Implementing Hybrid Cloud with Azure Arc: Explore the new-generation hybrid cloud and learn how to build Azure Arc-enabled solutions

Length: 242 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication Date: 2021-07-16
ISBN-10: 1801076006
ISBN-13: 9781801076005
Sales Rank: #1837474 (See Top 100 Books)

Accelerate hybrid cloud innovation using Azure Arc with the help of real-world scenarios and examples

Key Features

Get to grips with setting up and working with Azure Arc
Harness the power of Azure Arc and its integration with cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes and PaaS data services
Manage, govern, and monitor your on-premises servers and applications with Azure

Book Description

With all the options available for deploying infrastructure on multi-cloud platforms and on-premises comes the complexity of managing it, which is adeptly handled by Azure Arc. This book will show you how you can manage environments across platforms without having to migrate workloads from on-premises or multi-cloud to Azure every time.

Implementing Hybrid Cloud with Azure Arc starts with an introduction to Azure Arc and hybrid cloud computing, covering use cases and various supported topologies. You’ll learn to set up Windows and Linux servers as Arc-enabled machines and get to grips with deploying applications on Kubernetes clusters with Azure Arc and GitOps. The book then demonstrates how to onboard an on-premises SQL Server infrastructure as an Arc-enabled SQL Server and deploy and manage a hyperscale PostgreSQL infrastructure on-premises through Azure Arc. Along with deployment, the book also covers security, backup, migration, and data distribution aspects. Finally, it shows you how to deploy and manage Azure’s data services on your own private cloud and explore multi-cloud solutions with Azure Arc.

By the end of this book, you’ll have a firm understanding of Azure Arc and how it interacts with various cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes and PaaS data services.

What you will learn

Set up a fully functioning Azure Arc-managed environment
Explore products and services from Azure that will help you to leverage Azure Arc
Understand the new vision of working with on-premises infrastructure
Deploy Azure’s PaaS data services on-premises or on other cloud platforms
Discover and learn about the technologies required to design a hybrid and multi-cloud strategy
Implement best practices to govern your IT infrastructure in a scalable model

Who this book is for

This book is for Cloud IT professionals (Azure and/or AWS), system administrators, database administrators (DBAs), and architects looking to gain clarity about how Azure Arc works and how it can help them achieve business value. Anyone with basic Azure knowledge will benefit from this book.

Azure Arc Overview
Azure Arc Enabled Servers
Azure Arc Enabled Kubernetes
Azure Arc Enabled SQL Server
Azure Arc Enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale
Azure Arc Enabled SQL Managed Instances
Multi-Cloud Management with Azure

