Zen of Cloud : Learning Cloud Computing by Examples on Microsoft Azure

[BOOK DESCRIPTION]

Zen of Cloudprovides comprehensive coverage of the essential theories behind cloud computing and the Windows Azure cloud platform. Sharing the author's insights gained while working at Microsoft's headquarters, it presents nearly 70 end-to-end examples with step-by-step guidance on implementing typical cloud-based scenarios. The book is organized into four sections: cloud service fundamentals, cloud solutions, devices and cloud, and system integration and project management. Each chapter contains detailed exercises that provide readers with the opportunity to develop valuable hands-on skills in cloud service development. * Explains how to prepare for Microsoft Azure development and how to use Microsoft Azure Management Portal * Provides best practices for designing cloud-based applications * Includes online access to updated examples and answers to the exercises Beginners can use this book as a guide in their journey through cloud computing. Experienced cloud developers will benefit from the specific examples and detailed guidance on implementing typical cloud-based scenarios.The examples cover a range of application types and technologies with varying levels of difficulties. Supplying comprehensive coverage of the Windows Azure cloud platform, the book provides a practical understanding and powerful tips that readers can immediately apply to their own work-making it ideal for cloud system developers, architects, and IT professionals. Organized into easily digestible sessions, it is also ideal for use in instructional settings.

[TABLE OF CONTENTS]

Foreword                                           xiii
  Section I Cloud Computing Fundamentals
    1 Overview of Cloud Computing                  3   (18)
      1.1 History                                  3   (2)
      1.2 Essence of Cloud Computing               5   (6)
        1.2.1 Elasticity                           6   (1)
        1.2.1.1 On and Off Mode                    7   (1)
        1.2.1.2 Rapid-Growth Mode                  8   (1)
        1.2.2 Availability                         8   (1)
        1.2.2.1 Fault Domain                       9   (1)
        1.2.2.2 Update Domain                      10  (1)
        1.2.3 Scalability                          10  (1)
      1.3 Microsoft Azure Overview                 11  (5)
        1.3.1 IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)   11  (1)
        1.3.2 PaaS (Platform as a Service)         12  (1)
        1.3.3 SaaS (Software as a Service)         13  (2)
        1.3.4 Cost Calculation                     15  (1)
      1.4 Preparing the Development Environment    16  (1)
      for Microsoft Azure
        1.4.1 Subscribe to Microsoft Azure         16  (1)
        1.4.2 Install Software Development Kit     16  (1)
      1.5 Introduction of Microsoft Azure          16  (3)
      Management Portal
        1.5.1 Sign In                              17  (1)
        1.5.2 Page Layout                          17  (2)
      1.6 Summary                                  19  (2)
    2 Building Websites on the Cloud               21  (36)
      2.1 Microsoft Azure Websites                 21  (4)
      2.2 Website Deployment and Upgrade           25  (7)
      2.3 Integration with Source Control          32  (5)
      Systems
      2.4 Scaling of Websites                      37  (3)
        2.4.1 Vertical Scaling                     37  (2)
        2.4.2 Horizontal Scaling                   39  (1)
        2.4.3 Autoscaling                          39  (1)
      2.5 Migrating Existing ASP.NET Websites      40  (1)
        2.5.1 Azure Websites Runtime Environment   40  (1)
        2.5.2 Data Storage                         41  (1)
        2.5.3 Session States                       41  (1)
      2.6 Website Gallery                          41  (1)
      2.7 Website Configuration                    42  (7)
      2.8 Website Diagnostics and Monitoring       49  (6)
        2.8.1 Website Diagnostics                  49  (3)
        2.8.2 Website Monitoring                   52  (2)
        2.8.3 Custom Domain Names                  54  (1)
      2.9 Summary                                  55  (2)
    3 Cloud Service Fundamentals                   57  (28)
      3.1 Microsoft Azure Cloud Services           57  (4)
      3.2 Cloud Services and Roles                 61  (3)
        3.2.1 Role                                 63  (1)
        3.2.2 Cloud Service                        63  (1)
      3.3 Basic Steps of Cloud Service             64  (5)
      Deployment
      3.4 Cloud Service Deployments and Upgrades   69  (5)
        3.4.1 Incremental Updates (Update          70  (1)
        Domain Walk)
        3.4.2 Simultaneous Updates                 70  (1)
        3.4.3 Multiple Deployment Environments     70  (4)
      3.5 Instances and Load Balancing             74  (5)
        3.5.1 Instances                            75  (1)
        3.5.2 Load Balancing                       76  (3)
      3.6 Configuration File and Definition File   79  (5)
