Exploring State Management with Dapr in Azure Container Apps

Dapr (Distributed Application Runtime) is a portable, event-driven runtime that simplifies building distributed applications. When integrated with Azure Container Apps, it provides a rich set of building blocks that enable developers to build microservices-based applications without writing complex distributed systems code. These building blocks include state management, service invocation, pub/sub messaging, and more.

By leveraging Dapr in Azure Container Apps, developers can focus on business logic while the platform handles complex distributed application patterns. The combination provides built-in scalability, resiliency, and observability features, making it easier to build, deploy and manage cloud-native applications. This approach significantly reduces development time and maintenance overhead while ensuring enterprise-grade reliability.

In this lab, you will learn how to use Dapr with Azure Container Apps to manage state and publish-subscribe messages.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this intermediate-level lab, you will be able to:

• Create a Dapr component on an Azure Container App Environment
• Configure conatiner apps to publish and subscribe to messages using Dapr
• Manage Dapr state in Azure Storage Blob

Intended audience

• Cloud Architects
• Data Engineers
• DevOps Engineers
• Machine Learning Engineers
• Software Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

• Azure Container Apps
• Azure Storage Blob

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:

• Hosting Web Application using Azure Container Apps