Implementing Hybrid Cloud with Azure Arc
Foreword
Contributors
About the authors
About the reviewer
Preface
    Who this book is for
    What this book covers
    To get the most out of this book
    Code in Action
    Download the color images
    Conventions used
    Get in touch
    Reviews
Section 1: Azure Arc Enabled Infrastructure
Chapter 1: Azure Arc Overview
    Technical requirements
    What is Azure Arc?
        What Azure Arc isn't
    Introducing Azure Arc use cases
        Organizing and governing across environments 
        Building cloud-native apps at scale
        Running Azure data services anywhere
        Meeting security, compliance, and regulatory requirements
        Example customer use case 
    Understanding Azure Arc
        Azure Resource Manager 
        The Azure control plane beyond Azure – Azure Arc
        Azure Arc-enabled servers
        Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes 
        Azure Arc-enabled data services
        Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server
    Building the lab prerequisite for Azure Arc
        Getting started with Azure
        Creating a resource group in Azure
    Pricing 
    Summary
Chapter 2: Azure Arc Enabled Servers
    Technical requirements
    An overview of Azure Arc enabled servers 
        Supported environments  
    Supported management scenarios 
    Understanding how Azure Arc works
        Connected Machine agent 
        Arc enabled servers in the Azure portal
    Preparing on-premises machines for Azure Arc enabled servers
        Getting the virtualization environment ready
    Onboarding Windows and Linux machines to Azure Arc
        Generating an onboarding script using the Azure portal
        Onboarding a Windows Server 
        Onboarding a Linux Server
        Onboarding servers at scale 
        Using azcmagent utility 
        Offboarding Azure Arc agents
    Managing servers with Azure Arc
        Reviewing the connected server state in the Azure portal
        Applying an Azure Policy to arc enabled servers
        Installing Azure VM Extensions on Arc enabled machines
        Monitoring Arc enabled servers with Azure Monitor 
        Protecting Arc enabled machines with Azure Security Center
        Managing updates and operations
    Summary
Chapter 3: Azure Arc Enabled Kubernetes
    Technical requirements
    Getting an overview of Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
        Supported environments  
        Understanding how it works
    Preparing the lab infrastructure for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes 
        Getting the Kubernetes environment ready
    Onboarding a Kubernetes cluster to Azure Arc
        Registering the required resource providers 
        Preparing an Azure Active Directory service principal for authentication 
        Onboarding the Kubernetes cluster
        Forking the Azure Voting App GitOps repository
        Deploying the configuration using GitOps
        Testing GitOps continuous deployment 
    Governing connected Kubernetes clusters with Azure Policy 
        Enforcing GitOps using Azure Policy 
        Validating Kubernetes configuration compliance using Azure Policy 
    Monitoring connected Kubernetes clusters with Azure Monitor
        Enabling monitoring for connected Kubernetes clusters
        Reviewing Container insights 
    Summary
Chapter 4: Azure Arc Enabled SQL Server
    Technical requirements
    Introducing Azure Arc enabled SQL Server 
        Supported environments  
    Preparing on-premises machines for Azure Arc enabled SQL Server
    Onboarding SQL Server instances to Azure Arc
        Generate a SQL onboarding script using the Azure portal
        Onboarding SQL Server running on Windows
        Onboarding SQL servers at scale 
    Managing SQL Servers with Azure Arc
        Reviewing connected SQL Server state in the Azure portal
        Configuring SQL Server assessment 
    Summary
Section 2: Azure Arc Enabled Data Services
Chapter 5: Azure Arc Enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale
    Technical requirements
    Getting an overview of Azure Arc enabled data services 
        Supported environments  
        Resource providers
    Understanding Azure Arc enabled data services 
        Understanding the Azure Arc data controller 
        Connectivity modes
        Deployment flow
        Network requirements
        Storage configuration 
        Sizing configuration 
    Preparing the lab infrastructure and tools
        Installing the Azure CLI and Kubernetes CLI
        Deploying Azure Kubernetes Service
        Installing Azure Data Studio and the CLI
    Deploying an Azure Arc data controller (indirectly connected mode)
        Connecting to the Azure Arc data controller 
    Deploying PostgreSQL Hyperscale services
        Deploying a PostgreSQL Hyperscale server group
        Create an Azure Arc enabled PostgreSQL database
    Monitoring Azure Arc enabled PostgreSQL services
        Overview of monitoring Azure Arc enabled data services
        Accessing the Kibana and Grafana monitoring dashboards
        Uploading data to Azure Monitor
        Analyzing monitoring and logs in the Azure portal
    Managing backup and restore
        Backing up Arc enabled PostgreSQL server group data
        Restoring Arc enabled PostgreSQL server group data
    Summary
    Further reading 
Chapter 6: Azure Arc Enabled SQL Managed Instance
    Technical requirements
    Getting an overview of Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instance
        Resource providers
        Benefits of hosting databases on SQL Managed Instance
    Preparing the lab infrastructure and tools
    Onboarding a Kubernetes cluster to Azure Arc
    Deploying an Azure Arc data controller (direct mode)
        Preparing prerequisites for direct mode
        Deploying Azure Arc data controller resources
        Connecting to the Azure Arc data controller 
    Deploying Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instance services
        Deploying a SQL managed instance
        Create an Azure Arc enabled SQL database 
    Monitoring Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instances
        Accessing Kibana and Grafana monitoring dashboards
        Uploading data to Azure Monitor
        Analyzing monitoring and logs in the Azure portal
    Managing backup and restore
    Always On availability groups in Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instance
    Summary
    Further reading 
Section 3: Azure Arc Enabled Multi-Cloud Governance
Chapter 7: Multi-Cloud Management with Azure
    Technical requirements
    Azure Arc enabled multi-cloud solutions 
        Multi-cloud server management 
        Multi-cloud Kubernetes management
        Hosting Azure data services on other cloud platforms
    Azure managed multi-cloud solutions 
        Azure Active Directory multi-cloud solutions 
        Azure Monitor
        Azure Security Center
        Azure Sentinel 
        Azure Policy
    Upcoming Azure Arc enabled services
    Summary
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