Deploying Couchbase Applications

on Azure Cloud

Rafael Godinho – Evangelist Microsoft

Cihan Biyikoglu – Director of Product Management Couchbase

• Part I - Azure Intro

• Azure Cloud Overview

• Part II - Provisioning Virtual Machines in Azure

• Live Demo

• Part III – Setting up Couchbase on Azure Virtual Machines

• Best Practices with Azure

VM SKUs, Network Config, Availability Set Configuration and more…

• Part IV – Deploying a .NET Couchbase app on Azure

• Live Demo

• Part V - Q&A

Agenda

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PART I

Intro to Azure

Microsoft Azure

Game sessions hosted

using Azure

Hosted using >100,000

Azure Virtual Machines

Microsoft Azure ServicesC

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consolePC

On-

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databaseBrowser

Office Add-

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On-

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AD

Multifactor

Authentication

Access

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Service Bus CDN

BizTalk

Services

Traffic

Manager

Virtual

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API Mgmt Websites

Cloud

Services VM

Mobile

Services

Media

Services

Notification

Hubs Scheduler Automation

Data

Layer

Storage Blobs Tables Queues Data

Machine

Learning HD Insight

Backup and

RecoverySQL

Database Caching StorSimple

PART II

Provisioning VMs in Azure

Provisioning a Virtual Machine

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DEMO

Provisioning a Virtual Machine on Azure

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PART III

Best Practices - Couchbase Server on

Azure

Minimum HW Recommendation for Couchbase

2 cores and 4GB for development

4 cores and 16GB for production

Typical Picks

For Dev. Workloads

- D2, D11, A3, A5 or larger

For Prod. Workloads

- D3, D12 or A6 or larger

Best Practices – Node Sizes

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Virtual Network are the most efficient way to communicate!

• Configure a Virtual Network for Nodes & Apps Per DC/Region

• Setup Vnet to Vnet connection between DCs/Regions

Best Practices – Configuring Azure Network

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Azure East

Couchbase Apps

Couchbase Server Cluster

Azure West

Couchbase Apps

Couchbase Server Cluster

Configure a Virtual Network per DC/Region for Couchbase Nodes & Apps

- PrivateIPs are faster to route compared to public IPs

Best Practices – Configuring Azure Network

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10.0.0.410.0.0.510.0.0.6…

VM PrivateIPs

Configure Availability Sets & Server Groups for Full Protection

• Ensure Protection against Upgrades and Rack Failures

Configure Availability Set per VNet

Ensure all nodes are in the same availability set

Ensure all nodes are in separate groups in Couchbase Cluster

Best Practices – Configuring Availability Set

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Couchbase Server Configuration

• Use Static IPs with NodesSet-AzureStaticVNetIP in Powershell or Check the box in the new portal..

• Use PrivateIP for server comm. Register node PrivateIPs (ex: 10.0.x.x) on Admin Console

Enable Remote AdministrationSome use jump-box to front admin access, others open 18901 for encrypted Admin Access (with Couchbase Server 3.0 only). Defense in Depth…

Map to another random port for security externally ACL the 18091 endpoint

Best Practices – Configuring Server Config.

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Security Best Practices

- Admin Endpoint:

Couchbase Admin Console & CLI: 18091

- 18091 is SSL encrypted.

- ACL 18091 for added security

- No need to open any other port!

- Encrypt XDCR Traffic:

Cross DC/Region Traffic with SSL

Best Practices – Configuring Couchbase Server

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Couchbase App Configuration

• Ensure Apps deploy to the same Vnet

Websites, VM Apps or Cloud Services

privateIPs (10.0.x.x)

• Use Encrypted Data Access

SSL based Client-server Communications

SSL based View Access

https://couchbase_server:18092/…

Best Practices – Configuring Azure Network

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Production Deployments

- Mount data disks & stripe across with RAID 0

Do not use ephemeral drive – will be reset under node restart

Do not use OS drive – limited in size

Do Not use ReadWrite caching for Couchbase Server data drives

- Writes through to Azure Storage

Best Practices – Storage Configuration

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PART IV

Deploying a Couchbase .NET App on Azure

.NET

Python

Develop apps with…

Node.js

Java

PHP

DEMO

Deploying a .NET app on Azure

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QA