        3.6.1 Cloud Service Definition File        80  (1)
        (.csdef)
        3.6.2 Cloud Service Configuration File     81  (3)
        (.cscfg)
      3.7 Summary                                  84  (1)
    4 Advanced Cloud Service                       85  (42)
      4.1 Endpoint Types                           85  (3)
        4.1.1 Input Endpoint                       85  (1)
        4.1.2 Internal Endpoint                    85  (1)
        4.1.3 InstanceInput Endpoint               86  (2)
      4.2 Worker Role                              88  (8)
        4.2.1 Worker Role Application Scenarios    90  (6)
      4.3 Inter-Role Communications                96  (4)
        4.3.1 Options for Inter-Role               96  (4)
        Communication
      4.4 Role Lifecycle                           100 (2)
        4.4.1 Process of Deploying and             100 (1)
        Launching a Role Instance
        4.4.2 Role Instance Statuses               101 (1)
      4.5 Startup Tasks                            102 (7)
        4.5.1 Defining Startup Tasks               102 (1)
        4.5.2 Startup Task Properties              103 (6)
      4.6 Diagnostics and Debug                    109 (14)
        4.6.1 Debugging Locally                    109 (1)
        4.6.2 Microsoft Azure Diagnostics          109 (5)
        4.6.3 IntelliTrace                         114 (5)
        4.6.4 Monitoring Cloud Service             119 (4)
      4.7 Developer Community                      123 (2)
      4.8 Summary                                  125 (2)
    5 Data storage: Relational Database            127 (36)
      5.1 Microsoft Azure Data Storage Solutions   127 (2)
      5.2 SQL Database Overview                    129 (10)
        5.2.1 Differences between an SQL           129 (10)
        Database and an SQL Server
      5.3 SQL Database Management and              139 (10)
      Optimization
        5.3.1 SQL Server Management Studio         139 (5)
        5.3.2 Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools      144 (1)
        5.3.3 Dynamic Management Views             145 (1)
        5.3.4 Query Optimization                   146 (3)
      5.4 Data Sync and Migration                  149 (8)
        5.4.1 Data-Tier Application                149 (3)
        5.4.2 Data Sync                            152 (5)
      5.5 Periodically Backup Your SQL Databases   157 (2)
      5.6 Use MySQL Database                       159 (2)
        5.6.1 Microsoft Azure Store                159 (1)
        5.6.2 Purchasing MySQL Service             160 (1)
        5.6.3 Other Means to Run MySQL             161 (1)
      5.7 Summary                                  161 (2)
    6 Data Storage: Storage Services               163 (50)
      6.1 Local Storage                            163 (1)
      6.2 Overview of Microsoft Azure Storage      164 (6)
      Services
        6.2.1 Microsoft Azure Storage Account      165 (2)
        6.2.2 Provisioning a Windows Storage       167 (1)
        Account
        6.2.3 Storage Account Access Keys          168 (2)
      6.3 Using BLOB Storage                       170 (20)
        6.3.1 BLOB Storage Overview                170 (14)
        6.3.2 Block BLOB and Page BLOB             184 (3)
        6.3.3 ETag and Snapshots                   187 (1)
        6.3.4 Rest API                             187 (1)
        6.3.5 Shared Access Signature and          188 (2)
        Stored Access Policies
        6.3.6 BLOB Update, Copy, and Lease         190 (1)
        6.3.7 Error Handling                       190 (1)
      6.4 Using Table Storage                      190 (16)
        6.4.1 Table Storage Overview               190 (1)
        6.4.2 Optimizing Data Partition            191 (13)
        6.4.3 Query Table Data                     204 (1)
        6.4.4 Other Operations                     204 (1)
        6.4.5 Batch Operations                     205 (1)
        6.4.6 Dynamic Table Entities               205 (1)
        6.4.7 Shared Access Signatures             206 (1)
      6.5 Use Queue Storage                        206 (3)
        6.5.1 Queue Storage Overview               206 (1)
        6.5.2 Programmatically Operate Queues      207 (2)
      6.6 Monitor Storage Accounts                 209 (2)
        6.6.1 Configure Storage Service            210 (1)
        Monitoring
        6.6.2 Cost of Service Monitoring           211 (1)
      6.7 Summary                                  211 (2)
    7 Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks        213 (34)
      7.1 Microsoft Azure IaaS                     213 (7)
      7.2 Disk Images and Virtual Disks            220 (8)
      7.3 Virtual Machine Communications           228 (6)
        7.3.1 Virtual Machine Endpoints            228 (2)
        7.3.2 Virtual Machines under the Same      230 (4)
        Cloud Service
      7.4 Virtual Networks                         234 (9)
        7.4.1 Virtual Networks Overview            235 (2)
        7.4.2 Point-to-Site Virtual Network        237 (6)
        7.4.3 Site-to-Site Virtual Network         243 (1)
        7.4.4 ExpressRoute                         243 (1)
