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Monthly Azure news October 2021<\/p>\n
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In October’s issue of Monthly Azure News read about some updates from the Microsoft, Kubernetes and Visual Code Studio universes. We hope you will enjoy the read. <\/p>\n
Contents<\/h3>\n\n\n- Object replication in public preview for Premium Block Blob Storage<\/a><\/li>
- General availability: Azure Monitor container insights portal experience update<\/a><\/li>
- Introducing experimental Open Telemetry support in the Azure SDK for. NET<\/a><\/li>
- Generally available: Service Tag Discovery API<\/a><\/li>
- Public preview: AKS out of tree cloud provider controller manager<\/a><\/li>
- Public preview: AKS support for\u00a0Kubernetes 1.22<\/a><\/li>
- Public preview: AKS support for WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) workloads<\/a><\/li>
- Public preview: Customize Azure Static Web Apps authentication with a serverless function<\/a><\/li>
- Public preview: IPv6 for Kubenet<\/a><\/li>
- Public preview: HTTPS proxy configuration support<\/a><\/li>
- Public preview: Visual Studio Code for the Web<\/a><\/li>
- Extended regional availability for Private Link NSG Support<\/a><\/li>
- GitHub’s Focus on Security<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Object replication in public preview for Premium Block Blob Storage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
With object replication<\/a>, you can copy premium blocks including contents, associated versions, and metadata from one storage account to another destination. This happens asynchronously and across regions. It is possible to configure your own rules for the copy procedure. Keep in mind that blob versioning must be enabled. By using this, costs can be optimized by working with archive tier and lifecycle policies. In addition, latency is minimized and data distribution optimized by utilizing data analysis in just one region and replicating only the results. In the graphic below you see the demo case where blocks from containers are replicated from one storage account to two different other accounts in separate regions. Please refer to Object Replication documentation<\/a>\u202ffor more details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Diagram](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27528%27%20height%3D%27327%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20528%20327%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27528%27%20height%3D%27327%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\")
Source: Microsoft<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
General availability: Azure Monitor container insights portal experience update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The new container insights preview offers the option to create predefined metric alert rules for AKS and Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters. Check if your region is supported for this feature here: Link<\/a>. Also, it is necessary to have the minimum required agent version. The version and an overview of the alerts can be found here link.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIntroducing experimental OpenTelemetry support in the Azure SDK for .NET<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
OpenTelemetry<\/a> is a project that supports the collection of telemetry data in distributed systems. Instead of using the libraries of your hosting and tracing solution, a unified library is provided. This brings a lot of advantages. First, it is not necessary to adapt your code if you have to change your hosting provider or tracing solution. Second, OpenTelemetry standardizes the collection, instrumentation, and export of distributed tracing data.
Also, many open-source projects like Jaeger and Prometheus are supported. Keep in mind that the support in the Azure SDK for .NET is currently experimental. If you want to switch to OpenTelemetry, only the exporter extension needs to be changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGenerally available: Service Tag Discovery API<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Via REST, PowerShell, and CLI it is now possible to call the API<\/a> for a list of more than 60 service Tags including needed IP ranges for the configuration of on-premise firewalls. For more information check out this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPublic preview: AKS out of tree cloud provider controller manager<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Normally all cloud-specific changes on features must follow the standard Kubernetes release cycle (in-tree). With the cloud-provider-azure (GitHub) it is possible to adopt an “out-of-tree” release structure. To use this functionality via Azure CLI you must have the AKS-preview extension in the minimum version 0.5.5 as well as Kubernetes 1.20.x or more. To find more details please follow the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPublic preview: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
For a detailed version overview<\/a> visit the Kubernetes blog<\/a> to see all enhancements and major topics of this release. Also, don’t miss to replay our last Cloud Native Rosenheim Meetup<\/a> where we talked about Kubernetes 1.22 in detail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Cloud](\"https:\/\/whiteduck.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/WD-CN-Meetup-Youtube-Screen-Type-1024x576.png\")
Kubernetes 1.22<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nPublic preview: AKS support for WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) workloads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
WebAssembly<\/a> is an open standard that defines a portable binary-code format for executable programs. It is designed to help increase the speed of web applications. WASI<\/a> is a modular system interface for WebAssembly. It is now possible to utilize such an interface with node pools for the Azure Kubernetes Services. The interface provides access to WebAssemblies. Details for this new release can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPublic preview: Customize Azure Static Web Apps authentication with a serverless function<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Azure Static Web Apps<\/a> is a service that automatically builds rich web apps based on a code repository and deploys them to Azure. Static web apps are typically built using libraries and frameworks such as Angular, React, Svelte, Vue, or Blazor, which do not require server-side rendering. By creating a static web app, Azure is directly interacting with GitHub or Azure DevOps to view the Branch activity regarding Commits. You can now use a serverless function that is invoked whenever a user successfully logs into your static web app. With this, it is possible to use custom authentication (link<\/a>) in addition to the already usable standards. For more information visit this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\u00dcbersichtsdiagramm](\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\")
Source: Microsoft<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nPublic preview: IPv6 for Kubenet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Dual-stack IPv4\/IPv6 support is now available<\/a> and enables the allocation of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to Pods<\/a> and Services<\/a>. For more information visit the site<\/a>; you can register via the following form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPublic preview: HTTPS proxy configuration support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Azure Kubernetes<\/a> service now has HTTPS proxy support. Nevertheless, there are some limitations to this feature to be aware of. The following lists mentions NOT supported aspects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n- Different proxy configurations per node pool<\/li>
- Updating proxy settings post cluster creation<\/li>
- User\/Password authentication<\/li>
- Custom CAs for API server communication<\/li>
- Windows-based clusters<\/li>
- Node pools using Virtual Machine Availability Sets (VMAS)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
For more information on how to set the proxy configuration up visit the site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPublic preview: Visual Studio Code for the Web<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Visual studio code <\/a>can now be used as a web-based code editor with no installation required. As it is web-based only, it has no access to compute resources which limits its functionality. Nonetheless, it is possible to quickly open and work with code that is stored on your local machine or in GitHub or Azure Repos. VS Code for the web can be switched to a GitHub codespace. It also provides a seamless transition from the web view to the VS code on your computer where work can be continued. For more information visit the site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVisual Studio Code<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nExtended regional availability for Private Link NSG Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Besides the introduced Private link for Resource<\/a> management in the Azure portal in the last Azure news, <\/a>the Private Link has a bigger regional availability for the Private Link NSG support. Now, it includes the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\nUsEast2Euap, UsCentralEuap, WestCentralUS, WestUS, WestUS2, EastUS, EastUS2, Asiaeast, Australiaeast, Japaneast, Canadacentral, Europenorth, Koreacentral, Brazilsouth, Uksouth, US South, US North, France Central<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nGitHub’s Focus on Security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Object replication in public preview for Premium Block Blob Storage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
With object replication<\/a>, you can copy premium blocks including contents, associated versions, and metadata from one storage account to another destination. This happens asynchronously and across regions. It is possible to configure your own rules for the copy procedure. Keep in mind that blob versioning must be enabled. By using this, costs can be optimized by working with archive tier and lifecycle policies. In addition, latency is minimized and data distribution optimized by utilizing data analysis in just one region and replicating only the results. In the graphic below you see the demo case where blocks from containers are replicated from one storage account to two different other accounts in separate regions. Please refer to Object Replication documentation<\/a>\u202ffor more details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The new container insights preview offers the option to create predefined metric alert rules for AKS and Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters. Check if your region is supported for this feature here: Link<\/a>. Also, it is necessary to have the minimum required agent version. The version and an overview of the alerts can be found here link.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n OpenTelemetry<\/a> is a project that supports the collection of telemetry data in distributed systems. Instead of using the libraries of your hosting and tracing solution, a unified library is provided. This brings a lot of advantages. First, it is not necessary to adapt your code if you have to change your hosting provider or tracing solution. Second, OpenTelemetry standardizes the collection, instrumentation, and export of distributed tracing data. Via REST, PowerShell, and CLI it is now possible to call the API<\/a> for a list of more than 60 service Tags including needed IP ranges for the configuration of on-premise firewalls. For more information check out this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Normally all cloud-specific changes on features must follow the standard Kubernetes release cycle (in-tree). With the cloud-provider-azure (GitHub) it is possible to adopt an “out-of-tree” release structure. To use this functionality via Azure CLI you must have the AKS-preview extension in the minimum version 0.5.5 as well as Kubernetes 1.20.x or more. To find more details please follow the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a detailed version overview<\/a> visit the Kubernetes blog<\/a> to see all enhancements and major topics of this release. Also, don’t miss to replay our last Cloud Native Rosenheim Meetup<\/a> where we talked about Kubernetes 1.22 in detail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n WebAssembly<\/a> is an open standard that defines a portable binary-code format for executable programs. It is designed to help increase the speed of web applications. WASI<\/a> is a modular system interface for WebAssembly. It is now possible to utilize such an interface with node pools for the Azure Kubernetes Services. The interface provides access to WebAssemblies. Details for this new release can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Azure Static Web Apps<\/a> is a service that automatically builds rich web apps based on a code repository and deploys them to Azure. Static web apps are typically built using libraries and frameworks such as Angular, React, Svelte, Vue, or Blazor, which do not require server-side rendering. By creating a static web app, Azure is directly interacting with GitHub or Azure DevOps to view the Branch activity regarding Commits. You can now use a serverless function that is invoked whenever a user successfully logs into your static web app. With this, it is possible to use custom authentication (link<\/a>) in addition to the already usable standards. For more information visit this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dual-stack IPv4\/IPv6 support is now available<\/a> and enables the allocation of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to Pods<\/a> and Services<\/a>. For more information visit the site<\/a>; you can register via the following form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Azure Kubernetes<\/a> service now has HTTPS proxy support. Nevertheless, there are some limitations to this feature to be aware of. The following lists mentions NOT supported aspects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information on how to set the proxy configuration up visit the site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visual studio code <\/a>can now be used as a web-based code editor with no installation required. As it is web-based only, it has no access to compute resources which limits its functionality. Nonetheless, it is possible to quickly open and work with code that is stored on your local machine or in GitHub or Azure Repos. VS Code for the web can be switched to a GitHub codespace. It also provides a seamless transition from the web view to the VS code on your computer where work can be continued. For more information visit the site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides the introduced Private link for Resource<\/a> management in the Azure portal in the last Azure news, <\/a>the Private Link has a bigger regional availability for the Private Link NSG support. Now, it includes the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n UsEast2Euap, UsCentralEuap, WestCentralUS, WestUS, WestUS2, EastUS, EastUS2, Asiaeast, Australiaeast, Japaneast, Canadacentral, Europenorth, Koreacentral, Brazilsouth, Uksouth, US South, US North, France Central<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nGeneral availability: Azure Monitor container insights portal experience update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Introducing experimental OpenTelemetry support in the Azure SDK for .NET<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Also, many open-source projects like Jaeger and Prometheus are supported. Keep in mind that the support in the Azure SDK for .NET is currently experimental. If you want to switch to OpenTelemetry, only the exporter extension needs to be changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGenerally available: Service Tag Discovery API<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Public preview: AKS out of tree cloud provider controller manager<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Public preview: AKS support for WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) workloads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Public preview: Customize Azure Static Web Apps authentication with a serverless function<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Public preview: IPv6 for Kubenet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Public preview: HTTPS proxy configuration support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Public preview: Visual Studio Code for the Web<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Extended regional availability for Private Link NSG Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
GitHub’s Focus on Security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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