🔷Azure

Azure Component Checklist in system design - Study Sheet

1. Client-Side Components

• Web Clients: Browsers, Web applications

• Mobile Clients: Android, iOS applications

2. Server-Side Components

• Web Servers:

  • Azure App Service: Host web applications, RESTful APIs

• Application Servers:

  • Azure Functions: Serverless compute for event-driven workloads

  • Azure App Service: Host application services

• Database Servers:

  • Azure SQL Database: Managed relational SQL database

  • Azure Cosmos DB: Globally distributed NoSQL database

3. Databases

• Relational Databases (SQL):

  • Azure SQL Database

  • Azure Database for MySQL/PostgreSQL

• NoSQL Databases:

  • Azure Cosmos DB

  • Azure Table Storage

4. Cache

• In-Memory Cache:

  • Azure Cache for Redis

• Content Delivery Network (CDN):

  • Azure CDN

5. Load Balancers

• Azure Load Balancer: Distribute traffic across multiple servers

• Azure Application Gateway: Load balancing with application-level routing and SSL termination

6. Message Queues

• Azure Service Bus: Enterprise messaging for reliable messaging

• Azure Queue Storage: Simple message queuing for large workloads

7. API Gateways

• Azure API Management: Securely expose APIs to external and internal consumers

8. Microservices

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): Deploy and manage containerized applications

• Azure Service Fabric: Platform for microservices and container orchestration

9. Service Discovery

• Azure Service Fabric: Built-in service discovery for microservices

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): Use Kubernetes-native service discovery

10. Configuration Management

• Azure App Configuration: Centralized management of application settings

11. Monitoring and Logging

• Azure Monitor: Full-stack monitoring for applications, infrastructure, and network

• Azure Log Analytics: Collect and analyze log data from various sources

• Azure Application Insights: Monitor live applications and diagnose issues

12. Authentication and Authorization

• Azure Active Directory (Azure AD): Identity and access management

• Azure AD B2C: Identity management for consumer-facing applications

13. Scalability and Reliability

• Horizontal Scaling:

  • Use Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets for VM-based applications

  • Azure App Service auto-scaling for web apps

• Vertical Scaling:

  • Increase the resources of individual Azure VMs or services

• Redundancy:

  • Use Azure Availability Zones and Azure Regions for redundancy

• Backup and Disaster Recovery:

  • Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery for data integrity and availability

14. Networking

• Azure DNS: Domain name resolution

• Azure Firewall: Network security

• Azure Virtual Network (VNet): Private network within Azure

15. DevOps and CI/CD

• Azure DevOps: Complete CI/CD pipeline, repositories, and project management

• GitHub Actions for Azure: CI/CD workflows with GitHub integration

16. Data Processing

• Batch Processing:

  • Azure Batch: Large-scale parallel and high-performance computing

• Stream Processing:

  • Azure Stream Analytics: Real-time data processing

  • Azure Event Hubs: Data streaming platform

17. Analytics and Reporting

• Azure Synapse Analytics: Integrated analytics service for big data and data warehousing