The application requires the following
activities:
- Creating the Namespace
- Create the Server and Deploying
- Create the Client and Test
We can now start with the activities.
Creating the Namespace
Before creating the namespace we need to understand why the namespace creation
is required.
Namespaces provide uniqueness for each AppFabric user. On the Azure portal there
will be multiple users or tenants using the services, in order to differentiate
them the namespace is used. We need to create a namespace for using the
AppFabric services.
The namespaces are multi-tenant which says that multiple users can share the
same service. Tenants are isolated from each other using the namespace. The
isolation is required for security and billing purposes.
So the namespace is actually tenant identifier. The Azure Portal advices to use
the company name as namespace but the developer may do a call on it.
We can start with the steps in creating namespace.
Step 1 : Sign in to the Windows Azure Portal
After signing in, select the Service Bus, Access Control & Caching item.
Step 2 : Click the New button
In the appearing view click on the New button from the ribbon as shown below.
Step 3 : Fill the details in Dialog
On clicking the new button the following dialog box appears. Enter the details
of namespace in the dialog box.
In the above dialog enter a namespace name and click the Check Availability
button. The namespace should be unique across all the AppFabric users. (You need
to select a different name other than the one shown above)
After finding a unique namespace select the other parameters.
Service Bus - Connection Pack Size
This parameter determines the number of connections and it requires real
attention to understand it. If we select 0 connections, still we can create
connection but charged at a higher rate. In real world situations we need to go
for the other package which will prove to be cheaper.
The package options are shown below:
For our testing purpose we can use the 0 connections option. Still we can create
connections and this will be more cheaper than taking a 5 connections package.
Cache - Cache Size Quota
The Cache size allows us to specify the cache size pricing. The pricing will be
based on the quota selected multiplied by month. The associated data transfers
are also charged while using the AppFabric Caching service.
The Pricing information can be found here.
After entering the details click the Create Namespace button of the dialog box.
Step 4 : Wait for Activation
Wait for a few minutes and your namespace will be created and activated.
If the Status is Active, then you are ready with your namespace.
Summary
In this article we have discussed about AppFabric namespace, its uniqueness and
demonstration of creating namespace. In the next article we can create a server
for using the Service Bus feature.