Azure Serverless 101: Running the Cocktail Bar in Azure

A brief walkthru on how I select Azure Services, especially for a Serverless Backend, based on a hypothetical Cocktail Bar. The talk was designed for other Cloud Platform user groups to have a glimpse of the process, architecture patterns, and Azure Services available for those requirements.

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1. Azure Serverless 101 Kosala Nuwan Perera. (2020, Feb 10). Running the Cocktail Bar in Azure
2. Questions to Ask Running the Cocktail Bar in Azure • How much control do I need? • Where do I need my apps to run? • What usage model do I need? • Which functionality do I need?
3. How much control do I need? Control and Responsibility Working on business value IaaS PaaS Serverless SaaS • App con fi guration • Application • Server con fi guration • Operating system • Anti-virus • Network • App con fi guration • Application • Server con fi guration • App con fi guration • Application • App con fi guration
4. Where do I need my apps to run? In Azure • Azure Public Cloud Somewhere else • On-prem • Local development computer • Other clouds
5. What usage model do I need? Consumer Classic model • Always On • Pay per month All the time Occasionally Serverless model • Runs when needed • Pay per execution
6. Azure Services Expectations from Azure • I trust Azure to scale for me • I needs to run in Azure • I needs to run as and when needed
7. Azure Services Running the Cocktail Bar in Azure Control and Responsibility Working on business value • VM • Container Instances • Container Services (AKS) • Web App for Containers • Batch • Service Fabric • Cloud Services • Mobile App • Web App • Service Fabric • Functions • Logic Apps IaaS PaaS Serverless
8. Azure Services Run anywhere or stay vendor agnostic Control and Responsibility Working on business value • VM • Container Instances • Container Services (AKS) • Web App for Containers • Batch • Service Fabric • Cloud Services • Mobile App • Web App • Service Fabric • Functions • Logic Apps IaaS PaaS Serverless
9. Azure Services Run as and when needed Control and Responsibility Working on business value • VM • Container Instances • Container Services (AKS) • Web App for Containers • Batch • Service Fabric • Cloud Services • Mobile App • Web App • Service Fabric • Functions • Logic Apps IaaS PaaS Serverless
10. Serverless Backend Azure Services for task-oriented operations
11. Serverless Backend Typical serverless azure architecture External or Internal Client Apps Mobile and Web Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint External Webhooks Http Endpoint Backend API Route API Manager 1 2 Request 4 3 Data
12. External or Internal Securing the Backend Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint External Webhooks Http Endpoint Backend API Secrets Route API Manager 1 4 5 3 2 AD Request: Bearer ... Data Client Apps Mobile and Web
13. External or Internal Caching for faster response Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint External Webhooks Http Endpoint Backend API Secrets Route Redis Cache API Manager Edge Cache Data 1 2 3 4 5 AD Request: Bearer ... 6 Client Apps Mobile and Web
14. External or Internal Broadcasting state changes Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint External Webhooks Http Endpoint Backend API Secrets Route Redis Cache API Manager Edge Cache Data 1 2 3 4 5 AD Request: Bearer ... 6 Broadcast Client Apps Mobile and Web
15. Serverless Webhooks Broadcasting updates as and when it happen
16. External or Internal Mobile Backend Http Endpoint Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint App Service Http Endpoint 3 4 Serverless Webhooks Observer to broadcast 1 2 Broadcast Publisher API Manager Secrets Monitor Topic Push Message Broker Subscriptions
17. External or Internal Mobile Backend Http Endpoint Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint App Service Http Endpoint 3 4 Pull Serverless Webhooks Message broker to broadcast 1 2 Broadcast Message Broker Publisher API Manager Secrets Monitor Topic Subscriptions
18. External or Internal Orchestrating the broadcast Mobile Backend Http Endpoint Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint App Service Http Endpoint 1 Push Dispatch Publisher Orchestrate API Manager Secrets Monitor Topic Message Broker 2 3 Subscriptions
19. External or Internal Decoupling the subscribers Subscriptions Mobile Backend Http Endpoint Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint App Service Http Endpoint Push Dispatch Publisher Orchestrate API Manager Secrets Monitor Topic Message Broker 3 2 Subscriptions 1
20. External or Internal Separating and grouping Webhooks Topics • Bar • Cocktails • Orders Events • Order.Received • Order.Completed • Order.Cancelled • Cocktail.Introduced • Cocktail.Discontinued • Cocktail.Refreshed • Bar.Opened • Bar.HappyHourStarting • Bar.HappyHourStarted • Bar.HappyHourEnding • Bar.HappyHourEnded • Bar.Closed Mobile Backend Http Endpoint Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint App Service Http Endpoint 1 2 Broadcast Secrets Subscriptions
21. External or Internal Subscribing to a Topic Mobile Backend Http Endpoint Enterprise Backend Http Endpoint App Service Http Endpoint 1 2 Broadcast Secrets Subscriptions Subscriptions • Application Key • Access Token • Event • Http Endpoint • Expiration
22. Running the Cocktail Bar in Azure It's actually me
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