1. Automating and Managing Windows Azure Solutions with Powershell
Tom Fuller
Windows Azure – Technology Solution Professional
@DeveloperTofu

2. Who is Tom Fuller?
2 Years as MVP, 5 Years as Microsoft Field Engineer, recently took role as Azure specialist
I lived in Buffalo, NY until I left for college and yes, I am still a Buffalo Bills fan but no, I do not miss the snow
Active speaker, writer, blogger developertofu.com
12 years in dev focused roles like architect, web developer lots of work with large enterprises in the US
In 2010, the family moves to Atlanta, GA from Tampa, FL
A fun challenge, coaching a 5 and under girls team

3. Cloud Computing Packaged Software Infrastructure Platform Software
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
You manage
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Platform
(as a Service)
Managed by vendor
You manage
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Software
(as a Service)
Managed by vendor
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Applications
Data
You manage
Runtime
Middleware
O/S
Virtualization
Managed by vendor
Servers
Storage
Networking

4. Cloud Computing Patterns
On and Off
On & off workloads (e.g. batch job)
Over provisioned capacity is wasted
Time to market can be cumbersome
Cloud Computing Patterns
Inactivity
Period
Compute t
Growing Fast
Successful services needs to grow/scale
Keeping up w/ growth is big IT challenge
Cannot provision hardware fast enough
Compute t
Unpredictable Bursting
Unexpected/unplanned peak in demand
Sudden spike impacts performance
Can’t over provision for extreme cases
Compute t
Predictable Bursting
Services with micro seasonality trends
Peaks due to periodic increased demand
IT complexity and wasted capacity
Compute t

5. Windows Azure
Comprehensive set of services that enable you to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters
Flexible
Open
Solid

6. Global Footprint

7. 99.95% monthly SLA

8. Pay only for what you use

9. Virtual machines
Cloud services
Web sites

10. application building blocks
compute
application building blocks
networking
big data
virtual
machines
database
storage
identity
caching
web sites
infrastructure for building and
running your applications
service bus
media
CDN
traffic manager
mobile
This is a more simplified way to present “what is Azure” than the previous slide, some of the individual capabilities have been moved into categories (e.g. data synch in DB, AD, ACS in Identity etc.)
cloud services

11. Windows Azure Cloud Services (Stateless VM’s)
compute
data management
networking
SQL database
noSQL database
websites
blob
connect
virtual network
traffic manager
VMs
cloud services
Windows Azure Cloud Services (Stateless VM’s)
Virtual machines in the Cloud Two Flavors:
A place for your application code to run…
Web role is simply a Virtual Machine with IIS pre-configured
Worker role is for non-web based processing code, back-end business processes
You can actually connect to your web/worker roles – they are just VM’s
You package your code/artifacts and Windows
Azure bootstraps a VM, installs the code and starts up the VM for you. Load balances multiple instances
Web Role
Worker Role
a place for your application code to run…
Web role is simply a Virtual Machine with IIS pre-configured
Worker role is for non-web based processing code, back-end business processes
You can actually connect to your web/worker roles – they are just VM’s
You package your code/artifacts and Windows Azure bootstraps a VM, installs the code and starts up the VM for you. Load balances multiple instances
VM Role is a blank template – you install any software you need
All these roles are stateless (VM Role will become state full in next release)

12. Windows Azure Virtual Machines
compute
data management
networking
SQL database
noSQL database
websites
blob
connect
virtual network
traffic manager
cloud services
VMs
Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Getting Started
Select Image and VM Size
New Disk Persisted in Storage
Boot VM from New Disk
Management Portal
Building a VM in the cloud
Instantly run your existing applications in the cloud using Windows Azure Virtual Machines. Virtual Machines allow you to easily move your applications and infrastructure to the cloud without requiring any changes to the existing code. You can bring your own Windows Server or Linux images or select from a gallery. Regardless of your choice, you retain full control to configure and maintain the image. Windows Azure Virtual Machines are great for:
Application mobility
Virtual Machines give you application mobility, allowing you to move your virtual hard drives (VHDs) back and forth between on-premises and the cloud.
Running popular Microsoft server applications
Virtual Machines help you run the same on-premises enterprise applications and infrastructure in the cloud, with support for many popular Microsoft server applications such as Microsoft SQL Server, Active Directory and Microsoft SharePoint Server. Future gallery images will support applications such as SQL Server pre-installed on Windows Server for your usage.
Integrate with Other Windows Azure Services
Virtual machines can be used in coordination with all of the services provided by Windows Azure. Common scenarios would be to use Windows Azure Virtual Network to connect Virtual Machines to your on-premises data center or include a Virtual Machine in the design of your application that includes web and worker roles.
You have three methods of starting this process: Build a VM from the portal, from the command line OR programmatically calling the REST API.
Once your choice of provisioning is made you will need to select the image and instance size to start from.
The newly created disk will be stored in blob storage and your machine will boot.
Blob Storage
Scripting
(Windows, Linux and Mac)
REST API
Cloud

