Exploring Azure NoSQL Database - Azure Cosmos DB | Scribe

    Exploring Azure NoSQL Database - Azure Cosmos DB

    • Hafeez Baig |
    • 11 steps |
    • 6 minutes
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    Sign in into the **Microsoft Azure Portal**

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    Type **Azure Cosmos DB** in the search bar and click on the **Azure Cosmos DB** to view the Azure Cosmos DB dashboard

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    **What is Azure Cosmos DB?**\ \ Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database service by Microsoft Azure, designed for scalable, responsive applications. It supports various data models (document, key-value, graph, column-family) and APIs (SQL, MongoDB, Gremlin, Table, Cassandra).

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    **Azure Cosmos DB** dashboard will open, click on the **Create** button on the top left side

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    **Create an Azure Cosmos DB account** wizard will open, click on the **Create** button for the **Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB**

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    **What is Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB?**\ \ Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB is a globally distributed database service that provides a fully managed MongoDB-compatible API on Azure Cosmos DB. It offers features like automatic scaling, high availability, low latency, and global distribution, allowing users to leverage MongoDB tools and drivers while benefiting from the advanced capabilities of Azure Cosmos DB.

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    **Create Azure Cosmos DB Account** wizard will open, click on the **Create** button for the **Request unit (RU) database account**

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    **What is Request unit (RU) database account?**\ \ A Request Unit (RU) is a performance currency in Azure Cosmos DB that abstracts the cost of database operations. A Request Unit (RU) database account defines the provisioned throughput for a Cosmos DB account in terms of RUs per second.

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    Click on the **Resource group** dropdown and select the resource group **database-rg** option **Note:** If you do not have a Resource group, you can create one by clicking on the **Create new** link option

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    Scroll to the **Account Name** section, give Name as "**my-first-cosmosdb-in28"**

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    Scroll the page and click on the **Review + create** button

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    Wait for the Validation to get passed

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    If your validation is displaying errors and hasn't passed, try troubleshooting by repeating previous steps and checking the validation again.

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    After the Validation is successfully passed, scroll the page and click on the **Create** button

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    **Your deployment is complete**

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    Congratulations on completing this lab and Creating Azure NoSQL Database -Azure Cosmos DB! Good Job!