How Does Azure Arc-enabled Infrastructure Let Cloud-Native Applications Run Anywhere?

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How Does Azure Arc-enabled Infrastructure Let Cloud-Native Applications Run Anywhere?
April 14, 2022 Comments Off on How Does Azure Arc-enabled Infrastructure Let Cloud-Native Applications Run Anywhere? Business, Information Technology, Programming, Trends Dhaval Rathod

Technology advancements are making environments more complex over time and managing and governing them is becoming a common concern for many companies today. Moreover, the environmental complexity is extending to data centres, hybrid cloud, and edge computing platforms. You must be thinking about installing the same management tools for all environments, but each ecosystem and cloud platform demands their own set of management tools, which require deep study while operating on them as they have different procedures. Likewise, new DevOps and ITOps modules are also complex to develop because current configuration tools provide limited support and may not be able to provide support for new cloud-native applications.

Recently, Microsoft announced their new Azure Arc powered application services that provide support to cloud-native applications. Azure Arc delivers a consistent hybrid-cloud and on-premises system management platform through which application governance and maintenance becomes more straightforward. Azure Arc enabled services enable organizations to:

  • Manage operational landscape through a single click and reflect current non-Azure, on-premises, and different cloud data into the Azure Resource Manager.
  • Manage VMs, Kubernetes Cluster, and storage systems and make them run as they process these systems in the Azure landscape.
  • Utilize known Azure services with required management capabilities, no matter where they are residing.
  • Use standard ITOps through DevOps practices and make them proficient to assist new cloud-native patterns in the existing IT platform.
  • Set up custom locations like an individual layer on top of the Azure Arc–powered Kubernetes cluster, connect and extension features.

Now, let’s dive into the Azure Arc-enabled infrastructure and services and know how they operate, types, and much more.

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Azure Arc-Enabled Services:

The following Arc-enabled services introduced in Microsoft Build 2021 allows you to run your Azure PaaS services on any platform you want.

Azure App Services:

It allows to build and manage web-based applications and APIs with ease. Also, it allows integration features, including additional deployment slots, autoscaling, and a built-in web authentication system.

Azure Functions:

Allows to build data-driven applications with features like autoscaling. Plus, it can be integrated with any other Azure services.

Azure Logic Apps:

It automates all streamlined workloads of embedded applications, services, data, and many systems by integrating library functions containing 400+ connectors.

Azure Event Grid:

It streamlines event-based applications through a single service to manage events-related paths from any source to destination.

Azure API Management:

It brings a centralized management experience and complete visibility across the integrated APIs.

Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services:

Azure SQL Managed Instance:

This instance completely supports the latest version of the SQL server database engine. Customers using the previous SQL server model may transfer their integrated application to the new Arc-enabled data services with minimal application re-factoring and keeping data sovereignty in mind. It also introduces new default management capabilities that reduce performance overhead to the potential level.

Azure PostgreSQL Hyperscale:

This hyperscale Postgres database form factor engine powered by Azure Arc data services and integrated with Citus extension provides the hyper-scale experience. This type of form factor allows host and operate implemented systems into its ecosystem.

Azure Arc-Enabled Infrastructure:

It enables you to operate and manage various infrastructure, including Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes clusters in the outer area of Azure.

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Arc-Enabled Kubernetes:

With this infrastructure, you can integrate and configure the Kubernetes cluster regardless of their location in the Azure domain and gain maximum benefits of Azure management services, such as Azure Policy, Monitor, Defender for Kubernetes, etc. Furthermore, all these additional configurations can be implemented on the Arc-Enabled Kubernetes platform using GitOps configuration management services or tools.

Arc-enabled Servers:

These servers enable you to manage various operating system-based servers, such as Windows, Linux, and VMs, regardless of where they are situated. The management experience of these servers and their consistency depends on how you utilize and manage them in native Azure VMs. After a hybrid system is implemented on Azure platforms it becomes an integral part of this infrastructure, which is treated as an essential resource. This integration creates an Azure Managed Identity, which is further used for Azure AD authentication.

Running Native Azure Application Services in Any Platform:

Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster is necessary for running your native Azure application on any platform. On this specifically customized cluster, you can deploy your personalized azure application services. Plus, this cluster works with any Kubernetes cluster certifications, like CNFC (Cloud Native Computing Foundation).

Steps to Implement Azure Arc-enabled Application Service Extension:

  • Open the Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes Cluster where you want to release native application services.
  • Go to the Extension and click on the Add button.
  • Select the condition for Azure service that you think can meet the application level.
  • Press on create to open the wizard button, which will be used to deploy the service extension on the application.
  • Name the instance and set its path, if you have one, which can be used in place of the Azure region where the actual application service is deployed.
  • Configure the application service monitoring process and enter a few Azure tags, and after the completion of the process, your previously selected wizard will write the script, which can be run using Azure CLI in local machine or Azure Cloud Shell.
  • Now, you can see the Kubernetes cluster running on the selected path from Azure Arc Center.
  • Likewise, you can go back to another app service and add in a new web application. And continue this process by selecting a local centre or region.
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Conclusion:

We hope that you found this blog insightful, and it has given you a quick view of the building and running cloud-native application on Azure PaaS Services with the help of Azure Arc-enabled services and infrastructure. Using this guide, you can build and run your custom application with modern services on any platform you want, whether it is hybrid cloud, single cloud, or on-premises systems.

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About The Author
Dhaval Rathod Sarthi Lam is an author of LoogleBiz for both adults and teens, including The Kill Club and her upcoming YA debut, She’s Too Pretty to Burn. She was born in Tamilnadu, India and has lived most of her life in Los Angeles.