SaaSGrid: What's it good for? (2 of 2)

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SaaSGrid: What’s it good for?

Introductory Developer Training (2 of 2)for the SaaSGrid platform


• http://community.saasgrid.com/– Forums– Blogs– Release notes– Tutorials! Samples!

• Andy Badera– Senior Client Services Engineer &

Your Customer Champion

contact & information

http://community.saasgrid.com/


• Review Day One (10 minutes)• Address questions from Day One or overnight

(20 minutes)• Enable the applist website (15 minutes)• App patching (30 minutes)• Break (10 minutes)

agenda


• SaaSGrid logging (45 minutes)• Live process debugging (45 minutes)• Break (10 minutes)

agenda


• SaaSGrid Windows services (30 minutes)• SaaSGrid filesystem & container (45 minutes)• Break (10 minutes)

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• SubscriptionContext (60 minutes as time allows)

• ------’s sample app requirement discussion (30+ minutes)

agenda


• Patch an uploaded app• Use logging in an app• Attach to and debug live processes• Have a basic understanding of SaaSGrid’s

Windows services• Plan next steps for -----’s sample app req

goals


• UI – Tenant & Provider portals, SOC• One website per each tenant-appversion• Runtime API, Billing API, Kernel API• Deployment archives• Creating & deploying apps• Pricebooks, plans & price models• Features & securables• Taskr sample app

review


SaaSGrid?


• In 1.9 replicate/cluster IIS post-deploy• SaaSGrid 1.9 does tenant & app distribution in

web tier, not balancing• Can move shards and update database to alter

topology to support replication/clustering• More complex URL redirects/rewrites can be

accomplished with HAProxy or IIS ARR

loadbalancing


• Contract allows alteration of portals using CSS & JavaScript

• Cannot add new pages or serverside content to portals

• 2.0 will offer Tenant Portal & Storefront API

altering portals


• Constructive (positive differential)

• Destructive (100% replacement)

patching


applist


logging


• Locate services, PID using SOC• Attach to process using Visual Studio Remote

Debugger

live debug


• Peer Resolver• SMART Manager• Cache• Physical Host Controller• Service Container• Logger

windows services


• Shares• Partitions• Repository• Bootstrap – UI & Service

filesystem


• \SaaSGrid\Container• LaunchPad• FailedLaunches

service container


• \SaaSGrid\SiteData (interfaces, portals, SOC)• \SaaSGrid\PublicSiteData (publicinterfaces)

site data


• Meters, limiters• Incrementing, decrementing

subscription context


• Do you see any obvious impediments?• What do you need from me?• What is your timeline?• When do we talk next?

end-user sample app


Questions?

Q&A


• http://community.saasgrid.com/– Forums– Blogs– Release notes– Tutorials! Samples!

• Andy Badera– Senior Client Services Engineer &

Your Customer Champion

contact & information

http://community.saasgrid.com/

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SaaSGrid: What's it good for? (2 of 2)