      7.5 Summary                                  243 (4)
  Section II Cloud Solutions
    8 Cloud Solution Architecture                  247 (54)
      8.1 Client/Server                            247 (7)
        8.1.1 Characteristics of Client/Server     247 (1)
        Architecture
        8.1.1.1 Benefits                           247 (2)
        8.1.1.2 Shortcomings                       249 (1)
        8.1.2 Client/Server Architecture on        249 (2)
        Cloud
        8.1.3 Multitenant System Design            251 (2)
        8.1.4 Migrating Client/Server Systems      253 (1)
        to Cloud
        8.1.5 Client/Server Systems on             253 (1)
        Microsoft Azure
        8.1.6 Mobile Clients                       254 (1)
      8.2 Browser/Server                           254 (15)
        8.2.1 Characteristics of Browser/Server    255 (1)
        Architecture
        8.2.2 Browser/Server Architecture on       256
        Cloud
        8.2.3 Difficulties of Adapting an          264 (3)
        Existing Single-Tenant Browser/Server
        Application for Multitenancy
        8.2.4 Host Single-Tenant Systems on        267 (2)
        Microsoft Azure for Multiple Tenants
      8.3 n-Tiered Architecture                    269 (15)
        8.3.1 Characteristics of n-Tiered          269 (1)
        Architecture
        8.3.2 n-Tier, MVC, and MVVM                270 (3)
        8.3.3 Microsoft Azure Service Bus Queue    273 (4)
        8.3.4 Implementing n-Tiered Services on    277 (7)
        Microsoft Azure
      8.4 Distributed System                       284 (15)
        8.4.1 Message-Based Connections            287 (4)
        8.4.2 Relayed Connections                  291 (8)
      8.5 Summary                                  299 (2)
    9 High-Availability Design                     301 (18)
      9.1 Availability                             301 (1)
      9.2 High-Availability Techniques             302 (6)
        9.2.1 Redundancy                           303 (1)
        9.2.2 Load Balancing                       303 (1)
        9.2.3 Failover                             303 (5)
      9.3 Load Balancing and Health Probe          308 (2)
      9.4 Competing Consumers                      310 (2)
        9.4.1 Loose Coupling                       310 (1)
        9.4.2 Dynamic Load Balancing               311 (1)
        9.4.3 Dynamic Scaling                      311 (1)
        9.4.4 Failover                             311 (1)
      9.5 Case Study: High-Availability Service    312 (5)
      Bus Entities
        9.5.1 Background                           315 (1)
        9.5.2 Segmented Message Pipelines          316 (1)
        9.5.3 Paired Namespaces                    317 (1)
        9.5.4 Conclusion                           317 (1)
      9.6 Summary                                  317 (2)
    10 High-Reliability Design                     319 (14)
      10.1 Reliability, Availability, and          319 (2)
      Maintainability
        10.1.1 Reliability                         319 (1)
        10.1.2 Maintainability                     320 (1)
        10.1.3 Relationships between               320 (1)
        Availability, Reliability, and
        Maintainability
      10.2 Embracing Failures                      321 (1)
        10.2.1 Failures in Operation               321 (1)
        10.2.2 Failures in State Management        321 (1)
        10.2.3 Failures in System Design and       322 (1)
        Implementation
      10.3 Transient Errors                        322 (4)
        10.3.1 Transient Fault Handling            323 (3)
        Application Block
      10.4 Design for Reliability                  326 (5)
        10.4.1 Single Point of Failure             327 (1)
        10.4.2 Writing Reliable Code               328 (3)
      10.5 Summary                                 331 (2)
    11 High-Performance Design                     333 (18)
      11.1 Microsoft Azure In-Role Cache           333 (12)
        11.1.1 Overview                            334 (1)
        11.1.2 Deployment Options                  334 (4)
        11.1.3 Cache Features                      338 (1)
        11.1.4 Concurrency Modes                   339 (2)
        11.1.5 Local Cache                         341 (1)
        11.1.6 Session State                       341 (4)
      11.2 Microsoft Azure Cache Service           345 (3)
        11.2.1 Overview                            346 (1)
        11.2.2 Cache Service versus In-Role        346 (1)
        Cache
        11.2.3 Managing Cache Clusters on          346 (1)
        Microsoft Azure Management Portal
        11.2.4 Memcache Support                    347 (1)
        11.2.5 Future of Azure Cache               348 (1)
      11.3 Microsoft Azure CDN                     348 (1)
      11.4 Asynchronous Operations and Parallel    349 (1)
      Operations
      11.5 Summary                                 350 (1)
    12 Claim-Based Architecture                    351 (26)
      12.1 Claim-Based Authentication and          352 (4)
      Authorization
        12.1.1 Basic Authentication and            353 (1)
