Azure SQL is SQL Platform as a Service (PaaS) provided by Azure to host databases. Azure provides a secure platform to host databases and takes complete ownership to manage the availability, reliability, and scalability of the service. With Azure SQL, there is no need to provision custom virtual machines, or deploy SQL server, configure, and patch it. Instead, the Azure team does these activities behind the scene and also manages them on our behalf. It also provides firewall services enabling security and only IP addresses allowed by the firewall are allowed to connect and access it. The two virtual machines that will be provisioned to the host sample application in containers have distinct public IP addresses assigned to them and they are added to the Azure SQL firewall rules dynamically so that the web application can access its database seamlessly. The Azure SQL server and its database are created while executing the Azure resource manager template; however, tables in the database...
DevOps with Windows Server 2016
DevOps with Windows Server 2016
Overview of this book
Delivering applications swiftly is one of the major challenges faced in fast-paced business environments. Windows Server 2016 DevOps is the solution to these challenges as it helps organizations to respond faster in order to handle the competitive pressures by replacing error-prone manual tasks using automation.
This book is a practical description and implementation of DevOps principles and practices using the features provided by Windows Server 2016 and VSTS vNext. It jumps straight into explaining the relevant tools and technologies needed to implement DevOps principles and practices. It implements all major DevOps practices and principles and takes readers through it from envisioning a project up to operations and further. It uses the latest and upcoming concepts and technologies from Microsoft and open source such as Docker, Windows Container, Nano Server, DSC, Pester, and VSTS vNext.
By the end of this book, you will be well aware of the DevOps principles and practices and will have implemented all these principles practically for a sample application using the latest technologies on the Microsoft platform. You will be ready to start implementing DevOps within your project/engagement.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
DevOps with Windows Server 2016
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
Acknowledgments
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Free Chapter
Introducing DevOps
DevOps Tools and Technologies
DevOps Automation Primer
Nano, Containers, and Docker Primer
Building a Sample Application
Source Code Control
Configuration Management
Configuration Management and Operational Validation
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery and Deployment
Monitoring and Measuring
Customer Reviews