PHP-Queue with Windows Azure

Demo app for Windows Azure Service Bus Queue backend.

Part of my presentation at The Singapore Xmas Azure Workshop on 20 Dec 2012 (https://www.facebook.com/events/382258025194568/).

Sample code: https://github.com/miccheng/PHP-Queue-Windows-Azure-Queue-Demo

Transcript

1. PHP-Queue
   with Windows Azure
   A unified front-end for different queuing backends.
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2. Michael Cheng
   Senior Software Engineer, mig33
   http://twitter.com/coderkungfu
   http://github.com/miccheng
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3. PHP-Queue
   https://github.com/miccheng/php-queue
   https://packagist.org/packages/coderkungfu/php-queue
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4. Example
   Web App Messaging
   Queue
   Worker
   Worker
   Worker
   Windows Azure Service Bus,
   Amazon SQS, IronMQ,
   Beanstalkd, Gearman,
   RabbitMQ, MSMQ
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5. Why PHP-Queue?
   • Its not easy implementing a messaging
   queue.
   • Which backend? Hosted/Self-host?
   • Learning curve - protocols, libraries.
   • Not responsive to changing use cases.
   • Vendor locked-in.
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6. Benefits of PHP-Queue
   • Backend agnostic.
   • Flexible job queue implementation.
   • 1 queue 1 type of jobs.
   • 1 queue many types of jobs.
   • Independent workers. Chainable.
   • Powerful.
   • REST server, CLI, daemons.
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7. • PHP is a first class citizen.
   • Documentation is very decent (lotsa
   examples).
   •Free 90 days trial!
   • Windows Azure PHP SDK is Composer
   compatible!
   • Continuous Deployment with Git
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8. • Web Sites
   • Virtual Machines
   • Mobile Services
   • Cloud Services
   • Big Data
   • Media
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9. Windows Azure
   Service Bus
   • Service Bus is messaging infrastructure that
   sits between applications allowing them to
   exchange messages in a loosely coupled
   way for improved scale and resiliency.
   Service Bus is managed and operated by
   Microsoft with a 99.9% monthly SLA.
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10. Demo Site
    • http://phpqueuedemo.azurewebsites.net/
    • https://github.com/miccheng/PHP-Queue-
    Windows-Azure-Queue-Demo
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11. Components
    • Web Site
    • REST interface, Photo Gallery
    • Service Bus Queue
    • Messaging Queue
    • Blob Service
    • Photos
    • Virtual Machine
    • Photo Workers
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12. Simple Queue
    • REST interface
    • curl -XPOST http://phpqueuedemo.azurewebsites.net/
    Noob/ -d "var1=foo&var2=bar"
    • curl -XPOST http://phpqueuedemo.azurewebsites.net/
    Noob/?REQUEST_METHOD=PUT -d "t=meh"
    • CLI interface
    • php cli.php Noob add --data '{"name":"Dino Bing"}'
    • php cli.php Noob work
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13. SMS Worker
    Single Worker
    Job Queue
    Job
    Job
    Job
    Job
    Email Worker
    Runner
    SMS Worker
    Email Worker
    SMS Worker
    Email Worker
    Runner
    Runner
    Job
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14. Photo Gallery
    • Photo uploaded.
    • File uploaded as a Blob.
    • Pushed to Service Bus Queue.
    • Worker downloads blob, resize photos and
    uploads to CDN.
    • Appears in Gallery.
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15. Usage Model
    Job Queue
    Job
    Job
    Job
    Job
    UploadCDN
    PhotoResize
    Job
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16. Gallery Demo Site
    • http://phpqueuedemo.azurewebsites.net/gallery/
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17. Best Practices
    • Use version control wisely, be careful what
    and when u commit.
    • Use environment variables for deployment
    specific settings.
    • Use a build script for post-commit
    changes, customize your deployment.
    • Web.config instead of .htaccess.
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18. Thank You.
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19. PHP-Queue
    https://github.com/miccheng/php-queue
    https://packagist.org/packages/coderkungfu/php-queue
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