Let's go through some important points when it comes the topics discussed in this section
For all monitoring aspects you can head over to Azure Monitor.
1. You can use the Metrics section to view the entire metrics for your Azure resources
2. You can use the Activity Log feature to look at all the control plane activities. So if someone has shutdown a virtual machine, you would be able to see who shutdown the virtual machine in the Activity Logs.
3. You can also view any service related issues in the Service health module of Azure Monitor
4. You can also create a service health alert in Azure Service Health
5. You can also direct logs from various resources such as Azure virtual machines onto the Logs section. Here you have to create a Log Analytics workspace to store the logs
What is Kubernetes?
This is an open-source platform that is used to managing containerized workloads.
Kubernetes is able to provide a DNS name to your container.
If there is a high load on your containers , Kubernetes can load balance and distribute network traffic.
Kubernetes can also restart containers that fail.
It can be used to replace or kill containers.
It also helps to store and manage sensitive information such as passwords, OAuth tokens and ssh keys
What is Azure Kubernetes?
Fully managed Kubernetes service on Azure.
Makes it easy to deploy and manage containerized applications.
It helps to remove the burden of managing the underlying infrastructure for the Kubernetes deployment.
This is an ideal service to use for your web applications. If you need content to be distributed to users across the world for your web sites , then its ideal to use the Azure Content Delivery Network Service
Here the users are directed on various Edge servers by the Content Delivery Network service.
The Edge servers will get the content from your web site and also cache frequently accessed content.
The Edge servers are located across the world , so it gives all users a seamless experience when it comes to accessing your web site.
Use this tool to get various recommendations on aspects such as Cost, Security and High Availability.
