| Description |
1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credit -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Introduction to Azure for Azure Administrators -- Chapter 1: Azure Fundamentals -- Technical requirements -- Exploring Azure Resource Manager -- Architecture and terminology of ARM -- Scopes -- Resource groups -- Tags -- Quotas and limits -- Microsoft Entra ID -- Terminology -- Users and groups -- Applications and service principals -- Authorization using RBAC and ABAC -- RBAC -- ABAC -- Basic toolset -- the Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and Cloud Shell -- Azure CLI |
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Azure PowerShell -- Cloud Shell -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Basics of Infrastructure as Code -- Technical requirements -- What is IaC? -- Exploring ARM templates -- Template schema -- Creating a deployment -- Deployment modes -- Creating and deploying a simple template -- Listing deployments -- Migrating to Azure Bicep -- Bicep language -- ARM templates and Bicep compatibility -- Performing deployments -- Decompiling an ARM template to Bicep -- Using ACR as a repository of modules -- What is ACR? -- Creating an ACR instance -- Creating a module -- Publishing a Bicep module |
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Using the published Bicep module -- Summary -- Part 2: Networking for Azure Administrator -- Chapter 3: Understanding Azure Virtual Networks -- Technical requirements -- Planning and deploying virtual networks -- Planning a network in Azure -- Deploying a virtual network -- Understanding NSGs -- How do NSGs work? -- Working with NSGs -- ASGs -- Working with virtual network peerings -- How does peering work? -- Setting up peerings -- Network routing and endpoints -- System routes -- Custom routes -- Service and private endpoints -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Exploring Azure Load Balancer |
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Technical requirements -- Overview of Azure Load Balancer -- Load balancing in Azure -- Components of Azure Load Balancer -- Algorithm of Azure Load Balancer -- The differences between public and internal load balancers -- Delving into backend pools -- Adding a frontend IP configuration -- Adding a backend pool -- Understanding load balancer rules -- Creating a load balancer rule -- High availability ports -- Floating IP -- Comprehending health probes -- Creating a health probe -- Linking a health probe to a load-balancing rule -- Differences between probe protocols |
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Additional guidelines for health probes -- Summary -- Part 3: Administration of Azure Virtual Machines -- Chapter 5: Provisioning Azure Virtual Machines -- Technical requirements -- Exploring the sizes and families of Azure VMs -- Families and their pricing -- Operating systems -- Delving into Azure VM storage -- Types of disks -- Redundancy of disks -- Deploying a VM -- Deploying a single VM -- Connecting to a VM -- Connecting using SSH -- Connecting using RDP -- Connecting with the DNS name -- Connecting using Azure Bastion -- The availability of Azure VMs -- Availability sets -- VMSS |
| Summary |
Complete with the latest advancements in Azure services, this second edition of Learn Azure Administration is a comprehensive guide to scaling your cloud administration skills, offering an updated exploration of Azure fundamentals and delving into the intricacies of Azure Resource Manager and Azure Active Directory. Starting with infrastructure as code (IaC) basics, this book guides you through the seamless migration to Azure Bicep and ARM templates. From Azure virtual networks planning to deployment, you’ll get to grips with the complexities of Azure Load Balancer, virtual machines, and configuring essential virtual machine extensions. You'll handle the identity and security for users with the Microsoft Entra ID and centralize access using policies and defined roles. Further chapters strengthen your grasp of Azure Storage security, supplemented by an overview of tools such as Network Watcher. By the end of the book, you’ll have a holistic grasp of Azure administration principles to tackle contemporary challenges and expand your proficiency to administer your Azure-based cloud environment using various tools like Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and infrastructure as code |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| SUBJECT |
Windows Azure. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010028313
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| Subject |
Cloud computing.
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Web services -- Computer programs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781801079860 |
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1801079862 |
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