This presentation will show you how to use Waypoint to build and deploy applications in the cloud. Waypoint is an ingenious solution from HashiCorp that standardizes the format and workflow associated with building, deploying, and publishing applications. Waypoint thus provides a relevant response to the fragmentation of languages/frameworks, but also of the target platforms to be deployed.

1. Building and deploying
apps to Azure with
Waypoint
Comet Tech Talks - March 2023 – Cédric Derue

2. Cédric Derue
Solution Architect @ Capgemini Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedricderue/
https://github.com/cderue
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/cderue

3. Agenda
1. Once upon a time … Waypoint
2. Waypoint Architecture
3. Démos
4. Conclusion

5. What the fuck?
Multiple dev
technologies
Multiple hosting
platforms

6. What is Waypoint?
Waypoint is a tool that enables developers to describe how to get their
applications from development to production in a single file and deploy using a
single command:
$> waypoint up

7. Build
Deploy
Release

8. Waypoint Architecture

9. Waypoint Architecture

10. Waypoint Server

11. Waypoint CLI

12. Main CLI Commands
$ waypoint install
$ waypoint init
$ waypoint build
$ waypoint release
$ waypoint up
$ waypoint logs
$ waypoint exec
$ waypoint destroy

13. Other Waypoint concepts
Runner
• Every operation that
Waypoint runs (build,
deploy, release, etc) is
executed by a Waypoint
runner.
• Static runner
• On-demand runner
• Runner profile
Workspace
• Workspaces are a
mechanism to isolate
multiple builds, deploys,
etc. of the same
applications. A common
use case of workspaces
are to provide
environments for branch-
based development,
staging, etc.
Plugins
• Waypoint can be extended
using custom plugins.
Waypoint supports custom
builders, deployment
platforms, registries,
release managers, and
more.

14. It’s time to demo!

15. Demo 1 – Publishing apps on ACI with
Waypoint
2048 App Moving to the
cloud
Use of Azure services for production-
ready scalable applications
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION
Development Technologies Apps
Development
Docker Desktop
Exploring Apps
Architecture/Design/Development
Infrastructure
Decisions
Production-Ready App
Azure Container Registry
Azure Container Instances
Production
Azure cloud

16. Demo 2 – Publishing microservices on AKS
with Waypoint
Voting App Moving to the
cloud
Use of Azure services for production-
ready scalable applications
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION
Development Technologies
Cloud Infrastructure for
Microservices
Development
Docker Desktop
Exploring Microservices
Architecture/Design/Development
Infrastructure
Decisions
Production-Ready Microservices
Azure Container Registry
Azure Kubernetes Service
Production
Azure cloud

17. Resources
• https://developer.hashicorp.com/waypoint/docs/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/
• https://github.com/cderue/waypoint-aci-integration-demo/
• https://github.com/cderue/example-voting-app/