Using Azure Cosmos DB with C#

RDP login:

See credentials in the credentials section of the lab window.

PowerShell to run:

$url = "https://github.com/ACloudGuru-Resources/content-azure-labs/blob/master/zips/Azure-LearningActivity-Cosmos%20DBv2.zip?raw=true"
$zipfile = "C:\Users\cloud_user\Desktop\Azure-LearningActivity-Cosmos DBv2.zip"
$folder = "C:\Users\cloud_user\Desktop"

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $zipfile $url

Expand-Archive -LiteralPath $zipfile -DestinationPath $folder

Remove-Item -Path $zipfile

Create a New Container in the Azure Portal

1. In the Azure portal, click All resources.
2. Select the Azure Cosmos DB account resource in the list.
3. Click Add Container.
4. In the Add Container pane, set the following values:
   • Database id: Create new, and name it db1
   • Container id: collection1
   • Partition key: /Partition
   • Throughput: 400
5. Click OK.

Update the Visual Studio Code on VM

1. Back on the virtual machine, in the Visual Studio window, double-click Program.cs in the right-hand menu to open it.
2. In the Program class, we need to enter a couple pieces of missing information: EndpointUrl and PrimaryKey. In the Azure Portal, head to the Overview section for our Cosmos DB account.
3. Copy the listed URI.
4. Back in Visual Studio, paste it in as the EndpointUrl value.
5. In the Azure portal, scroll down and click Keys (under the Settings heading).
6. Copy the listed primary key.
7. Back in Visual Studio, paste it in as the PrimaryKey value.
8. Click the disk icon to save the code.
9. Click the play button icon to run the console app.
10. Back in the Azure portal, scroll down and click Document Explorer (under the Containers heading).
11. Click Open Data Explorer.
12. Click collection1.
13. Click Documents. We should see two documents listed, which means we were successful.