Running PHP In The Cloud

Running PHP in the cloud
Maarten Balliauw – RealDolmenE-mail: maarten.balliauw@realdolmen.comBlog: http://blog.maartenballiauw.beTwitter: @maartenballiauw

Who am I?
Maarten Balliauw
Antwerp, Belgium
www.realdolmen.com
Focus on web
ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, PHP, Azure, VSTS, …
MVP ASP.NET
Interested in interoperability
PHPExcel, PHPLinq, Windows Azure SDK for PHP, ...
http://blog.maartenballiauw.be
http://twitter.com/maartenballiauw

Agenda
Windows Azure?
Application architecture
Using PHP with Windows Azure
Demo time!
Resources
Q&A

What’s in the cloud?
Windows Azure

Definition of cloud (NIST)
On-demand self service
Standardized access
Location independant resource pooling
Rapid elasticity
Pay per use

IT as a Service
Private
(On-Premise)
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Platform
(as a Service)
You manage
Applications
Applications
Applications
You manage
Runtimes
Runtimes
Runtimes
Security & Integration
Managed by vendor
You manage
Databases
Databases
Databases
Servers
Servers
Servers
Managed by vendor
Virtualization
Virtualization
Virtualization
Server HW
Server HW
Server HW
Storage
Storage
Storage
Networking
Networking
Networking

The Windows Azure Platform
Windows Azure
SQL Azure
Windows Azure platform AppFabric
Microsoft Codename “Dallas”
Developer tools

Azure Service Platform
Windows Azure is an Operating System as a Service for the Cloud.
Compute– auto-provisioning 64-bit application containers in Windows Server VMs; supports a wide range of application models
Storage– highly available distributed table, blob, queue, & cache
Languages – .NET 3.5 (C#, VB.NET, etc.), IronRuby, IronPython, PHP, native Win32 code
SQL Azure is a Relational Database for the Cloud.
RDBMS – Tables, Views, Indexes, Stored Procedures, Triggers, ...
Programmability – Managed ADO.NET data access, native ODBC, support for PHP
Tools – SQLCMD and the SQL Azure Database account portal
AppFabric is the glue between on-premises and the cloud.
Service Bus – connectivity to on-premises applications; secure, federated fire-wall friendly Web services messaging intermediary; durable & discoverable queues
Identity Management – rules-driven federated identity; AD federation; claims-based authorization
Live Services is a building block within the Azure Services Platform.
Live Mesh
Live ID
Live Contacts
Live …
Live Services

Windows Azure
Flexible application hosting
Lights-out service management
Provide code & service model, hit ENTER
Storage at massive scale
Blobs, tables, queues
Compute
Storage
Management
There’s an SDK for this: http://phpazure.codeplex.com

Windows Azure

SQL Azure
Relational database as a service
Highly available, automatically maintained
Extension of the SQL Server Data Platform
Business Analytics
Reporting
Data Sync
Database
There’s a driver for this: http://sqlsrvphp.codeplex.com

SQL Azure
Relational database, provided as a service
Highly symmetrical development and tooling experience (use TDS protocol and T-SQL)
Highly scaled out, on commodity hardware
Built on the SQL Server technology foundation
Beyond “hosted database”
High availability, DB provisioning, and DB management are provided by the service
Pay for what you use

Windows Azure AppFabric
Secure connections between services
Across organizational boundaries
Claims-based access control
ServiceBus
AccessControl
There’s an SDK for this: http://dotnetservicesphp.codeplex.com/

Windows Azure AppFabric - Service Bus
Securely connect applications
Over the internet
Across any network topology
Across organizational boundaries
Primary application patterns
Eventing:
Notify applications and/or devices
Service Remoting:
Securely project on-premises services out to the cloud
Tunneling:
App-to-app communication with NAT/Firewall traversal

Service Bus Overview

Microsoft Codename “Dallas”
Content brokerage and discovery platform
Available as a CTP at commercial launch
Microsoft Codename “Dallas”Information Services

Windows Azure Application Architecture
What would a typical cloud application look like?

