek Mishra
Mastering Azure Serverless Computing
Design and Implement End-to-End Highly Scalable Azure Serverless Solutions with Ease
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Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Acknowledgement
- Preface
- Errata
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction to Azure Serverless Computing
- Structure
- Objectives
- Overview of Serverless Computing
- Evolution of Serverless Computing
- Characteristics of Serverless Computing
- On-Demand execution
- Elastic
- No host
- Distributed
- Shorter execution time
- Benefits of Serverless Computing
- Lower cost
- Scale on demand
- Reduced application go-live time
- Highly available
- Separation of concerns
- A quick tour of Azure Serverless Computing Services
- Azure Functions
- Azure Durable Functions
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Event Grid
- Azure Service Bus
- Azure Serverless SQL Database
- Azure Serverless Kubernetes
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
- 2. Azure Functions
- Structure
- Objectives
- Overview of Azure Functions
- Essential Features of Azure Functions
- On-Demand Scaling
- On-Demand Execution
- Compute On-Demand
- Pay per Use Model
- Multiple Supported Languages
- Support for popular development libraries
- Easy Integration
- Secured
- Stateless
- Open Source
- Support for Continuous Integration and Deployment
- Supported Programming Languages
- Types of Azure Functions
- Event-Driven
- Scheduled
- HTTP Triggered
- Hosting Plans
- Consumption plan
- Premium plan
- Dedicated plan
- How Dynamic Scaling works
- Triggers and Bindings
- Create Azure Function using Azure Portal
- Log in to Azure Portal
- Create a new Azure Function App
- Test the new Function created
- Create Azure Functions using Visual Studio
- Create a local Function using Visual Studio
- Deploy your code to Azure Function from Visual Studio
- Securing Azure Functions
- Monitoring Azure Functions
- Diagnostic Logs
- Log streaming
- Process explorer
- Metrics
- Lab Exercise
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
- 3. Azure Durable Functions
- Structure
- Objectives
- Durable Functions Overview
- Benefits of Durable Functions
- Azure Functions Chaining
- Parallel invocation of Azure Functions
- Orchestrate Stateful Workflows using code
- Facilitate Error Handling and Retry Mechanisms in Azure Functions Orchestration
- Make your Azure Functions stateful and manage state
- Facilitate Timeout and cancellation scenarios
- Serverless component
- Supports an array of programming patterns
- Easy to develop and test in your local environment
- Components of Durable Functions
- Durable Entities
- Event Sourcing and Task Hub
- Creating a Durable Function using Azure Portal
- Create an Azure Function App for .Net Core
- Create Orchestration Workflow
- Test the Orchestration workflow using Postman tool
- Programming Patterns
- Function Chaining
- Fan out/Fan in
- Async HTTP APIs
- Monitor
- Human Interaction
- Aggregator
- Implement Durable Functions Chaining Pattern using Visual Studio
- Securing Durable Function
- Monitoring Durable Functions
- Lab Exercise
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
- 4. Azure Logic Apps
- Structure
- Objectives
- Azure Logic Apps Overview
- Benefits of Azure Logic Apps
- Visual design tool development experience
- Integrate components across environments
- Rapid development model using predefined templates
- Serverless Offering
- Extensible
- Reusable
- Enterprise-Grade Integration
- Supports Versioning
- Essential components for Azure Logic Apps
- Connectors
- Triggers
- Actions
- Flow Control
- Creating a Logic App using Azure Portal
- Provision Logic App
- Build Workflow
- Test Logic App
- Creating a Logic App using Visual Studio
- Nested Logic Apps
- Securing Azure Logic Apps
- Configure Shared Access Signature for the request-based Triggers
- Configure restrictions for inbound IP addresses
- Configure Authentication and Authorization using API Management
- Configure access for Logic Apps Operations
- Lab Exercise
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
- 5. Azure Event Grid
- Structure
- Objectives
- Azure Event Grid Overview
- Benefits of Azure Event Grid
- Support for built-in events and custom events
- Highly Reliable
- Supports High Throughput
- Supports Event Broadcasting
- Supports Event Filtering
- Pay only when you use
- Essential Concepts of Azure Event Grid
- Events
- Event Sources
- Topics
- Event Subscriptions
- Event Handlers
