I am new to azure, I am doing a mobile application project and I want to connect azure cloud from my local computer. I have created an API and I want to sync data to azure from a local computer. I used visual studio to write the API and I have put the API into the IIS server. It works in the IIS server, I was trying to sync data to Azure cloud. I used ios xcode to write the mobile application I don't know which services should i use in Azure to make it works, it can collect and send data to mobile too.
The service can let me use my own API to sync data to Azure Cloud, it also is able to send and collect data between mobile and Azure Cloud.
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We are using Azure WebApps and we have this requirement: An external automated client will be connecting to us a few times a day through FTP and drop a small size file < 1KB, we need to act on the data and update our DB accordingly.
Unfortunately, we have no control on the external client and the client will need to communicate via FTP. To me this should have been a RESTful call.
I am fine with setting a Windows Server with IIS as a VM to act as an FTP server or on Ubuntu, but that means a maintenance of a VM for this small requirement.
Are you aware of any Azure specific service that helps in this situation?
Is it possible to use xamarin forms and azure Azure Mobile Service to sync data online/offline but with the database hosted on a linux server outside the Azure platform?
No, you can’t use On-prem database hosted on Linux server with Azure Mobile App.
For windows server, you can use Hybrid Connection to achieve this scenario: https://github.com/Azure/azure-mobile-services/blob/master/docs/mobile-services-dotnet-backend-hybrid-connections-get-started.md.
But Hybrid Connection client is not yet available for Linux Server.
I have successfully deployed my site into Azure Cloud Services. I would like to see the deployed files in azure portal now. Where I can see these files ? For Azure Web App I can see it from Kudu(mysite.scm.azurewebservices.net).
But how for azure Cloud services ?
There is no exact way you can access files just like web apps via Kudu Console. In order to access Cloud service files, you can enable a Remote Desktop connection in your role during development by including the Remote Desktop modules in your service definition or you can choose to enable Remote Desktop through the Remote Desktop Extension.
For more details, refer to Enable Remote Desktop Connection for a Role in Azure Cloud Services.
I would like to see the deployed files in azure portal now
As far as I know it is not supported by azure portal now. Azure cloud services allow us to remote the could services role, so we could remote the service to get the deployed files. About how to remote the cloud services role please refer to the azure document. We could see the published website under the IIS and we could get the physical path of files on the azure.
More details please refer to the screenshot.
The Architecture Design of Cloud service is different then App Service. Cloud Service is hosted on its own dedicated environment. Cloud Service is NOT hosted on Shared Server like App Service.
When you create package for the Cloud Service. it contains all information of it's roles, Size of roles, number of instances per role and what files needs to be hosted on that role. ( Other information also).
if you have multiple roles in your cloud service. there will be dedicated VM for each instance of the Role. so your files will be placed on each role of that VM.
if you want to change any file from the deployment, you need to change it on all instances.
Remember that if you restart the Cloud Service or Role all changes made in the file will be lost. Cloud Service will restore the old files. ( files at the time of deployment).
you can enable the remote login for roles and check the files.
How to Enable remote desktop for Cloud Service?
if you want to know more about cloud Service check : http://avipatils.blogspot.in/
I am doing mobile development on Xcode and using hosted database from Microsoft Azure.
I noticed there is firewall settings on Microsoft Azure in order to add clients.
How will this work when the mobile app is deployed? Should all ports be opened on the database? Or do I need to use Web Services?
How will this work when the mobile app is deployed? Should all ports
be opened on the database? Or do I need to use Web Services?
You should definitely NOT open all ports and direct connectivity to the database from mobile apps is strongly discouraged.
Recommended way would be to use some kind of service layer sitting between your mobile app and the database. All the requests from the app should go to this service layer which will perform database operations. This service layer could be deployed as Azure Mobile App Service, Azure API App Service or a Web API hosted in Azure Web Apps Service.
Can anybody tell me how to connect a web app running on azure to existing web services (.ASMX) on premises?
We do not have the source for the services they are exposed by third party applications and we do not want to open them up to public access.
Sounds like Azure's Service Bus Relay Service might be what you're looking for...
There might be three options based on your scenario. But I personally prefer the third one.
If you used azure cloud service (web role, worker role), you can use Windows Azure Connect. It builds an IP-sec communication between the azure machine and your local machine. Then you can connect to your local service through the its IPv6 address.
If you used azure virtual machine to host your azure project you can use Virtual Network. It's more powerful than the Windows Azure Connect.
You can use Windows Azure Service Bus Relay. It can open your local service to the cloud regardless how your azure project is hosted. But since it's only support WCF of Service Relay, and since you cannot change codes and config of your service, you might need some more works. Maybe you can create a small WCF on your local machine as a proxy, register it to Service Bus Relay, and pass all request/response to your local service.