Slidedeck of the session Jeroen Niesen and Pouyan Kabazi have done at ExpertsLive Netherlands.

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IaC? VSTS to the
rescue!
Abbreviations
explained
Pouyan Khabazi
Jeroen Niesen

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Jeroen Niesen
Consultant @ InSpark
Twitter: @jeroenniesen
Blog: jeroenniesen.com
Youtube: AzureVlog

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Pouyan Khabazi
Consultant @ InSpark
Twitter: @Pkhabazi
Blog: pkm-technology.com

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Outline
• Agile & DevOps
• IaC with Azure Resource Manager
• IaC Release Pipeline with VSTS

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DEVOPS &
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Agile & DevOps

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Back in the old days
• Classic Development Process
requirements Design Development Testing Maintenance
Timespan: multiple years

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What we wanted
• A process where requirements could
emerge while developing
• A less risky process where we can make
timely adjustments

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Agile Scrum

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Impact of Agile on the IT Infra
• Every 2 to 4 weeks a new release
• After a couple of releases, the infra is a
mess
• Nobody knows the exact configuration
of the infra

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Immutable Infrastructure
• With every change, new infrastructure
gets deployed
• Infrastructure is always as expected
• Has to be defined in code

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DevOps
IT Pro
• Works on code
• Follows the agile process
• Responsible for
Infrastructure
Developers
• Working on code
• Follow the agile process
• Responsible for App
DevOps Team
• Works on code
• Follows the agile process
• Shares the responsibility
of infrastructure and app

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DEVOPS &
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IaC with Azure Resource
Manager

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Azure Resource Manager
• Resource Group
• Resource
■ E.g. VM, NIC, Vnet, Public IP, Storage Account, etc
• Resource Provider
■ Microsoft.Compute, Microsoft.Network, etc

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Resource Group
• Container for multiple resources
• Resources live in one* resource
group
• Resource groups can span regions
• Resource groups can span services

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Resource grouping
• Group multiple resources that have
• The same lifecycle
• Have the same set of permissions

17. DEVOPS &
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ARM Templates
• Templates can
• Deploy Resources in resource
groups
• Ensure Idempotency
• Templates are
• Sourcefiles (JSON)

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ARM Templates
ARM Template
Variables
Resource #2
Resource #3 Depends On
Parameters

19. DEVOPS &
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ARM Templates vs. Scripting
• Script only contains instructions to
change/modify an environment
• ARM templates describe the “desired
state”

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DevOps & IaC
in practice

21. DEVOPS &
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Kanban – Agile tools
Kanban board provides a visual interactive
space for you and your team to plan, show
progress and track tasks

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Repository - Git
• Get a copy of the production code
• Make changes to code to fix bugs or add new features
• Once the code is ready, make it available for review by your team.
• Once the code is reviewed, merge it into production.

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Build - Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration (CI) is the process
of automating the build and testing of code
every time a team member commits
changes to version control.

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Release - Continuous Delivery
Continuous Delivery (CD) is the process to
configure and deploy from a build to a test
or production environment.

25. DEVOPS &
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Azure Resource Provides
VS Code
Code
Build (Test) Release

26. DEVOPS &
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DEVOPS &
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Demo

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28. DEVOPS &
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13:30 – 14:30
Deploy with confidence:
continuous delivery for the
IT Pro
Henry Been