13. Windows Azure Web Sites
compute
data management
networking
SQL database
noSQL database
blob
connect
virtual network
traffic manager
cloud services
VMs
websites
Windows Azure Web Sites
Quickly and easily deploy sites to a highly scalable cloud environment with the frameworks and open source apps of your choice using Windows Azure Web Sites
Supported Deployment Protocols
Supports multiple frameworks (ASP.NET, Classic ASP, PHP, Node.js)
Pick from popular Open Source apps
Pick your DB (SQL Azure, MySQL)
Choose your tools (Visual Studio, Git, FTP, WebMatrix)
Build on any platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)
GIT : FTP
Web Deploy : TFS Deploy

14. Management

15. Service Management API for Managing and Monitoring Applications in Windows Azure
Provides programmatic access to platform functionality
Used to deploy, manage, and monitor applications
Powerful REST API, performed over SSL and mutually authenticated using X.509 certificates
May be accessed from within application running in Windows Azure, or directly over the Internet from any application
PowerShell commands using the same APIs can be used to script management functions
Application in Windows Azure can be monitored and managed by using Service API’s
Service Management API
Provide programmatic access to platform functionality
Used to deploy, manage, and monitor applications
Powerful REST API, performed over SSL and mutually authenticated using X.509 certificates
May be accessed from within application running in Windows Azure, or directly over the Internet from any application
PowerShell commands using the same APIs can be used to script management functions
We can also manage and monitor Applications on Windows Azure using System center which is explained in detail in subsequent slides..

16. What can you do with PowerShell?
Remote Management
Manage SQL Databases, Configuration, Diagnostics, Deployments, and Azure assets (Affinity Groups, Storage Accounts, Keys, etc..)
Automation
Query, Manage and Configure Virtual Machines across multiple subscriptions, cloud services and storage accounts.
Provision Fully Configured Virtual Machines
Domain Joined
Storage and Networking Configured
Virtual Networking
Completely Configure VNETs from a Script

17. Getting Started
Use: Get-AzurePublishSettingsFile and Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile
To Import Downloaded Publish Profile (.publishsettings)
Automatically configures Subscription ID, Certificate, Service Endpoint and Subscription Name.
For Manual Approach:
Associate Certificate and Subscription ID
$cert = Get-Item cert:\CurrentUser\My\CERTTHUMBPRINT
Set-AzureSubscription 'mysub' -Certificate $cert -SubscriptionID $id
Subscription Settings Persisted
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Windows Azure Powershell
Multiple Subscription Support
Get-AzureSubscription | foreach {
Select-AzureSubscription $_.SubscriptionName
# Perform Management Operation Against Each Subscription }

18. Demo
Getting Started with Azure Subscription Credentials in Powershell

19. Virtual Machine Management
Quick VM Provisioning Mode
Supports VM Creation in a Single Cmdlet
Advanced Provisioning Configuration Mode
Provision With: Endpoints, Data Disks
Configure: Cache Settings for OS/Data Disks and Subnet Names
Create Multiple Pre-Defined VMs in a Batch
New-AzureVM -VMs $vm1, $vm2, $vm3

20. Setting the current storage account
Returns Storage Account
Get-AzureStorageAccount | Select StorageAccountName
Sets the Current Storage Account
Set-AzureSubscription 'somesub1' -CurrentStorageAccount 'mystorage‘
Cmdlets like New-AzureQuickVM will use this Account

21. Information Needed to create a VM
Image Name
Get-AzureVMImage | select ImageName
Disk Name
Get-AzureDisk | select DiskName
Data Center Location
Get-AzureLocation

22. Simple VM Creation
First Virtual Machine in a NEW Cloud Service (-Location specified)
New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -ServiceName $svc -Name $vm1 -ImageName $wimg -Location $location -Password $pwd
New Virtual Machine in an Existing Cloud Service (no –Location)
New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -ServiceName $svc -Name $vm2 -ImageName $wimg -Password $pwd
Creating a Linux Virtual Machine in an Existing Cloud Service
New-AzureQuickVM -Linux -ServiceName $svc -Name $vm3 -ImageName $limg -LinuxUser $lu -Password $pwd

23. Virtual Machine Discovery
Retrieve Cloud Services
Get-AzureService
Retrieve Virtual Machines for Service
Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $cloudSvcName
Retrieve Status for All VMs in Subsription
Get-AzureService | foreach {
$_ | Get-AzureVM | ft ServiceName, Name, InstanceStatus }

24. Common Settings Name AvailabilitySetName InstanceSize
The name of the Virtual Machine
AvailabilitySetName
The availability set (used for high availability)
InstanceSize
ExtraSmall, Small, Medium, Large, ExtraLarge

25. Provisioning Options Add-AzureProvisioningConfig Options
-Windows -Password $pwd
-WindowsDomain -Password $pwd
-Domain $dom, -JoinDomain $fqdn, -DomainUser $domUser
-DomainPassword $domPwd -MachineObjectOU $ou
-DisableAutomaticUpdates
-NoRDPEndpoint, -TimeZone, Certificates
Add-AzureProvisioningConfig Options
Linux
-LinuxUser $user -Password $pwd
-DisableSSH , -NoSSHEndpoint
-SSHKeyPairs, -SSHPublicKeys
installed from certificates deployed in cloud service

