Azure Automation Using the Arm Model: An In-Depth Guide to Automation with Azure Resource Manager

ISBN-13: 9781484232187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 174 str.

Shijimol Ambi Karthikeyan

Opis

Focus exclusively on the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) deployment model for Azure automation and gain in-depth knowledge of topics such as runbook authoring, different types of automation runbooks, and hybrid cloud automation.

Spis treści

Chapter 1:  Introduction to Azure automation

Chapter Goal: This chapter introduces the reader to Azure Automation, an overview of features and how to get started with the service in the ARM portal

No of pages:25

Sub -Topics

1. Azure Automation in ARM portal

2. PowerShell in Azure automation

3. Runbook gallery

4. Azure Automation security

5. Create your automation account and get started

Chapter 2:  Automation Runbook types and related components

Chapter Goal: This chapter covers the different Runbook types in Azure Automation and the basic building blocks of automation Runbooks

No of pages:25

Sub - Topics

1. Azure Automation assets

2. Types of Runbooks

Chapter 3: Runbook authoring and deployment

Chapter Goal: This chapter will help reader in creating custo

m runbooks based on their requirement and deploy them in Azure

No of pages : 25

Sub - Topics:  

1. PowerShell workflow integration

2. Creating Runbooks

3.   Runbook testing and publishing

4.   Creating and editing Graphical Runbook

5.   Source control integration

6.   Runbook output streams

Chapter 4: Azure automation DSC

Chapter Goal: This chapter covers integration of Azure automation with Desired State Configuration(DSC) to cover various Cloud, on-premise and Hybrid scenarios

No of pages: 25

Sub - Topics: 

1.Introduction to DSC

2.Azure automation DSC components 

3.Getting started with Azure Automation DSC in ARM Portal

4. Sample use cases and Runbooks

Chapter 5: Hybrid cloud automation

Chapter Goal: This ch

apter will cover the Hybrid Runbook Worker in Azure automation which facilitates execution of Runbooks in your on-premise datacenters 

No of pages: 25

Sub - Topics: 

1. Getting started with Hybrid Runbook Worker

2. Integration with Operations Management Suite(OMS)

3. Executing runbooks using Hybrid Runbook Worker

4. Sample use case

Chapter 6: Sample Runbooks and use cases

Chapter Goal: This chapter will cover some popular use cases and their implementation using Azure Automation

No of pages: 25

O autorze

Shijisujai A.K. is a cloud consultant with more than 11 years of experience in the IT industry. She started her career in Data-center Management then slowly moved on to Virtualization and Cloud computing technologies. She is currently working as a consultant focusing on Azure IaaS and related technologies. She is a tech enthusiast and loves writing about the latest developments in IT infrastructure and Cloud Computing in her blog.

Blurb

Focus exclusively on the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) deployment model for Azure automation and gain in-depth knowledge of topics such as runbook authoring, different types of automation runbooks, and hybrid cloud automation. This book covers practical approaches to creating runbooks for multiple use cases, including operational tasks such as VM management and integration of Azure automation with infrastructure monitoring solutions, such as Operations Management Suite (OMS). 

Along the way you’ll see how to use PowerShell in Azure automation and cover essentials including Azure automation security, source control integration, and runbook output streams. Finally, you learn about integrating Azure automation with Desired State Configuration (DSC) to include various cloud, on-premise, and hybrid scenarios.

You will:

• Work with the building blocks of Azure automation
• Create different types of runbook
• Master hybrid cloud automation with ARM
• Implement cloud automation use cases with practical examples