Testing and Deployment: Quality Is King - Deploying and Managing a Cloud Infrastructure - page 306

FIGURE 10.7 Windows Azure Quick Create
If you select roles (such as administrator) that require a certificate for Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) data encryption, a certificate must be created and uploaded to the cloud service.
This should be done before service deployment. Once you upload a certificate, any applica-
tions that are running in the role instances can access the certificate. To create an upload a
certificate, follow these steps:
1. Select the newly created service and select the Certificates option.
The next step is to deploy the service.
2. Select the newly created service, and the service dashboard displays. There are
two options:
■ Deploy In The Production Environment
■ Deploy In The Staging Environment
3. Generally, it is better to deploy to staging in order to test the service before putting it
into production. Choose that option.
4. Install the Windows Azure SDK ( www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/downloads/ )
if you have not already.
The Azure SDK supports client libraries and source code for developing web applica-
tions in Java, PHP, Node.js, and other programming languages.