1. Low-Latency Content Delivery for Interactive AI Apps with AFDendpoint.

    Python

    To set up a low-latency content delivery system using Pulumi for interactive AI applications, we can leverage Azure's content delivery network (CDN) with a specific focus on the Azure Front Door service (AFD). Azure Front Door is designed to accelerate the performance of your content delivery while also providing intelligent layer 7 load-balancing capabilities.

    The azure-native.cdn.AFDEndpoint is the resource type within Pulumi that allows us to define a new endpoint for the Azure Front Door service. This endpoint will serve as the entry point for client requests and will distribute traffic to various backend services based on rules, path patterns, and backend health.

    In this program, we will set up an Azure Front Door profile and then create an AFD endpoint within this profile. By doing so, we ensure that users from different geographical locations can access AI application content with optimized performance and reduced latency.

    Here's the Pulumi Python program that accomplishes this task:

    import pulumi import pulumi_azure_native as azure_native # Define a new resource group to contain our resources, # a common requirement for Azure resource deployments resource_group = azure_native.resources.ResourceGroup("resourceGroup") # Create an Azure Front Door profile afd_profile = azure_native.cdn.Profile("afdProfile", resource_group_name=resource_group.name, sku=azure_native.cdn.SkuArgs(name="Premium_AzureFrontDoor"), location="Global") # Define the backend pool afd_backend_pool = azure_native.cdn.BackendPool("afdBackendPool", resource_group_name=resource_group.name, profile_name=afd_profile.name, location="Global") # Define the frontend endpoint - this is the public access point afd_endpoint = azure_native.cdn.AFDEndpoint("afdEndpoint", endpoint_name="myAFDEndpoint", profile_name=afd_profile.name, resource_group_name=resource_group.name, enabled_state="Enabled", location="Global") # Export the hostname of the Azure Front Door endpoint pulumi.export("AFDEndpointUrl", afd_endpoint.host_name)

    In this program:

    1. We define a ResourceGroup that acts as the container for all Azure resources.
    2. We create a Profile, which is a collection of settings specific to Azure Front Door. Here we specify the SKU as Premium_AzureFrontDoor as it's appropriate for scenarios requiring better performance and advanced features.
    3. We define a BackendPool that represents the pool of backends where the AFD will route traffic to. Normally you would add details such as the backend address and HTTP settings here.
    4. We create an AFDEndpoint, which is the public endpoint that users will hit when accessing the AI applications. We make sure that it is enabled and we bind it to the profile. We also link the backend pool created earlier.

    After deploying this Pulumi program, you will have an Azure Front Door profile with an endpoint that will route traffic to your backends. You can then add more configurations to the backends, routing rules, and other settings as needed to tailor it for your specific AI applications.

    To find more details on how to configure additional options for the AFDEndpoint resource, check out the Azure Front Door Endpoint documentation.

    You can run this code with the Pulumi CLI by following these steps:

    1. Save the code to a file named __main__.py.
    2. Run pulumi up to create the resources.
    3. Once satisfied with the preview, confirm the deployment to provision the resources on Azure.

    Remember to replace the placeholder strings such as myAFDEndpoint with the actual names you'd want to use for your resources. Additionally, backend details should be filled out according to the specifics of your deployment's needs.