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Azure for Architects

You're reading from   Azure for Architects Implementing cloud design, DevOps, IoT, and serverless solutions on your public cloud

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788397391
Length 358 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ritesh Modi Ritesh Modi
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Preface 1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Azure Design Patterns 3. Designing High Availability 4. Implementing Scalability 5. Cloud Security 6. Designing IoT Solutions 7. Designing and Implementing Data Solutions 8. Designing and Implementing Serverless Solutions 9. Designing Policies, Locks, and Tags 10. DevOps on Azure 11. Cost Management 12. Monitoring and Auditing

Creating a connected architecture with functions

A connected architecture with functions refers to creating multiple functions, whereby the output of one function triggers another function and provides data for the next function to execute its logic. In this section, we will continue with the previous scenario of the storage account. In this case, the output of the function getting triggered using Azure storage blob files will write the size of the file to Azure Cosmos DB.

The configuration of Cosmos DB is shown next. By default, there are no collections created in Cosmos DB. A collection will automatically be created while creating a function that will get triggered when Cosmos DB gets any data.

Create a new database testdb within Cosmos DB and a new collection named testcollection within it. You need both the database and collection name while configuring Azure functions.

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