Deploy Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

 

Applies To: Windows Azure Pack

Introduction

Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites enables an on-premises, high-density, multi-tenant web hosting service for service providers and enterprise IT. Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites provides an experience similar to Windows Azure Web Sites. It is a scalable, shared, and secure web hosting platform that supports both template web applications and a broad range of programming languages like ASP.NET, PHP and Node.js. In addition to a web sites service, it includes a self-service management portal, uses both SQL and MySQL database servers, integrates with popular source control systems, and offers a customizable web application gallery of popular open source web applications. For more in-depth information on Windows Azure Pack and Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites, including a downloadable white paper, see Windows Azure Pack.

The Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites deployment guide assumes that you have already installed and configured Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server and its corresponding management portals for administrators and tenants. For more information, see Deploy Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server.

Upgrading from Preview Versions

To upgrade Web Sites from a preview version (v1 or v2) of Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server, see Upgrading Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites.

Test Installations

This guide offers a depth of information for a variety of user scenarios. For a test or "proof of concept" installation, you should read at minimum the following chapters, which cover overview, prerequisite, and installation steps.

A test installation may also require steps from other chapters depending on the usage scenario that you are trying to test.

Contents

Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites Overview

Capacity Planning for Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites Pre-installation Steps

Pre-configure a Windows File Server Cluster or NAS device for Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites Dependencies

Preparing an Offline Installation of Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites Pre-installation Checklist

Start the installation of Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Register the Web Sites Cloud and Add Front End, Web Worker, and Publisher Roles

Validate Your Installation with the Web Sites MBCA2 Model

Configure Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Configure source control for Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Publish from TFS to Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Plan Authoring for Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites Security Enhancements

Scaling Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites for High Availability

Provision a Second Web Sites Controller

Backing up Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Restoring Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Upgrading Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Enable Windows Authentication for Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites

Ports Used and Network Topology in Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites