Using azure servicebus with redis

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### Overview of Azure Service Bus and Redis Integration Using Pulumi

Azure Service Bus is a fully managed enterprise integration message broker. This service can be used to decouple applications and services from each other, providing highly reliable and secure messaging between them. Redis, on the other hand, is an open-source in-memory data structure store, which can be used as a database, cache, and message broker. It supports data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, and more.

To integrate Azure Service Bus with Redis, you might set up a scenario where messages from an Azure Service Bus topic or queue trigger an application that interacts with a Redis cache or datastore. While Pulumi doesn't provide a direct integration between Azure Service Bus and Redis, you can use Pulumi to set up both services and build the integration logic within your application code.

In this program, we will create a simple Azure Service Bus namespace and a Redis instance within Azure, using the `azure-native` and `azure` Pulumi providers. We prefer `azure-native` because it is auto-generated from Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and always up-to-date with the latest Azure API features.

### Creating the Azure Service Bus Namespace and Queue

First, we will set up an Azure Service Bus namespace and a queue within that namespace. The namespace acts as a container for multiple messaging components, and the queue provides a simple first-in-first-out (FIFO) message delivery to one or more competing consumers.

### Creating the Azure Redis Cache

Secondly, we will set up an Azure Redis cache. This managed Redis service will provide high-performance data caching, which can be used to store and retrieve data for your applications.

Please ensure that you are logged in to your Azure account and have selected the appropriate subscription. Also, make sure that you have already installed the Pulumi CLI and set up the Azure provider. You can refer to the Pulumi documentation for guidance on setting up your Azure environment with Pulumi.

Now, let's get started with the code.

```typescript
import * as azure from "@pulumi/azure";
import * as azure_native from "@pulumi/azure-native";
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";

// Create an Azure Resource Group
const resourceGroup = new azure_native.resources.ResourceGroup("myResourceGroup");

// Create an Azure Service Bus Namespace
const serviceBusNamespace = new azure_native.servicebus.Namespace("myServiceBusNamespace", {
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroup.name,
    location: resourceGroup.location,
    sku: {
        name: "Standard", // You can choose between Basic, Standard, and Premium.
    },
});

// Create a Service Bus Queue within the Namespace
const serviceBusQueue = new azure_native.servicebus.Queue("myServiceBusQueue", {
    namespaceName: serviceBusNamespace.name,
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroup.name,
});

// Create an Azure Cache for Redis
const redisCache = new azure_native.cache.Redis("myRedisCache", {
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroup.name,
    location: resourceGroup.location,
    sku: {
        family: "C", // The SKU family for the Redis instance
        capacity: 0,  // The SKU capacity. Here 0 means that it is based on the network performance.
        name: "Basic_C0", // The name of the SKU for Redis instance
    },
    enableNonSslPort: true, // If true, the non-ssl Redis server port (6379) will be enabled.
});

// Export the connection strings for the Service Bus and Redis Cache
export const serviceBusConnectionString = serviceBusNamespace.defaultPrimaryConnectionString;
export const redisCacheHostName = redisCache.hostName;
export const redisCachePrimaryKey = redisCache.primaryKey;
```

### Explanation of the Program

The program uses Pulumi's object model to declare resources. Here's a breakdown of each step:

1. **Resource Group Creation**: We create an Azure Resource Group, which is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution.

2. **Service Bus Namespace and Queue**: We create a Service Bus namespace with a Standard SKU, making the namespace capable of utilizing topics, subscriptions, and other Service Bus features. Inside this namespace, we then create a queue that holds messages until they're processed.

3. **Redis Cache**: We create an Azure Redis Cache instance with a Basic SKU, which provides us with an in-memory data store. This store can be accessed using a non-SSL port (which should be done cautiously, typically only within a secure network environment).

4. **Exports**: Finally, we export important information: the Service Bus connection string, Redis Cache hostname, and Redis Cache primary key. You will use these to connect your application to the Service Bus and Redis Cache services, respectively.

With these resources and exports, you've laid the groundwork for your application's Azure Service Bus and Redis integration. The next step would involve writing application logic to listen to the Service Bus queue and store or retrieve data from Redis Cache accordingly. This logic would be written in your chosen programming language and is beyond the scope of infrastructure setup with Pulumi.

For more detailed Azure Service Bus and Redis Cache programming, you would typically also set up additional specifics such as Redis configurations and more complex Service Bus rules and subscriptions. For these tasks, you might also create resources such as `azure-native.servicebus.Topic`, `azure-native.servicebus.Subscription`, and `azure-native.servicebus.Rule` for Service Bus, or configure network rules and settings for Redis Cache through the `redisCache` resource properties.