Is it possible to create an App Service Hybrid Connection Endpoint via an API, either .NET or REST? It seems that it is only possible through the portal.
I know there is an option to do this with the old BizTalk service hybrid connections, but I need this for the new (v2) App Service Hybrid connections.
Yes, its possible now.
Need to use Azure Relay Management Library (in preview currently) + Use REST to update a Web App.
Note: To be able to use it in the HCM, you will also need to add "endpoint" property to the Relay. I have everything working, so it's possible.
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I have a large SQL server hosted in our infrastructure, and an Azure resource set up with VPN access to our servers.
I want to create an Azure Function that connects to this SQL server. It's going to be a webhook endpoint to save to that DB. I don't need the overhead of an App Service Plan, I want the lightweight Function and the cheaper consumption pricing model.
All the tutorials online refer to App Services and Hybrid Connections that don't appear to be available in to Azure Functions on Consumption Plans.
I also want to keep the connection string configuration in Azure, and not hard-coded in the source or publish (which will ultimately be via CI).
The Azure Function is currently coded in C# in VS2019, but I can change that if it helps.
How do I set this up?
This option is not available on consumption plan. There is a already user voice open for this.
https://feedback.azure.com/forums/355860-azure-functions/suggestions/33398398-add-support-for-hybrid-connections-to-consumption
Yes it is possible. You would need to use something like Hybrid Connection. Does not matter which IDE you used to create the function.Check out the following link.
The Hybrid Connections feature requires a relay agent in the network
that hosts your Hybrid Connection endpoint. That relay agent is called
the Hybrid Connection Manager (HCM). To download HCM, from your app in
the Azure portal, select Networking > Configure your Hybrid Connection
endpoints.
Azure App Service Hybrid Connections
We need to develop integration between ERP (Dynamics Nav) and cloud-based telephony provider.
The provider needs to have an endpoint published and accessible from internet but for security reasons it is not possible for us to allow inbound connections to our network. I think it should be possible to solve this by hosting small application in Azure which will serve as endpoint for telephony provider and to which ERP will connect as outbound persistent connection. The app will just forward requests to ERP.
Since I'm new to Azure the question is what of azure capabilities I could use to solve the task aside from hosting actual VM with application there?
I've just implemented the same using Azure Service Bus.
The VOIP system is putting a small JSON with call details after the end of the call and I'll get the messages from the Service Bus Queue from NAV.
The code is not complicated at all the whole solution is simple and cheap!
Let me know if you want to know more (= you need the code).
Cheers!
Azure AD has the concept of an "application proxy" that will open internal applications up using a connector that runs on prem. This doesn't require inbound ports and is protected by Azure AD authentication.
It's intended more as a user-facing way to get access to Legacy applications, although I don't see why it couldn't be used for integration as well.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/application-proxy-publish-azure-portal
Otherwise, you could link an Azure Site to Site VPN up and use a service like API gateway to manage connections though this is more complicated.
My company has several RESTful services that are behind a firewall. I would like to be able to access these services from the Azure cloud with a client app as if the service is located in Azure.
For example, if I have an on-premises url like:
https://onpremiseservice/Customers/1
I would like to be able to access it from Azure like
https://mycompany.azurewebsite.net/Customers/1.
Is this possible? Can I do some kind of URL forwarding?
Updated 26th September 2022
You have many options, here they are in order of ease of configuration vs performance (ExpressRoute being the hardest to configure but with the best performance).
Use Azure API Management it was designed for this use case.
Configure the on prem firewall so that your Azure web app outbound IP's can connect to the on prem API. Then create a Web API in the Azure web app that proxies calls using HttpClient to your on perm API.
Use a Hybrid Connection
Use Point-to-Site VPN
Use Site-to-Site VPN
Use ExpressRoute
More information on your options in depth
It is possible. Use Azure Service Bus Relays.
We've been writing services to access our on-premises databases through Azure Service Bus Relay for awhile now. That means that we've had to deploy them as WCF services. Our web site development is moving to node.js and I would like to begin deploying our API services on node as well. However, while the Azure NPM package has good support for queues/topics on Azure Service Bus, I can find no mention of the relaying capabilities. I've had a look at the code for the Azure SDK on github, but again, relay seems to be conspicuously absent.
Is it possible to use Azure Service Bus Relay with a node.js backend?
Now Azure support Node.js. You can find the infomration from here. This link is the samples for Node.js.
Right now, Relay only supports a WCF service. You can try to use Clemens Vasters' post on Port Bridge to get your scenario working. In his post, he describes creating a WCF client / service that will forward requests to a specific port.
I have searched a lot on this topic but didnt get any satifactory answer.
In Windows Azure how can we consume an external (third party) Web Service from the worker roles? Is it as simple as using a web reference in the solution or is it necessary to use Azure Service Bus?
It's as simple as calling the webservice using whatever method you need (REST, SOAP, etc.). For .NET developers using .asmx or WCF SOAP services, just generate the proxy like you normally would. In this model, there is no difference between what you do onpremises when the cloud is the client.
You would look at using the ServiceBus when you are hosting your own services (as opposed to consuming them), typically behind firewalls onpremises, and you want to give secure access to them or integrate them into cloud scenarios. There are other scenarios and capabilities of course, but that is a main one. If you simply want to consume another web service, the ServiceBus has nothing to do with that.
As long as the 3rd-party web service endpoint is reachable, use it the same way you'd use it from an on-premises server. If you need to connect to a service endpoint behind someone's firewall, then you'd want to consider AppFabric Service Bus.
Just remember that you'll be paying for bandwidth out of the data center (unless the 3rd-party web service is Windows Azure homed, and in the same data center).