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2. Automating the App Lifecycle
Sriram Krishnan
Microsoft Corporation
SVC25

3. automate aw-tuh-meytTo replace or enhance human labor with machines

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5. October 2008

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8. ?

9. Windows Azure Service Management API
announcing

10. API

11. Important portal functionality

12. What does this mean?

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19. REST + XML

20. Everything over HTTPS

21. POST https://management.core.windows.net//services/hostedservices//deploymentslots/

22. POST https://management.core.windows.net//services/hostedservices//deploymentslots/


deployment-name
package-url-in-blob-storage
base64-encoded-configuration-file
base64-encoded-deployment-label

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25. X509 certs

26. Any valid cert
Multiple certs
Add/revoke anytime

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29. Operations supported

30. C/R/U/D deployments
Role status
Change config (no. of VMs, settings, etc)
Upgrade
Storage keys
Much more

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32. How can you use it?

33. csmanage.exe

34. Client library / WCF bindings

35. Use REST+XML to roll your own

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37. Service Management API
demo

38. Pricing

39. Free!

40. What can you build with it?

41. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejpphoto/2314610838/

42. http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/3082423010/

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44. Integrate with tools/dashboards
Nightly build/continuous integration
Monitoring systems

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47. December 4th, 1996

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51. Oh Oh!

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53. Trickiest patch ever

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56. Upgrades can be hard

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60. Stage Deployment
Production Deployment

61. Stage Deployment
Production Deployment

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63. 'In-place' upgrade
announcing

64. Production Deployment

65. Production Deployment
(new bits)

66. Upgrade Domain

67. Production Deployment

68. Web
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Worker
Worker
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69. upgradeDomainCount=2
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70. Automatic vs Manual

71. upgradeDomainCount=2
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72. upgradeDomainCount=3
Web
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73. upgradeDomainCount=1
Web
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74. Role- specific upgrade

75. Web
Web
Web
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Web
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Worker
Worker
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Worker

76. When to use in-place upgrade

77. Changes affecting a single role
When you have soft-state
When you dont want to maintain a staging environment

78. In-place upgrade
demo

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85. Auto scaling

86. App
Control
Diag.API

87. Auto scaling
demo

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91. sriramk@microsoft.comwww.sriramkrishnan.com