WordPress on Microsoft Azure

Sarith Divakar MOmniPresent InnovaTive Solutions Pvt Ltd

www.sarithdivakar.info

Open Source on Microsoft Azure06-June-2015

Travancore Hall, Technopark, Trivandrum 695581

Traditional & Cloud Hosting

IaaS, PaaS and SaaS

InfrastructureServers · Storage · Network

IaaSPlatform

OS & Application Stack

InfrastructureServers · Storage · Network

PaaSApplications

Packaged Software

PlatformOS & Application Stack

InfrastructureServers · Storage · Network

SaaS

Microsoft Data Center

Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Azure is an OS for the data center – Handles resource management– Manages application lifecycle– Allows developers to concentrate on business logic

• Provides shared pool of compute, disk and network– Virtualized storage, compute and network– Illusion of boundless resources

Microsoft Azure Components

Microsoft Azure PaaS

Applications Microsoft Azure Service Model

Runtimes .NET 3.5/4, ASP .NET, PHP

Operating System Windows Server 2008/R2-Compatible OS

Virtualization Microsoft Azure Hypervisor

Server Microsoft Blades

Database SQL Azure

Storage Microsoft Azure Storage (Blob, Queue, Table)

Networking Microsoft Azure-Configured Networking

Azure Architecture

• Platform as a Service is all about reducing management and operations overhead

• The Microsoft Azure Fabric Controller is the foundation for Microsoft Azure’s PaaS– Provisions machines– Deploys services– Configures hardware for services– Monitors service and hardware health– Performs service healing

Azure Marketplace

Web App Marketplace

72 Web applications

HOW TO CREATE A WEB APP?

Windows Azure Managementhttps://manage.windowsazure.com

Azure Preview Portal - Microsoft Azurehttps://portal.azure.com

Web Apps Running

Web APP Created

Set Up Deployment Credentials

Uploading Files Using FileZilla

Testing your First Website in Azure

What is WordPress?

• An open source blogging tool and publishing platform.

• Basic Content management system• 22 out of 100 new domains are powered by

WordPress• Powers over 60 million blogs• wordpress.org – Over 1,400 FREE themes

Content Management Systems(CMS)

• A software system for organizing and facilitating collaborative creation of documents and other content.

• Examples: Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress• Wordpress is simpler to use, configure and edit than

Drupal or Joomla but not powerful

HOW TO CREATE A WORDPRESS APP?

Microsoft Azure Market Place

Search WordPress

Create

Web APP

Select pricing TIER for Web APP

Create New MySQL Database

Select pricing TIER for MySQL

Creating WordPress

Resource Group

Web APP Details

Set Deployment Credentials

Launching APP

WordPress Installation

Provide Username and Password

Installation Completed

Login to WordPress

Dashboard

Website Ready

WordPress Importer

Export from Previous Website

Import WordPress

Import Attachments

Add Themes

Customize Theme

Customizing Theme

Adding Widgets

Adding New Posts

Blog

Configure Custom Domain Name

Manage DNS Records

Adding CNAME Record

Web APP Settings

Custom Domains and SSL

Bring External Domains

Website

Thank You