Introduction to Cloud and Azure

Azure Resource Management

Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)

Azure PostgreSQL Databases

Azure Container Apps

Deploying and Storing Results

Practice

Assignment

Gotchas & Pitfalls

Week 6 Lesson Plan (Teachers)

Week 6 Lesson Plan (Teachers)

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Suggested Topics to Cover

• Demo: creating a resource group, Postgres database, and Container App live in the Azure portal
• Demo: deploying a container from ACR and showing logs in real time
• Walkthrough: connecting a Python script to Azure Postgres with proper credentials
• Common pitfalls discussion: firewall rules, cost surprises, admin vs app credentials
• Lab setup: students need Azure for Students or free-tier accounts, Azure CLI installed
• Pair programming: students deploy each other's containers and verify database output
• Debugging workshop: "Why won't my container connect to the database?" exercises
• Assessment rubric: successful deployment, least-privilege database access, clean resource organization
• Time allocation guidance for each activity
• Pre-class prerequisite: students must have Azure accounts set up (this is pre-work, not in-class)
• Fallback plan for students who don't have Azure accounts
• Differentiation: activities for students who finish setup quickly vs those who struggle
• Assessment rubric with concrete pass/fail criteria, not just category names
• Live demo: create Key Vault, store a secret, and reference it from Container Apps
• Live demo: open Log Analytics and query container logs using KQL
• Workshop: students configure Managed Identity on their Container App and verify passwordless Azure PostgreSQL access

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