26. Configuring a VM at Provision Time
Create Configuration Object with New-AzureVMConfig
Modify with Add-* cmdlets
Add with New-AzureVM
New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vm1 -InstanceSize Medium -ImageName $img |
Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd |
Add-AzureDataDisk -CreateNew -DiskLabel 'data' -DiskSizeInGB 10 -LUN 0 |
Add-AzureEndpoint -Name 'web' -PublicPort 80 -LocalPort 80 -Protocol tcp |
New-AzureVM -ServiceName $newSvc -Location $location

27. Virtual Machine Storage
Data Disks
Add/Remove data disks at boot or while running
Create blank or attach existing disks
Modify Cache Settings of OS Disk or Data Disk
Modifying OS Disk while running requires reboot

28. Data Disk Creation New Virtual Machine Creation with Data Disk
New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img |
Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd |
Add-AzureDataDisk -CreateNew -DiskSizeInGB 10 -DiskLabel 'myddisk' -LUN 0 |
New-AzureVM -ServiceName $cloudSvcName
Add new Data Disk to existing Virtual Machine
Get-AzureVM -ServiceName 'myvm1' |
Add-AzureDataDisk -CreateNew -DiskSizeInGB 10 -DiskLabel 'myddisk' -LUN 1 |
Update-AzureVM

29. Deploying into a Virtual Network
Virtual Machine Settings
Set Subnet on VM with Set-AzureSubnet
Deployment Settings
Set Virtual Network -VNetName
Set DNS Servers - New-AzureDns and -DNSSettings

30. Provision into a VNET and AD
$dom = 'contoso'
$jdom = 'contoso.com'
$onPremDNS = New-AzureDns -IPAddress ' ' -Name 'OnPremDNS'
$cloudDNS = New-AzureDns -IPAddress ' ' -Name 'CloudDNS'
$computerOU = $advmou = 'OU=AzureVMs,DC=contoso,DC=com‘
New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img |
Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -WindowsDomain -Password $pwd -Domain $dom `
-DomainUserName $domUser -DomainPassword $dpwd -JoinDomain $jdom `
-MachineObjectOU 'AzureVMs' |
Set-AzureSubnet -SubnetNames 'AppSubnet' |
New-AzureVM –ServiceName $svc -AffinityGroup 'adag' `
-VNetName 'ADVNet' -DnsSettings $onPremDNS, $cloudDNS

31. Demo
Provisioning and updating a new Virtual Machine from Powershell

32. Automation

33. Adding and Removing Instances
Update a running role to have more or less instances
Set-AzureRole –ServiceName "MySvc1" –Slot "Production" –RoleName "MyTestRole3" –Count 3

34. VM Batch Creation
Create Multiple Configured VMs and Pass to New-AzureVM
$vm1 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd
$vm2 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd
$vm3 = New-AzureVMConfig -Name 'myvm1' -InstanceSize 'Small' -ImageName $img | Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -Password $pwd
New-AzureVM -CreateService -ServiceName $cloudSvcName -VMs $vm1,$vm2,$vm3
-Location $dc

35. Disk and Image Repository
OS Images
Get-AzureVMImage # Return all
Get-AzureVMImage | Where { $_.Category -eq 'Microsoft' } # Return Microsoft
Get-AzureVMImage | Where { $_.Category -eq 'User' } # Return Custom
Get-AzureVMImage | Where { $_.Category -eq 'Partner' } # Return Partner Images
Get-AzureVMImage | Where { $_.OS -eq 'Windows' } # Return only Windows OS images
Remove-AzureVMImage -ImageName 'myimg' -DeleteVHD # Delete image and storage
Add-AzureVMImage -OS 'Windows' -ImageName 'MyWinImage' -MediaLocation ' # Add Existing VM Image from Storage
Disks
Get-AzureDisk # Return all
Get-AzureDisk | Where { $_.AttachedTo -eq $null } # Return all not attached to a VM
Get-AzureDisk | Where { $_.OS -eq $null } # Return only data disks
Get-AzureDisk | Where { $_.OS -eq 'Windows' } # Return only Windows OS disks
Remove-AzureDisk -DiskName 'mydisk' -DeleteVHD # Delete disk and storage
Add-AzureDisk -OS 'Windows' -DiskName 'MyWinDisk' -MediaLocation ' # Add Existing OS Disk from Storage
Add-AzureDisk -DiskName 'MyDataDisk' -MediaLocation '
# Add Existing Data Disk from Storage
Microsoft, Partner and User
OS Disks or Data Disks

36. Batch Updating Running VMs
Remove RDP and Add New Storage Across all Web Front Ends
Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $svc | Where { $_.Name -match 'wfe' } | foreach {
$_ |
Remove-AzureEndpoint -Name 'rdp' |
Add-AzureDataDisk -CreateNew -DiskSizeInGB 10 -LUN 1 -DiskLabel 'newstorage' |
Update-AzureVM }

37. Demo
Automating Scale Up of a Web Role with Powershell

38. Get Started

39. Q&A