Building an Automated Azure Deployment Pipeline

From Heartland Developers Conference 2013

While Visual Studio’s “Publish to Azure” wizard is convenient, it’s the first misstep in building a deployment pipeline for your Azure-based cloud applications. Deploying code from a developer’s workstation causes all sorts of headaches, from configuration file mishaps to having the wrong version of files — not to mention all the security concerns. The “Staging Environment” that Cloud Services provides may seem like salvation, but it’s ultimately not the solution you’re looking for.
In this talk, we’ll discuss deployment best practices for Cloud Services and how to build an effective deployment pipeline that has multiple environments (some on the cloud, some on your own infrastructure) to ensure that your Azure applications have a reliable, repeatable, and responsible deployment plan.

Transcript

1. Building an Automated Deployment Pipeline for Azure Joe Kuemerle www.kuemerle.com / @jkuemerle / joe@kuemerle.com 1
2. Introduction • Developer at Precision Dialogue • Over 15 years of development experience with a broad range of technologies • Focused on application and data security, coding best practices and regulatory compliance • Presenter at community, regional and national events.
3. What is DevOps? 3 http://nickwedig.libraryofhighmoon.com/2012/11/doodles-and-dragons-ogre/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/voinonen/5848267969
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7. 7 http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/6062580946 http://www.flickr.com/photos/96829830@N04/89375 81403
8. 8 Developers manage servers (NoOps) Developers Publish Directly Deployment Document Scripted Deployment Gated Deployment Fully Managed Deployment
9. 9  Cost Structure  Scale  Security  Compliance  Reliability  Control http://www.flickr.com/photos/96829830@N04/9041353491 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kky/704056791
10. 10 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vculibraries/6032097281
12. 12 Release 3 Required Features Build 1 Release 2 Required Features Build 1 Build 2 Release 1 Required Features Build 1 Build 2 Build 3
13. 13 http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/fundamentals/compute/
14. 14 http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/fundamentals/compute/
15. 15 http://sourcemaking.com/antipatterns/golden-hammer http://www.flickr.com/photos/vlastula/3229196769
16. 16 http://www.flickr.com/photos/hownowdesign/4699371781
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19. Resources • DotNetRocks: http://dotnetrocks.com – Episodes: 901, 896, 891, 883 • RunAs Radio: http://runasradio.com – Episodes: 326, 315 • BuildMaster Tutorials – http://inedo.com/support/tutorials/using-buildmaster-to-deploy-azure-web- sites – http://inedo.com/support/tutorials/automating-azure-cloud-services- deployments-with-buildmaster • Azure Management CmdLets: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en- us/library/windowsazure/jj152841.aspx • “Done Right” concepts – http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Testing-Done-Right.aspx – http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Release-Management-Done-Right.aspx – http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Database-Changes-Done-Right.aspx • DevOps Zone: http://www.dzone.com/mz/devops • Source: https://github.com/jkuemerle/AzureDeploy 19