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Published inJan 2016
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781785882470
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Amit Malik
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Amit Malik

Amit Malik is an IT enthusiast and technology evangelist from Delhi, India. He specializes in Virtualization, Cloud, and emerging technology space. He has an intense knowledge in building cloud solutions with Microsoft Windows Azure Pack. Amit holds various industry admired certifications from all major OEM's in Virtualization and Cloud space including MCSE for Private Cloud. Amit has designed and built numerous virtualization and private cloud solutions comprising the product lines of Microsoft, VMware, and Citrix. Apart from these, he can be found working on emerging technologies including VDI, hyper convergence, Software Defined Infrastructure solutions including networking and storage, Containers, Big Data, IoT, and other similar technologies. Amit is interested in building products and doing product management in near future for related technology space. You can always reach Amit on LinkedIn (https://in.linkedin.com/in/amitmalik99)or email (contact2amitmalik@gmail.com)
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WAP WebSites – architecture


The WebSites cloud solution consists of multiple roles and runs on multiple servers. All servers are based on Windows Server 2012 R2 (2012 is also supported). The overall solution makes use of Windows server capabilities, such as the dynamic Windows Process Activation Service, resource throttling, IIS, and more along with SQL database and website roles. Let's dive deeper into the architectural components of WebSites cloud solution.

WebSites cloud service roles

Windows Azure Pack-based websites cloud service consist of a minimum of six server roles:

  • WebSites controller: This role deploys and manages other roles. This is the first role to install, and it contains all media, setup, and configurations used for deploying and configuring other roles.

  • WebSites management server: This role communicates with Windows Azure Pack management portals and APIs. It exposes a Representational State Transfer (REST) endpoint that is used by WAP to connect and communicate with Website...

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Published in: Jan 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781785882470

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Amit Malik

Amit Malik is an IT enthusiast and technology evangelist from Delhi, India. He specializes in Virtualization, Cloud, and emerging technology space. He has an intense knowledge in building cloud solutions with Microsoft Windows Azure Pack. Amit holds various industry admired certifications from all major OEM's in Virtualization and Cloud space including MCSE for Private Cloud. Amit has designed and built numerous virtualization and private cloud solutions comprising the product lines of Microsoft, VMware, and Citrix. Apart from these, he can be found working on emerging technologies including VDI, hyper convergence, Software Defined Infrastructure solutions including networking and storage, Containers, Big Data, IoT, and other similar technologies. Amit is interested in building products and doing product management in near future for related technology space. You can always reach Amit on LinkedIn (https://in.linkedin.com/in/amitmalik99)or email (contact2amitmalik@gmail.com)
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