MongoDB on Azure - Tips, Tricks and Examples

MongoDB world 2014

David Makogon, Enterprise Architect, Azure

Brian Benz, Sr. Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.

Agenda

• Azure

• MongoDB Options - NoSQL on Azure IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

• MongoDB on Azure

• Q&A

Azure

Flexible

Your

DatacenterWeb

Sites

Cloud

Services

Virtual

Machines

Microsoft Azure

Web SitesCloud ServicesVirtual Machines

Linux / Windows

VNETs / VPN

Stateful OS

RDP / SSH

External ACL

Hyper-V compatible

Larger Attached Storage

Multiple TCP / UDP ports

Startup Scripts

VNETs / VPN

Stateless OS

RDP

External ACL

Staging / Prod

Larger instances

Multiple TCP / UDP ports

Managed OS

Framework gallery

Git integration

Shared Disks

Instant Deploy

Staging / Prod

Free tier

Web Jobs

Site Backups

Managed OS

Which deployment model to use?

Yes

No

Yes

No Yes

No

Azure Virtual Machines – OS Options

Windows Server

OpenSUSE and SUSE Enterprise

CentOS

Ubuntu

Oracle Linux

vmdepot.msopentech.com

Docs - azure.microsoft.com/documentation/

SDKs - azure.microsoft.com/downloads

CLIs - azure.microsoft.com/downloads

OSS DevOps - msopentech.com/projects

The Landscape – MongoDB on Azure

MongoDB is easily installable on Linux or Windows

VMs up to 112GB + 16TB attached storage

Easy to ACL input traffic or just place in VNet

Hosted MongoDB too -

–MongoLab

–MongoDB Inc.

Support and Alerts

Custom Admin Tools

Backup and Recover

Performance Analysis –Slow Query Analyzer

Monitoring and Support

MongoDB

Replica set hosted

on Azure

virtual machines

Replica Set

DriverYour

Application

Replica Sets: High Availability

Shards, config servers and mongos (router) hosted

on Azure virtual machines

Key range A-D

Sharding: Scalability

Key range E-G Key range G-Z

Your

Application

Mongos

(router)

Example: Provisioning a Replica Set

azure vm create mongocluster –o "vmdepot-40398-1-

1.vhd" username password -l "West US" -e 22

azure vm create mongocluster -o "vmdepot-40398-1-

1.vhd" username password -l "West US" -e 23 -c

azure vm create mongocluster –o "vmdepot-40398-1-

1.vhd" username password -l "West US" -e 24 -c

azure vm endpoint create mongoc9 27017 27017

azure vm endpoint create mongoc9-2 27018 27018

azure vm endpoint create mongoc9-3 27019 27019

…start mongod, initialize replica set

azure topic verb options

Command Line Syntax Overview

prompt>

accountaccount locationaccount affinity-groupvmvm diskvm endpointvm imageserviceservice certsiteconfig

downloadimportlistshowdeletestartrestartshutdowncapturecreateattachdetachbrowseset

usernamepassworddns-prefixvm-namelb-porttarget-image-namesource-pathdisk-image-namesize-in-gbthumbprintvalue-v-vv

Automation Support

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•

Capabilities

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•

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• Fully Customize VM with Data Disks and Endpoint

Configuration

• Automate Virtual Network Settings

Where to learn more

Tutorial: Building a multi-tier cloud application on Azure using MongoLab, node.js, and

Socket.IO

http://aka.ms/C72pp8

Tutorial: Using MongoDB, Windows Communication Foundation, OData, and PowerBI

to build a Business Intelligence solution on Azure

http://aka.ms/Di7d4r

MongoDB on Azure VM -

http://aka.ms/Nnjwgu

Install MongoDB on a virtual machine running Windows Server in Azure:

http://aka.ms/Py8c6b

Node.js Web Application with Storage on MongoDB (Virtual Machine):

Create an Azure web site that connects to MongoDB running on a virtual machine in

Azure:

http://aka.ms/Xyzxgd

Other Resources

Microsoft Open Technologies Blog:

http://msopentech.com/blog/

VM Depot:

http://vmdepot.msopentech.com

Azure development:

http://azure.microsoft.com

SDKs and Command Line Tools:

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/

Azure Training Kit:

http://aka.ms/Mjqnk6

Microsoft Web Platform Installer:

http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx

Web Matrix

http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/

Project Kudu

https://github.com/projectkudu/kudu

Q&A