AzureStack-QuickStart-Templates/serviceFabricCluster-multipleNodeTypes

Deploy a Service Fabric cluster in Azure Stack

Download the Service Fabric Cluster item to the Azure Stack Marketplace from "Marketplace Management" to deploy a secured Service Fabric cluster in Azure Stack.

For more information about working with Service Fabric, see Overview of Azure Service Frabric and Service Fabric cluster security scenarios, in the Azure documentation.

Prerequisites

The following are required to deploy the Service Fabric cluster:

1. Cluster certificate
   This is the X.509 server certificate you add to KeyVault when deploying Service Fabric.

   • The CN on this cert must match the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the Service Fabric cluster you create.
   • The certificate format must be PFX, as both the public and private keys are required. See requirements for creating this server-side cert.

   [!NOTE]
   You can use a self-signed certificate inplace of the x.509 server certificate for test purposes. Self-signed certificates do not need to match the FQDN of the cluster.

2. Admin Client certificate This is the certificate that the client will use to authenticate to the Service Fabric cluster, which can be self-signed. See requirements for creating this client cert.

3. The following items must be available in the Azure Stack Marketplace:

   • Windows Server 2016 – The template uses the Windows Server 2016 image to create the cluster.
   • Customer Script Extension - Virtual Machine Extension from Microsoft.
   • PowerShell Desired Stage Configuration - Virtual Machine Extension from Microsoft.

Add a secret to Key Vault

To deploy a Service Fabric cluster, you must specify the correct KeyVault Secret Identifier or URL for the Service Fabric cluster. The Azure Resource Manager template takes a KeyVault as input and then retrieves the Cluster certificate during installation of the Service Fabric cluster.

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You must use PowerShell to add a secret to KeyVault for use with Service Fabric. Do not use the portal.

Use the following script to create the KeyVault and add the cluster certificate to it. (See the prerequisites.) Before you run the script, review the sample script and update the indicated parameters to match your environment. This script will also output the values you need to provide to the Azure Resource Manager template.

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Before the script can succeed, there must be a public offer that includes the services for Compute, Network, Storage, and KeyVault.

  function Get-ThumbprintFromPfx($PfxFilePath, $Password) 
      {
          return New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2($PfxFilePath, $Password)
      }
  
  function Publish-SecretToKeyVault ($PfxFilePath, $Password, $KeyVaultName)
     {
          $keyVaultSecretName = "ClusterCertificate"
          $certContentInBytes = [io.file]::ReadAllBytes($PfxFilePath)
          $pfxAsBase64EncodedString = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($certContentInBytes)
  
          $jsonObject = ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10 ([pscustomobject]@{
              data     = $pfxAsBase64EncodedString
              dataType = 'pfx'
              password = $Password
          })
  
          $jsonObjectBytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($jsonObject)
          $jsonEncoded = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($jsonObjectBytes)
          $secret = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $jsonEncoded -AsPlainText -Force
          $keyVaultSecret = Set-AzureKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $KeyVaultName -Name $keyVaultSecretName -SecretValue $secret
          
          $pfxCertObject = Get-ThumbprintFromPfx -PfxFilePath $PfxFilePath -Password $Password
  
          Write-Host "KeyVault id: " -ForegroundColor Green
          (Get-AzureRmKeyVault -VaultName $KeyVaultName).ResourceId
          
          Write-Host "Secret Id: " -ForegroundColor Green
          (Get-AzureKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $KeyVaultName -Name $keyVaultSecretName).id
  
          Write-Host "Cluster Certificate Thumbprint: " -ForegroundColor Green
          $pfxCertObject.Thumbprint
     }
  
  #========================== CHANGE THESE VALUES ===============================
  $armEndpoint = "https://management.local.azurestack.external"
  $tenantId = "your_tenant_ID"
  $location = "local"
  $clusterCertPfxPath = "Your_path_to_ClusterCert.pfx"
  $clusterCertPfxPassword = "Your_password_for_ClusterCert.pfx"
  #==============================================================================
  
  Add-AzureRmEnvironment -Name AzureStack -ARMEndpoint $armEndpoint
  Login-AzureRmAccount -Environment AzureStack -TenantId $tenantId
  
  $rgName = "sfvaultrg"
  Write-Host "Creating Resource Group..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
  New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name $rgName -Location $location
  
  Write-Host "Creating Key Vault..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
  $Vault = New-AzureRmKeyVault -VaultName sfvault -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Location $location -EnabledForTemplateDeployment -EnabledForDeployment -EnabledForDiskEncryption
  
  Write-Host "Publishing certificate to Vault..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
  Publish-SecretToKeyVault -PfxFilePath $clusterCertPfxPath -Password $clusterCertPfxPassword -KeyVaultName $vault.VaultName

For more information, see Manage KeyVault on Azure Stack with PowerShell.

