Describe features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources Flashcards
Define the ‘Azure Cloud Shell’
Browser-based shell tool that allows you to create, configure, and manage Azure resources using a shell.
What two types of shells does the Azure cloud shell feature?
Azure PowerShell and the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI), which is a Bash shell.
How is the Azure Cloud Shell accessed?
via the Azure portal by selecting the Cloud Shell icon.
Define ‘Azure Arc’
Lets you extend your Azure compliance and monitoring to your hybrid and multi-cloud configurations.
What are the functions of Azure Arc?
Continue using traditional ITOps while introducing DevOps practices; Use familiar Azure services and management capabilities, regardless of where they live; Projecting your existing non-Azure resources into ARM.
What types of resources can Azure arc manage?
Servers
Kubernetes clusters
Azure data services
SQL Server
Virtual machines (preview)
Define ‘Azure Resource Manager (ARM)’
Enables you to create, update, and delete resources in your Azure account; Anytime you do anything with your Azure resources, ARM is involved.
What is the secondary step once a user requests any resource in Azure?
When a user sends a request from any of the Azure tools, APIs, or SDKs, ARM receives the request.
How does Azure Resource Manager (ARM) handle a reqeust?
Authenticates and authorizes the request. Then, ARM sends the request to the Azure service, which takes the requested action.
Define a ‘Resource Manager template’
A JSON file that defines what you want to deploy to Azure.
How can Azure Resource Manager (ARM) handle a broad environment?
Deploy, manage, and monitor all the resources for your solution as a group, rather than handling these resources individually.
Define ‘Bicep’
A language that uses declarative syntax to define the infrastructure and configuration then deploy the resource(s).
How is Bicep deployed?
ARM deploys the environment based on a Bicep file.
