Deploy cloud-native apps using Azure Container Apps (AZ-2003)

Course Overview

Get started with cloud native apps and containerized deployments

• Examine cloud-native apps
• Examine deployment options for cloud-native apps
• Review an Azure Container Apps solution architecture and resources

Configure Azure Container Registry for container app deployments

• Review the Azure Container Registry service
• Create a container registry instance in the Azure portal
• Examine registry operations for image management
• Examine authentication with managed identity
• Examine Azure Container Registry roles and permissions
• Examine secure communications using virtual networks

Configure a container app in Azure Container Apps

• Review the Azure Container Apps service
• Examine Azure Container Apps containers and containers registries
• Create a container app and container app environment
• Examine managed identities in Azure Container Apps
• Examine ingress in Azure Container Apps
• Examine the management of secrets in Azure Container Apps
• Examine the storage mounts in Azure Container Apps
• Examine cloud service connections in Azure Container Apps

Configure continuous deployment for container apps

• Review continuous deployment options for container apps
• Examine Azure DevOps and Azure Pipelines
• Examine Azure Pipeline configuration and deployment tasks
• Examine agents and agent pools for pipelines
• Examine environment and secret variables for pipelines

Scale and manage deployed container apps

• Examine revisions in Azure Container Apps
• Examine application lifecycle management in Azure Container Apps
• Examine scaling options in Azure Container Apps
• Examine ingress settings for traffic-splitting and blue-green deployments

Guided project - Deploy and manage a container app using Azure Container Apps

• This module guides learners through the end-to-end process of building, deploying, and managing containerized applications using Azure Container Apps, Azure Container Registry, Azure Pipelines, and other tools and resources.

Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts: Familiarity with cloud computing fundamentals, such as virtualization, scalability, and on-demand resource provisioning.
• Knowledge of containers: Understanding the concept of containers, their benefits, and how they differ from traditional apps and virtual machines.
• Familiarity with container orchestration: Basic understanding of container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes and their role in managing containerized applications.
• Experience with Azure: Some familiarity with Microsoft Azure and its core container services, such as Azure Container Registry, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Azure Container Apps.
• Experience with deployments: Some familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tools for application deployment.
• Experience with networks: Some familiarity with networking concepts and Azure Virtual Networks.