Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services Revealed: Early First Edition Based on Public Preview

✍ Scribed by Ben Weissman, Anthony Nocentino

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 135
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Get introduced to Azure Arc-enabled data services and the powerful capabilities they provide to deploy and manage local, on-premises, and hybrid cloud data resources using the same centralized management and tooling you get from the Azure cloud. This book shows how you can deploy and manage databases running on SQL Server and Posgres in your corporate data center as if they were part of the Azure platform. You will learn how to benefit from the centralized management that Azure provides, the automated rollout of patches and updates, and more. 

This book is the perfect choice for anyone looking for a hybrid or multi-vendor cloud strategy for their data estate. The authors walk you through the possibilities and requirements to get services such as Azure SQL Managed Instance and PostgresSQL Hyperscale, deployed outside of Azure, so the services are accessible to companies that cannot move to the cloud or do not want to use the Microsoft cloud exclusively. The technology described in this book will be especially useful to those required to keep sensitive services, such as medical databases, away from the public cloud, but who still want to benefit from the Azure cloud and the centralized management and tooling that it supports.

What You Will Learn

• Understand the core concepts of Kubernetes
• Understand the fundamentals and architecture of Azure Arc-enabled data services
• Build a multi-cloud strategy based on Azure data services
• Deploy Azure Arc-enabled data services on premises or in any cloud
• Deploy Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance on premises or in any cloud
• Deploy Azure Arc-enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale on premises or in any cloud
• Manage Azure-enabled data services running outside of Azure
• Monitor Azure-enabled data services running outside of Azure through the Azure Portal

Who This Book Is For

Database administrators and architects who want to manage on-premises or hybrid cloud data resources from the Microsoft Azure cloud. Especially for those wishing to take advantage of cloud technologies while keeping sensitive data on premises and under physical control.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
About the Authors
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Kubernetes Primer
Introducing Kubernetes
Benefits of Kubernetes
The Kubernetes API
API Objects
API Server
Core Kubernetes API Primitives
Pods
Controllers
Services
Storage
Storage Provisioning
Kubernetes Cluster Components
Exploring Kubernetes Cluster Architecture
Control Plane Nodes
Worker Node
Understanding Scheduling and Resource Allocation
Scheduling in Kubernetes
Resource Consumption
Networking Fundamentals
Kubernetes Network Model Rules
Communication Patterns
Kubernetes Role in Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services
Summary and Key Takeaways
Chapter 2: Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services
The Challenge
Introducing Azure Arc
Azure Arc-Enabled Resources
Azure Arc-Enabled Servers
Azure Arc-Enabled Kubernetes
Azure Arc-Enabled SQL Server
Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services
Tooling
Azure Tools
Native Tools
Introducing Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services
Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services Architecture
Hardware Layer
Kubernetes Layer
Arc Management Control Plane Layer
Data Services Layer
Azure Arc Management Control Plane Layer – A Closer Look
Indirectly Connected Mode
Directly Connected Mode
Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services Management Functions
Data Services Layer – A Closer Look
Azure Arc-Enabled SQL Managed Instance
Azure Arc-Enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale
Deployment Sizing Considerations
Compute
Storage
Summary and Key Takeaways
Chapter 3: Getting Ready for Deployment
Prerequisites
A Little Helper for Windows Users: Chocolatey
Tools on Windows
Tools on Ubuntu
Getting Azure Data Studio Ready
Have a Resource Group in Azure
Get a Kubernetes Cluster Ready
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
kubeadm on Ubuntu
Summary and Key Takeaways
Chapter 4: Deploying a Data Controller
Get Your Kubernetes Settings Right
Deployment Through the Command Line
Deployment Through Azure Data Studio
Summary and Key Takeaways
Chapter 5: Deploying an Azure Arc-Enabled SQL Managed Instance
Deployment Through the Command Line
Deployment Through Azure Data Studio
Getting Data into Your Database
Copying Backup Files into Your Instance
Restoring Backup Files in Your Instance
Removing a Deployed Managed Instance
Summary and Key Takeaways
Chapter 6: Deploying Azure Arc-Enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale
Deployment Through the Command Line
Deployment Through Azure Data Studio
Scale Up/Scale Down of a Server Group
Removing a Deployed Server Group
Summary and Key Takeaways
Chapter 7: Monitoring
Monitoring Through the Data Controller
Retrieving Endpoints
Metrics (Grafana Dashboard)
Host Node Metrics
SQL Managed Instance Metrics
Log Search Analytics (Kibana)
Monitoring Through the Azure Portal
Directly Connected Mode
Indirectly Connected Mode
Preparing for Upload
Uploading Logs and Metrics
Monitor Your Resources in the Azure Portal
Summary and Key Takeaways
Index