Building and deploying
apps to Azure with
Waypoint
Comet Tech Talks - March 2023 – Cédric Derue

Cédric Derue
Solution Architect @ Capgemini Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedricderue/
https://github.com/cderue
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/cderue

Agenda
1. Once upon a time … Waypoint
2. Waypoint Architecture
3. Démos
4. Conclusion

What the fuck?
Multiple dev
technologies
Multiple hosting
platforms

What is Waypoint?
Waypoint is a tool that enables developers to describe how to get their
applications from development to production in a single file and deploy using a
single command:
$> waypoint up

Build
Deploy
Release

Waypoint Architecture

Waypoint Architecture

Waypoint Server

Waypoint CLI

Main CLI Commands
$ waypoint install
$ waypoint init
$ waypoint build
$ waypoint release
$ waypoint up
$ waypoint logs
$ waypoint exec
$ waypoint destroy

Other Waypoint concepts
Runner
• Every operation that
Waypoint runs (build,
deploy, release, etc) is
executed by a Waypoint
runner.
• Static runner
• On-demand runner
• Runner profile
Workspace
• Workspaces are a
mechanism to isolate
multiple builds, deploys,
etc. of the same
applications. A common
use case of workspaces
are to provide
environments for branch-
based development,
staging, etc.
Plugins
• Waypoint can be extended
using custom plugins.
Waypoint supports custom
builders, deployment
platforms, registries,
release managers, and
more.

It’s time to demo!

Demo 1 – Publishing apps on ACI with
Waypoint
2048 App Moving to the
cloud
Use of Azure services for production-
ready scalable applications
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION
Development Technologies Apps
Development
Docker Desktop
Exploring Apps
Architecture/Design/Development
Infrastructure
Decisions
Production-Ready App
Azure Container Registry
Azure Container Instances
Production
Azure cloud

Demo 2 – Publishing microservices on AKS
with Waypoint
Voting App Moving to the
cloud
Use of Azure services for production-
ready scalable applications
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION
Development Technologies
Cloud Infrastructure for
Microservices
Development
Docker Desktop
Exploring Microservices
Architecture/Design/Development
Infrastructure
Decisions
Production-Ready Microservices
Azure Container Registry
Azure Kubernetes Service
Production
Azure cloud

Resources
• https://developer.hashicorp.com/waypoint/docs/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/
• https://github.com/cderue/waypoint-aci-integration-demo/
• https://github.com/cderue/example-voting-app/