Azure Arc Overview

For customers who want to simplify complex and distributed environments across on-premises, edge and multicloud, Azure Arc enables deployment of Azure services anywhere and extends Azure management to any infrastructure.

• Organize and govern across environments - Get databases, Kubernetes clusters, and servers sprawling across on-premises, edge and multicloud environments under control by centrally organizing and governing from a single place.

• Manage Kubernetes Apps at scale - Deploy and manage Kubernetes applications across environments using DevOps techniques. Ensure that applications are deployed and configured from source control consistently.

• Run data services anywhere - Get automated patching, upgrades, security and scale on-demand across on-premises, edge and multicloud environments for your data estate.

Azure Arc "Jumpstart"

The following guides will walk you how to demo and get started with Azure Arc. They are designed with a "zero to hero" approach in mind and with much automation as possible. The goal is for you to have a working Azure Arc demo environment spined-up in no time so you can focus on showing the core values of the solution.

Azure Arc for Servers

The below deployment options are focusing on Azure Arc for Servers. It is designed to quickly spin up a server that is ready to be projected in Azure Arc and for you to start playing with it.

Note: For a list of supported operating systems and Azure regions, please visit the official Azure Arc docs.

• Connect an existing Linux server to Azure Arc

• Connect an existing Windows machine to Azure Arc

• Deploy a local Ubuntu VM and connect it to Azure Arc using Vagrant

• Deploy a local Windows 10 VM and connect it to Azure Arc using Vagrant

• Deploy a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Ubuntu VM and connect it to Azure Arc using Terraform

Azure Arc for Kubernetes

The below deployment options are focusing on Azure Arc for Kubernetes. It is designed to quickly spin up a Kubernetes cluster that is ready to be projected in Azure Arc and for you to start playing with it.

• Connect an existing Kubernetes cluster to Azure Arc

• Deploy Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster and connect it to Azure Arc using Terraform

• Deploy Rancher k3s on an Azure VM and connect it to Azure Arc using Azure ARM template

• Deploy Rancher k3s on an Azure VM and connect it to Azure Arc using Terraform

Azure Arc for Data Services

TBD

Support for future deployment scenarios

Below are an additional deployment scenarios the team is currently working on.

Azure Arc for Servers

• Support for a Windows Server GCP instance deployment using Terraform
• Support for an Ubuntu Server AWS EC2 instance deployment using Terraform
• Support for a Windows Server AWS EC2 instance deployment using Terraform

Azure Arc for Kubernetes

• Support for an Azure Red Hat OpenShift deployment using ARM template
• Support for an EKS deployment using Terraform

Azure Arc for Data Services

TBD