Typical Architecture on Azure
Service Unavailable
VIP
Worker Role
Web Role
Windows Azure Storage
(Blob, Table, Queue)

Web + Worker Role Service Model
Worker Role
Service Still Available
Worker Role
Web Role
VIP
Worker Role
Web Role
Worker Role
Worker Role
(Blob, Table, Queue)

Windows Azure Platform
SOAP
SOAP
REST
Your Cloud
Application
REST
XML
End Users
Other Development Platforms
Enabling Interoperability
XML
.NET SDKs
PHP and Java SDKs for Windows Azure
Your Software Application
PHP, Java, Ruby SDKs for AppFabric
Developers

It’s all about…
Running PHP Code in Windows Azure
Eclipse Tooling
Build, Test, Deploy PHP Projects
Create New or Use Existing PHP Projects
Scaling PHP Apps
Using Cloud Storage from PHP
Using Windows Azure Storage
Using SQL Azure

Running PHP in Windows Azure
How to Do It
Host in Web role (like .NET)
Supply PHP runtime
Point to runtime via FastCGIconfiguration in
Web.config
Web.roleConfig
Eclipse Tooling athttp://windowsazure4e.org does the above for you
PHP
Web Role
Instance 1
VIP
Load Balancer
PHP
Web Role
Instance 2

Developer tools
Development
Use your favourite editor
Local debugging
Windows with IIS 7.x
Visual Studio
Windows Azure tools for Eclipse
Packaging
Windows Azure SDK
Deployment
Any browser
I’m whining for this one!

PHP + Cloud Storage
On-Premise
VIP
PHP
Web Role
Load Balancer
PHP App
SQL Azure
Windows Azure Platform

PHP with Windows Azure Storage
Windows Azure SDK for PHP at http://phpazure.codeplex.com
PHP programming model for Windows Azure Storage
Features
PHP classes for Blobs, Tables & Queues
Store PHP sessions in Table Storage
File system wrapper for Blob Storage

Windows Azure SDK for PHP
Overview
Enables PHP developers to take advantage of the Microsoft Cloud Services Platform – Windows Azure.
Open source project being contributed to Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com)
Features
PHP classes for Windows Azure Blobs, Tables & Queues (for CRUD operations)
Helper Classes for HTTP transport, AuhN/AuthZ, REST & Error Management
Manageability, Instrumentation & Logging support
Project site:
http://phpazure.codeplex.com/
Logical architecture
Your PHP application
REST
Compute
Storage
Manage
Deployment scenarios
PHP Runtime
Any internet connected Server
PHP Runtime
REST
REST

PHP with SQL Azure
SQL Server Driver for PHP at http://sqlsrvphp.codeplex.com/
Supports PHP access to SQL Azure
Features
Choose between SQL Server and SQL Azure by changing connection string
Use from on-premise apps or in Windows Azure

PHP with AppFabric
AppFabric SDK for PHP developers athttp://dotnetservicesphp.codeplex.com/
Supports PHP on service bus and access control
Features
Expose on-premise apps on an external endpoint without opening firewall
Pub/sub scenario’s
…

Solution accelerators
MySQL
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/winazuremysqlphp
Memcached
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/winazurememcached
MediaWiki
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/winazuremediawiki
Tomcat
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/winazuretomcat

DEMOS
Finally!

Demos
Eclipse Tools for Windows Azure
Windows Azure SDK for PHP
And a demo app!

ImageCloud
Upload your images!
Free, unlimited storage!
Images stored in multiple formats!
Delivered trough a high-speedcontent-delivery network!
Repurposed adaptive functionality!
Empowered best-of-breed methodology!
Virtualized granular service!
Integrated cloud-based deliverable!
ImageCloud

ImageCloud Architecture
WebRole
Worker Role
Computation Services
End Users
ImageCloud
Table Storage
Blob Storage
Queue Service
Storage Services

Resources

Resources
Windows Azurehttp://www.azure.com
Windows Azure SDK for PHPhttp://phpazure.codeplex.com
SQL Server Driver for PHPhttp://sqlsrvphp.codeplex.com
AppFabric SDK for PHP developershttp://dotnetservicesphp.codeplex.com
PDChttp://microsoftpdc.com
PHP Architect December 2009 issuehttp://www.phparch.com
Steve Marxhttp://blog.smarx.com/
Clemens Vastershttp://vasters.com/clemensv/
Simon Guesthttp://simonguest.com/blogs/smguest
My bloghttp://blog.maartenballiauw.be/category/Azure.aspx
RealDolmen blogs is running on Azure!http://www.realdolmenblogs.com

Before skipping to Q&A...
Do I need Visual Studio / Eclipse?
Only for local debugging.
Do I need Windows & the Windows Azure SDK?
Only for packaging.
I’ll keep whining to make this available on Linux.

Questions, possibly Answers…
?
Maarten Balliauw – RealDolmenBlog: http://blog.maartenballiauw.beTwitter: @maartenballiauw

THANK YOU!
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