Deploy the Marketplace item

1. In the user portal, go to New > Compute > Service Fabric Cluster.

   

2. For each page, like Basics, fill out the deployment form. Use defaults if you're not sure of a value. Select OK to advance to the next page:

   

3. On the Network Settings page, you can specify specific ports to open for your applications:

   

4. On the Security page, add the values that you got from creating the Azure KeyVault and Uploading the Secret.

   For the Admin Client Certificate Thumbprint, enter the thumbprint of the Admin Client certificate. (See the prerequisites.)

   • Source Key Vault: Specify entire keyVault id string from the script results.
   • Cluster Certificate URL: Specify the entire URL from the Secret Id from the script results.
   • Cluster Certificate thumbprint: Specify the Cluster Certificate Thumbprint from the script results.
   • Admin Client Certificate Thumbprints: Specify the Admin Client Certificate Thumbprint from the script results.

   

   

5. Complete the wizard, and then select Create to deploy the Service Fabric Cluster.

Access the Service Fabric Cluster

You can access the Service Fabric cluster by using either the Service Fabric Explorer or Service Fabric PowerShell.

Use Service Fabric Explorer

1. Validate that the Web browser has access to your Admin client certificate and can authenticate to your Service Fabric cluster.

   a. Open Internet Explorer and go to Internet Options > Content > Certificates.

   b. On Certificates, select Import to start the Certificate Import Wizard, and then click Next. On the File to Import page click Browse, and select the Admin Client certificate you provided to the Azure Resource Manager template.

   [!NOTE]
   This certificate is not the Cluster certificate that was previously added to KeyVault.

   c. Ensure that you have “Personal Information Exchange” selected in the extension dropdown of the File Explorer window.

   

   d. On the Certificate Store page, select Personal, and then complete the wizard.
   

2. To find the FQDN of your Service Fabric cluster:

   a. Go to the resource group that is associated with your Service Fabric cluster and locate the Public IP address resource. Select the object associated with the Public IP addess to open the Public IP address blade.

   

   b. On the Public IP address blade, the FQDN displays as DNS name.

   

3. To find the URL for the Service Fabric Explorer, and the Client connection endpoint, review the results of the Template deployment.

4. In your browser, go to https://FQDN:19080. Replace FQDN with the FQDN of your Service Fabric cluster from step 2.
   If you’ve used a self signed certificate, you’ll get a warning that the connection is not secure. To proceed to the web site, select More Information, and then Go on to the webpage.

5. To authenticate to the site you must select a certificate to use. Select More choices, pick the appropriate certificate, and then click OK to connect to the Service Fabric Explorer.

   

Use Service Fabric PowerShell

1. Install the Microsoft Azure Service Fabric SDK from Prepare your development environment on Windows in the Azure Service Fabric documentation.

2. After the installation is complete, configure the system Environment variables to ensure that the Service Fabric cmdlets are accessible from PowerShell.

   a. Go to Control Panel > System and Security > System, and then select Advanced system settings.

   

   b. On the Advanced tab of System Properties, select Environment Variables. c. For System variables, edit Path and make sure that C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\Fabric\Fabric.Code is at the top of the list of environment variables.

   

3. After changing the order of the environment variables, restart PowerShell and then run the following PowerShell script to gain access to the Service Fabric cluster:

 Connect-ServiceFabricCluster -ConnectionEndpoint "\[Service Fabric
 CLUSTER FQDN\]:19000" \`

 -X509Credential -ServerCertThumbprint
 761A0D17B030723A37AA2E08225CD7EA8BE9F86A \`

 -FindType FindByThumbprint -FindValue
 0272251171BA32CEC7938A65B8A6A553AA2D3283 \`

 -StoreLocation CurrentUser -StoreName My -Verbose

[!NOTE]
There is no https:// before the name of the cluster. Port 19000 is required.