- Create an Azure Event Grid using Azure Portal
- Create an Azure Event Grid Subscription for the Azure Storage Queue
- Post a custom Event to the Topic endpoint
- Configure Retry Policies and Dead Letter Storage
- Filter Events in Azure Event Grid
- Lab Exercise
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
- 6. Azure Service Bus
- Structure
- Objectives
- Azure Service Bus Overview
- Benefits of Azure Service Bus
- Reliable messaging
- Decouples applications and components
- Secure messaging
- Wide variety of messaging options
- Scheduled delivery of messages and message deferral
- Messages Batching
- Messages Filtering
- Duplicate Detection
- Messages Auto Forwarding
- Message Expiration
- Queues, Topics, Relays, and Namespaces
- Queues
- Topics
- Relays
- Namespaces
- Azure Service Bus Queues versus Storage Queues
- Working with Azure Service Bus Queue
- Create an Azure Service Bus Namespace
- Create an Azure Service Bus Queue inside the Namespace
- Create a sender console application using C# that sends messages to the Azure Service Bus Queue
- Create a receiver console application using C# that receives messages from the Azure Service Bus Queue
- Working Azure Service Bus Topic and Subscription
- Create an Azure Service Bus Namespace
- Create an Azure Service Topic and Subscriptions
- Create a sender console application using C# that sends messages to the Azure Service Bus Topic
- Dead Lettering and Retry Mechanism
- Lab Exercise
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
- 7. Azure Serverless SQL Database
- Structure
- Objectives
- Overview of Azure Serverless SQL Database
- Difference between Azure Serverless SQL Database and Azure Provisioned SQL Database
- Benefits of Azure Serverless SQL Database
- Pay per Consumption
- Automatic Scaling
- Automatic Pausing and Automatic Resuming
- Best fit for unpredictable usages pattern
- Can be used to predict usage pattern in the Production environment
- Billing Details
- Information Protection and Encryption
- Encrypt data in transit
- Encrypt data at rest
- Encrypt data in use
- Dynamic data masking
- Working with Azure Serverless SQL Database
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
- 8. Azure Serverless Kubernetes
- Structure
- Objectives
- Overview of Azure Serverless Kubernetes and how it differs from Azure Kubernetes Service
- Essential Azure Kubernetes Service Concepts
- Azure Kubernetes Service Architecture
- Azure Kubernetes Service Networking
- Azure Kubernetes Service Storage
- Volumes
- Persistent Volumes
- Storage Classes
- Persistent Volume Claims
- Azure Kubernetes Service Scaling
- Azure Serverless Kubernetes Architecture
- Working with Azure Serverless Kubernetes
- Create an Azure Container Registry
- Build a Container-based ASP.NET Core Application
- Push the Container to Azure Container Registry
- Create an Azure Kubernetes Cluster
- Generate the Secret for Azure Container Registry
- Deploy the ASP.NET Core Application to the Azure Kubernetes Cluster
- Introduction to Azure Serverless on Kubernetes (KEDA)
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
- 9. Designing Azure Serverless Solutions
- Structure
- Objectives
- Applications you can build using Serverless Architecture
- N-Tier Applications
- Microservices based applications
- Workflow Based Applications
- Event-Driven Applications
- Integration Applications
- Internet of Things Applications
- Schedule based Applications
- Design Considerations and Best Practices for Azure Serverless Architectures
- Cost Planning
- Startup Delays
- Stateless
- Strategize long executing code
- Efficient communication and integration among the components
- Identify and handle bottlenecks
- Efficiently manage and track too many components in a solution
- Retry Mechanism
- Monitor Failures
- Efficient Logging Mechanism
- Problem Statement for an E-Commerce Application
- Design the Reference Architecture for the Problem Statement
- Angular Customer-Facing Application
- Order Processing Module
- Feedback Processing Module
- Integrating all the components
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
- 10. Implementing Azure Serverless Solutions
- Structure
- Objectives
- Problem Statement for Customer Tweet Analysis application
- Design the Customer Tweet Analysis application
- Implement the Customer Tweet Analysis application
- Text Analytics Service
- Http Triggered Azure Function
- Azure Logic Apps
- Test the Customer Tweet Analysis application
- Summary
- Questions
- Answer
