Windows Azure™ Step by Step by Brunetti, Roberto -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Windows Azure™ Step by Step

A Note Regarding Supplemental Files Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction

Who Should Read This Book Who Should Not Read This Book Assumptions Organization of This Book Conventions and Features in This Book System Requirements Code Samples

Installing the Code Samples Using the Code Samples

How to Access Your Online Edition Hosted by Safari How to Download the Online Edition to Your Computer Errata & Book Support We Want to Hear from You Stay in Touch

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing

Approaches to Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service Software as a Service Platform as a Service Cloud Services Defined

Long-Term Vision Windows Azure as a PaaS Solution

Great Opportunity for Small Businesses Great Opportunity for Big Businesses

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Summary

2. Introduction to the Windows Azure Platform

The Operating System Service Creation

Create a Service

Windows Azure Storage

Create a Storage Account

The Worker Role The Virtual Machine Role Windows Azure AppFabric

The Service Bus The Access Control Service

The Caching Service The Integration Service The Composite Application Service

SQL Azure Summary

3. Creating a Web Role Project

Software Development Kits Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio Web Role Project Template

Create the Project Test the Solution

The Cloud Project

Conduct a Multiple-Instance Test

Deployment to Windows Azure

Deploy Your Project Manually

Configuration and Upgrading

Configure a Cloud Service

Service Definition File Role Properties Summary Quick Reference

4. Windows Azure Storage

Local Storage

Request Local Storage Read the Configuration Value

The Windows Azure Storage Account

Create a Storage Account Project

Windows Azure Management Tool

Manage Blobs with the Windows Azure Management Tool Add Blobs to the Container

Blob APIs

List the Blobs in a Container Upload New Blobs Create a Container from Code

Summary Quick Reference

5. Tables, Queues, and Worker Roles

The Table Service

Use the Table Service APIs Define an Entity Create the Client-Side Context Use the Table Service Query the Table Services

The Queue Service

Create the Message Create the Worker Role Project Configure the Worker Role Project Configure the Setting Publisher Dequeue Messages from the Worker Role

Summary Quick Reference

6. Windows Azure Operating System Details

Live ID, Subscriptions, and Billing Affinity Group Content Delivery Network Certificates Diagnostics Summary Quick Reference

7. Building an AppFabric Solution

Windows Azure AppFabric Components Service Bus

Create the Service Namespace Create a WCF Service Application Expose the Service to the Service Bus Create the Service Consumer

Direct Connection

Use Direct Connection

Bindings

Use a Different Binding

HTTP for Management URI Summary Quick Reference

8. WCF Data Services and OData

The Astoria Project WCF Data Services (ADO.NET Data Services) The Building Blocks

Create an ASP.NET Web Application Create the Database Create an Entity Data Model Rename the Entity and Entity Set Create a Simple Page to Show the Result

WCF Data Service

Create a WCF Data Service

Query and Relationship Filtering, Sorting, and Pagination WCF Data Service Client

Create a Simple Client

The .NET Framework Client Security Introduction Summary Quick Reference

9. Using SQL Azure

SQL Azure Features SQL Azure Database Access Database Server Creation in the Cloud

Create a Virtual Server Create a Database Configure the Firewall

SQL Azure Access SQL Azure Relational Engine Feature Existing Database Migration SQL Azure Migration Wizard Summary Quick Reference

10. Accessing Azure Services from Everywhere

Creating the Storage Account Project

Create the Storage Account Project Create the Client Application Insert Some Data

Accessing the Storage Account from PHP Using HTTP and REST Summary Quick Reference

11. Application Architecture

Characteristics of a Multitier Solution The Data Access Layer The Service Agent Summary

A. About the Author Index About the Author

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