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Implementing Hybrid Cloud with Azure Arc

You're reading from   Implementing Hybrid Cloud with Azure Arc Explore the new-generation hybrid cloud and learn how to build Azure Arc-enabled solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801076005
Length 242 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Daman Kaur Daman Kaur
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Amit Malik Amit Malik
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Azure Arc Enabled Infrastructure
2. Chapter 1: Azure Arc Overview FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Azure Arc Enabled Servers 4. Chapter 3: Azure Arc Enabled Kubernetes 5. Chapter 4: Azure Arc Enabled SQL Server 6. Section 2: Azure Arc Enabled Data Services
7. Chapter 5: Azure Arc Enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale 8. Chapter 6: Azure Arc Enabled SQL Managed Instance 9. Section 3: Azure Arc Enabled Multi-Cloud Governance
10. Chapter 7: Multi-Cloud Management with Azure 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding how Azure Arc works

Now that we know what aspects of our Windows and Linux servers we can manage with Azure Arc, let's see how it works under the hood.

Connected Machine agent

Azure Arc communicates with your on-premises machines through an agent called Azure Arc Connected Machine agent. To manage servers with Azure Arc, they must have this agent installed and connected to Azure Arc. At the time of writing, the latest connected machine agent version is 1.0.

Arc agents connect to the Azure service through the outbound TCP port 443 network, so you do not need to have any inbound port open on your firewall to allow Azure Arc management. Your servers must use TLS 1.2, and older versions are not recommended due to security reasons.

The Connected Machine agent is made up of three components, each with its own specific purpose, as we will cover in the following list. You may see additional extensions installed on your servers based on your management scope...

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