Windows Azure web sites

INTRODUCTION TO THE WINDOWS AZURE BOOK SERIES X  INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AZURE WEB SITES XII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AZURE AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS 1 Understanding Windows Azure Web Sites 2 Understanding the Windows Azure Portal 4 Creating a Simple Site 5 Managing Your Site from the Portal 7 Working with Notifications 8 Modifying Application State 8 Performing Other Application Operations 9 Deleting a Site 10 Setting Your Deployment Credentials 10 Summary 12 CHAPTER 2: MOVING AN APPLICATION TO THE CLOUD 13 Uploading Your Web Site via FTP 14 Gathering the Basics 14 Connecting to the Server 15 Validating a Connection 16 Publishing the "Real" Site 17 Publishing from WebMatrix 18 Deploying Your Site for the First Time 18 Publishing Changes to the Site 20 Publishing through Dropbox 21 Associating Your Web Site with a Dropbox Folder 21 Pushing Files to the Cloud through Dropbox 22 Going to the Cloud with Visual Studio 2012 23 Downloading Your Publishing Profi le 23 Registering the Publishing Profi le with Your Project 23 Selecting a Deployment Strategy 24 Summary 25 CHAPTER 3: MANAGING DEPLOYMENTS VIA SOURCE CONTROL 26 Understanding Prerequisites 27 Publishing from Source Control 28 Publishing from GitHub 28 Publishing from CodePlex 30 Publishing from Bitbucket 32 Publishing from Team Foundation Service 33 Managing Previously Deployed Releases 36 Summary 38 CHAPTER 4: MANAGING WINDOWS AZURE WEB SITES FROM THE CONSOLE 39 Preparing Your Environment 39 Confi guring Your Account 40 Downloading Your Publishing Profile 42 Importing Settings 42 Switching between Subscriptions 43 Managing Your Subscription and Web Sites 44 Creating Sites 45 Controlling Site State 46 Removing Sites from Your Account 47 Confirming Your Account and Site Status 47 Configuring Your Site 48 Listing Application Configuration Elements 48 Adding, Updating, and Deleting Keys 49 Summary 51 CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH OTHER FLAVORS OF WINDOWS AZURE WEB SITES 52 Exploring Apps in the Web Site Gallery 53 Selecting a Template 53 Sample Implementation and Publishing Walk-Through - phpBB 54 Creating the Site 55 Configuring the Board 56 Working Locally with Project Files 57 Publishing the Customized Site 58 Moving beyond the Basic Set Up 60 Summary 60 CHAPTER 6: USING PERIPHERAL FEATURES WITH WINDOWS AZURE WEB SITES 61 Sharing Administrative Responsibilities 61 Understanding the Scope of Trust in Co-Administration 63 Avoiding Shared Administration 64 Managing Your Linked Resources 65 Working with Windows Azure SQL Databases Remotely 67 Opening the Firewall 67 Establishing Remote Connections 68 Summary 69 CHAPTER 7: SCALING, CONFIGURING, AND MONITORING YOUR SITE 70 Using the Power of the Cloud: Scale 71 Understanding Levels of Scale 71 Improving Capacity 72 Scaling Linked Resources 73 Confi guring and Downloading Diagnostic Logs 74 Viewing Trace Information from Visual Studio 2012 74 Viewing the Logs from the PowerShell Console 75 Downloading Logs via FTP 76 Setting Up and Using Custom Domains 76 Working with Application Defaults 77 Working with Application Settings 78 Setting Up Connection Strings 78 Setting Other Configuration Elements 79 Setting Framework Versions 79 Adding Handler Mappings 80 Setting the Default Document 81 Summary 81 CHAPTER 8: DEPLOYING AND CONFIGURING A CLOUD APPLICATION 82 Exploring the MovieFu Application 82 Deploying and Running the Application Locally 83 Examining Application Components 84 Creating the Database with Entity Framework 85 Familiarizing Yourself with the Application 92 Registering to Use the Site 92 Creating Movies and People 92 Adding Ratings 93 Deploying and Configuring MovieFu 94 Creating a Site and Database 94 Publishing the Site 95 Changing Application Settings 95 Refining Your Skills 96 Summary 96