        Authorization Process
        12.1.2 Authentication and WIF              354 (1)
        12.1.3 Authentication Broker               354 (2)
      12.2 Introduction to Microsoft Azure AD      356 (16)
        12.2.1 Managing Microsoft Azure Tenants    357 (10)
        and Users
        12.2.2 Graph API                           367 (5)
      12.3 Microsoft Azure AD New Features         372 (1)
        12.3.1 Azure Authentication Library        372 (1)
        12.3.2 Microsoft Azure Active Directory    372 (1)
        Premium
      12.4 Summary                                 373 (4)
  Section III Devices and Cloud
    13 Mobile Service                              377 (20)
      13.1 Mobile Service Overview                 377 (9)
      13.2 Push Notifications                      386 (7)
        13.2.1 Push Notification Overview          386 (7)
      13.3 Scheduler and API                       393 (3)
      13.4 Summary                                 396 (1)
    14 Internet of Things                          397 (22)
      14.1 IoT Overview                            397 (2)
        14.1.1 Radio Frequency Identification      398 (1)
        14.1.2 Artificial Intelligence Equipment   398 (1)
        14.1.3 Wearable Devices                    398 (1)
        14.1.4 Wireless Sensor Network             399 (1)
      14.2 Devices and Cloud                       399 (2)
        14.2.1 Importance of Devices for Cloud     399 (1)
        14.2.2 Importance of Cloud for Devices     400 (1)
      14.3 Challenges of IoT                       401 (1)
      14.4 NET Micro Framework                     402 (14)
        14.4.1 NET Micro Framework Overview        402 (3)
        14.4.2 NET Gadgeteer Overview              405 (4)
        14.4.3 Device Integration Sample           409 (7)
        Scenario
      14.5 Summary                                 416 (3)
  Section IV System Integration and Project
  Management
    15 Message-Based System Integration            419 (26)
      15.1 System Integration                      419 (3)
        15.1.1 Integration by Data                 420 (1)
        15.1.2 Shared Business Functions           420 (1)
        15.1.3 Enterprise Service Bus              420 (2)
      15.2 Message-Based System Integration        422 (11)
        15.2.1 Content-Based Routing               422 (1)
        15.2.2 Priority Queue                      423 (3)
        15.2.3 Request/Response                    426 (1)
        15.2.4 Dead Letter Queue                   427 (3)
        15.2.5 Event-Driven Consumer               430 (3)
      15.3 Advanced Message Queuing Protocol       433 (5)
        15.3.1 AMQP Overview                       434 (2)
        15.3.2 AMQP Adoption                       436 (2)
      15.4 Advantages of Message-Based             438 (6)
      Integration
        15.4.1 Loose Coupling                      438 (3)
        15.4.2 Dynamic Extension                   441 (1)
        15.4.3 Asynchronous Communication          441 (1)
        15.4.4 Centralized Management              441 (3)
      15.5 Summary                                 444 (1)
    16 Source Control and Tests with Visual        445 (22)
    Studio Online
      16.1 Create a Visual Studio Online Account   446 (1)
      16.2 Source Control with Visual Studio       446 (6)
      Online
      16.3 Create and Use Unit Tests               452 (7)
      16.4 Create and Use Load Tests               459 (6)
      16.5 Summary                                 465 (2)
    17 Scripting and Automation                    467 (14)
      17.1 Microsoft Azure PowerShell Cmdlets      467 (5)
        17.1.1 Preparing a Microsoft Azure         467 (2)
        PowerShell Cmdlets Environment
        17.1.2 Managing Virtual Machines           469 (3)
        17.1.3 Managing Cloud Services             472 (1)
        17.1.4 Managing Microsoft Azure Websites   472 (1)
        17.1.5 Other Cmdlets                       472 (1)
      17.2 Microsoft Azure Cross-Platform          472 (5)
      Command Line Tools
        17.2.1 Installing the Command Line Tools   474 (2)
        17.2.2 Getting Started with the Command    476 (1)
        Line Tools
      17.3 Microsoft Azure Management API          477 (3)
      17.4 Summary                                 480 (1)
    18 Azure and DevOps                            481 (8)
      18.1 DevOps Overview                         481 (2)
        18.1.1 Everything Is Code                  481 (1)
        18.1.2 Everyone Is a Developer             482 (1)
        18.1.3 Every Day Is Release Day            482 (1)
      18.2 VM Agent and VM Extensions              483 (3)
        18.2.1 VM Agent                            483 (1)
        18.2.2 VM Extensions                       483 (1)
        18.2.3 Custom Script Extension             484 (1)
        18.2.4 DSC, Puppet, and Chef               485 (1)
      18.3 New Portal                              486 (1)
      18.4 Zen of Cloud                            487 (2)
Bibliography                                       489 (2)
Index                                              491