ARMing the Octopus

How many arms does an Octopus have? No - this is not the start of a bad joke. But the answer is that there is room for a new type of ARM on the Octopus.

Come and join Paul as he talks about Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and how we used ARM templates to create a one-click deployment for an Octopus 3.0 environment. You'll also come away understanding why it is crucial that you learn about ARM and how it provides a great surface for deploying and managing your Azure resources.

This was a talk I delivered at the Brisbane Azure User Group:
http://www.meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group/events/223218942/

The demo run-list and commands are available in the following Gist:
https://gist.github.com/paulbouwer/8ae860699595c59b1e62

The ARM Template is available on GitHub:
https://github.com/paulbouwer/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/octopusdeploy3-single-vm-windows

Transcript

1. ARMing the Octopus Paul Bouwer Technical Evangelist – Microsoft @pbouwer
3. Octopus Deploy 3.0
4. 80 (http) 3389 (rdp) IaaS PaaS firewall firewall
6. Azure Resource Manager
7. deploy • repeatable • declarative • imperative • idempotent • parallel • dependencies
8. organise • resource groups • tags
9. control • role based (rbac) • access granularity • audit logs • resource locks
10. Resource Groups
11. • container • manage lifecycle • resources exist in only one • span regions
13. Resource Providers
14. • provides capability • resource types • multiple versions
16. microsoft.classiccompute Microsoft.ClassicNetwork Microsoft.ClassicStorage … Microsoft.Compute Microsoft.Network Microsoft.Sql Microsoft.Storage … namespaces
17. Microsoft.Sql servers servers/databases servers/firewallrules servers/databases/metricDefinitions servers/databases/metrics … resource types
18. > demo
19. Resources
20. • user managed entity
22. > demo
23. ARM REST API
24. • AAD • Service Principal SERVICE PRINCIPAL AAD USER
25. • Tenants • Subscriptions • Resource Groups • Resource Providers • Resources • Role Based Access Control • Linked Resources • Tags • Management Locks • Template Deployments API
26. > demo
27. ARM Templates
28. • Visual Studio 2015, Azure SDK 2.5+ • Visual Studio Code
29. { "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/ 2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#", "contentVersion": "<version-number-of-template>", "parameters": { <parameter-definitions-of-template> }, "variables": { <variable-definitions-of-template> }, "resources": [ { <definition-of-resources-to-deploy> } ], "outputs": { <outputs-of-template> } } deployment template
30. "parameters": { "<parameterName>" : { "type" : "<type-of-parameter-value>", "defaultValue": "<optional-default-value-of-parameter>", "allowedValues": [ "<optional-array-of-allowed-values>" ] } } parameters
31. "octopusAdminUsername" : { "type": "string", "defaultValue": "admin", "metadata": { "description": "Admin username for the Octopus Deploy web application." } } parameters
32. "variables": { "<variableName>" : "<variable-value>" } variables
33. "variables": { "sqlDbName": "OctopusDeploy" } variables
34. "resources": [ { "apiVersion": "<api-version-of-resource>", "type": "<resource-provider-namespace/resource-type-name>", "name": "<name-of-the-resource>", "location": "<location-of-resource>", "tags": "<name-value-pairs-for-resource-tagging>", "dependsOn": [ "<array-of-related-resource-names>" ], "properties": "<settings-for-the-resource>", "resources": [ "<array-of-dependent-resources>" ] } ] resources
35. "resources": [ { "apiVersion": "2015-05-01-preview", "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts", "name": "[variables('vmStorageAccountName')]", "location": "[variables('location')]", "tags": { "env": "trial", "vendor": "Octopus Deploy" }, "properties": { "accountType": "[variables('vmStorageAccountType')]" } } ] resources
36. "outputs": { "<outputName>" : { "type" : "<type-of-output-value>", "value": "<output-value-expression>", } } outputs
37. "outputs": { "sqlServerName": { "type": "string", "value": "[reference(concat('Microsoft.Sql/servers/', parameters('sqlServerName') )).fullyQualifiedDomainName]" } } outputs
38. parameters(parameterName) Returns a parameter value that is provided when the deployment is executed. variables(variableName) Returns a variable that is defined in the template. concat(arg1,arg2,arg3,...) Combines multiple string values. This function can take any number of arguments. functions
39. "vhd": { "uri": "[concat('http://', variables('vmStorageAccountName'),'.blob.core.windows.net/', variables('vmStorageAccountContainerName'),'/', variables('vmOSDiskName'),'.vhd')]" } functions
40. { "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/ 2015-01-01/deploymentParameters.json#", "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0", "parameters": { "location": { "value": "" }, "vmStorageAccountName": { "value": "" }, "vmAdminUsername": { "value": "" }, "vmAdminPassword": { "value": "" }, "networkDnsName": { "value": "" }, … "octopusAdminUsername": { "value": "" }, "octopusAdminPassword": { "value": "" } } } parameter file
41. ARM Schemas
42. http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/ json schema
44. > demo
45. Deploy ARM Templates
46. • Create Resource Group • Deploy into Resource Group • Template File • Parameter File • Portal • PS, xplat-cli, armclient • REST, .NET API
47. PowerShell PS> New-AzureResourceGroup -Name OctopusTrial -Location "West US" xplat-cli > azure group create --name OctopusTrial --location "West US" create resource group
48. PowerShell PS> New-AzureResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName OctopusTrial -DeploymentName OctopusTrialDeployment -TemplateFile azuredeploy.json -TemplateParameterFile azuredeploy-parameters.json xplat-cli > azure group deployment create "OctopusTrial" "OctopusTrialDeployment" --template-file azuredeploy.json --parameters-file azuredeploy-parameters.json deploy into resource group
49. Octopus Deploy 3.0
50. > demo
51. Learn more …
55. Questions ?