documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Service_WindowsAzure.xml

   1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   2 <!-- Reviewed: no -->
   3 <sect1 id="zend.service.windowsazure" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
   4     <title>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</title>
   5
   6     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.introduction">
   7         <title>Introduction</title>
   8
   9         <para>
  10           Windows Azure is the name for Microsoft's Software + Services platform, an operating
  11           system in the cloud providing services for hosting, management, scalable storage with
  12           support for simple blobs, tables, and queues, as well as a management infrastructure for
  13           provisioning and geo-distribution of cloud-based services, and a development platform for
  14           the Azure Services layer.
  15         </para>
  16     </sect2>
  17
  18     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.sdk">
  19         <title>Installing the Windows Azure SDK</title>
  20
  21         <para>
  22             There are two development scenario's when working with Windows Azure.
  23         </para>
  24
  25         <itemizedlist>
  26             <listitem>
  27                 <para>
  28                     You can develop your application using
  29                     <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> and the Windows Azure
  30                     <acronym>SDK</acronym>, which provides a local developent environment of the
  31                     services provided by Windows Azure's cloud infrastructure.
  32                 </para>
  33             </listitem>
  34
  35             <listitem>
  36                 <para>
  37                     You can develop your application using
  38                     <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname>, working directly with the
  39                     Windows Azure cloud infrastructure.
  40                 </para>
  41             </listitem>
  42         </itemizedlist>
  43
  44         <para>
  45             The first case requires you to install the <ulink
  46                 url="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6967ff37-813e-47c7-b987-889124b43abd&amp;displaylang=en">Windows
  47                 Azure SDK</ulink> on your development machine. It is currently only available for
  48             Windows environments; progress is being made on a Java-based version of the
  49             <acronym>SDK</acronym> which can run on any platform.
  50         </para>
  51
  52         <para>
  53             The latter case requires you to have an account at <ulink
  54                 url="http://www.azure.com">Azure.com</ulink>.
  55         </para>
  56     </sect2>
  57
  58     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.apiDocumentation">
  59         <title>API Documentation</title>
  60
  61         <para>
  62             The <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> class provides the
  63             <acronym>PHP</acronym> wrapper to the Windows Azure <acronym>REST</acronym> interface.
  64             Please consult the <ulink
  65                 url="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd179355.aspx">REST
  66                 documentation</ulink> for detailed description of the service. You will need to be
  67             familiar with basic concepts in order to use this service.
  68         </para>
  69     </sect2>
  70
  71     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.features">
  72         <title>Features</title>
  73
  74         <para>
  75             <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> provides the following functionality:
  76         </para>
  77
  78         <itemizedlist>
  79             <listitem>
  80                 <para>
  81                     <acronym>PHP</acronym> classes for Windows Azure Blobs, Tables and Queues (for
  82                     <acronym>CRUD</acronym> operations)
  83                 </para>
  84             </listitem>
  85
  86             <listitem>
  87                 <para>
  88                     Helper Classes for <acronym>HTTP</acronym> transport, AuthN, AuthZ,
  89                     <acronym>REST</acronym> and Error Management
  90                 </para>
  91             </listitem>
  92
  93             <listitem>
  94                 <para>
  95                     Manageability, Instrumentation and Logging support
  96                 </para>
  97             </listitem>
  98         </itemizedlist>
  99     </sect2>
 100
 101     <sect2 id="zend.service.windowsazure.architecture">
 102         <title>Architecture</title>
 103
 104         <para>
 105             <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> provides access to Windows Azure's
 106             storage, computation and management interfaces by abstracting the
 107             <acronym>REST</acronym> - <acronym>XML</acronym> interface Windows Azure provides into
 108             a simple <acronym>PHP</acronym> <acronym>API</acronym>.
 109         </para>
 110
 111         <para>
 112             An application built using <classname>Zend_Service_WindowsAzure</classname> can access
 113             Windows Azure's features, no matter if it is hosted on the Windows Azure platform or on
 114             an in-premise web server.
 115         </para>
 116     </sect2>
 117
 118     <xi:include href="Zend_Service_WindowsAzure_Blob.xml" />
 119     <xi:include href="Zend_Service_WindowsAzure_Table.xml" />
 120     <xi:include href="Zend_Service_WindowsAzure_Queue.xml" />
 121 </sect1>