AI Workflow Metadata Storage in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
PythonTo implement an AI workflow metadata storage using Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, we would utilize a few Azure services. Azure Data Lake Gen2 provides a wide array of capabilities geared towards big data analytics. It's built on Azure Blob Storage, thereby offering a very cost-effective solution for big data analytics workloads.
In our setup, we will first create a storage account that supports hierarchical namespace, which is needed to leverage the capabilities of Data Lake Storage Gen2. Once we have a storage account, we will create a File System (akin to a container in Blob Storage), which acts as the root file system for our data lake. Inside the file system, we can then organize our files and directories accordingly to store AI workflow metadata.
Here’s how the Python program using Pulumi might look to set up an AI workflow metadata storage in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2:
- Setup Storage Account: We start by defining a storage account with Data Lake Storage Gen2 capabilities.
- Create File System: Once the storage account is provisioned, we'll create a new file system to be used as a data lake.
- Organize Data: Although not in the scope of the Pulumi program, typically, you would organize your data into directories and files within this file system.
Below is the Pulumi program that achieves this:
import pulumi import pulumi_azure_native as azure_native # Step 1: Create the Storage Account with Data Lake Gen2 support storage_account = azure_native.storage.StorageAccount("aiworkflowstorage", resource_group_name="my-rg", account_name="aiworkflowstoracc", location="eastus", kind="StorageV2", # Needed for Data Lake Storage Gen2 sku=azure_native.storage.SkuArgs( name="Standard_LRS", ), is_hns_enabled=True # Enable hierarchical namespace ) # Step 2: Create a File System in the Storage Account (this will be your Data Lake) data_lake_file_system = azure_native.storage.FileSystem("myfilesystem", resource_group_name="my-rg", account_name=storage_account.name, file_system_name="metadatastore" ) # (Optional) Export the endpoint URL for the Data Lake Storage pulumi.export('data_lake_url', storage_account.primary_endpoints.web) # (Optional) Export the ID of the Data Lake File System pulumi.export('data_lake_fs_id', data_lake_file_system.id)
This program does the following:
-
Creates a new Azure Storage Account specifically for holding Data Lake Storage Gen2 data. Here,
account_name
should be globally unique as it forms part of the storage endpoint URL. -
Enables the Hierarchical Namespace which is a feature of Data Lake Gen2. This allows for the use of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) for big data analytics.
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Creates a File System within that account, which represents your data lake's root file system where your AI workflow metadata will reside.
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Exports URLs and IDs so that they're easy to access if you need them for connecting services or tools to your data lake.
Each resource is declared within a Python class that represents the resource in the Azure Native Pulumi provider, such as
StorageAccount
andFileSystem
. The arguments passed to these class constructors are akin to the options you would specify in the Azure Portal or via ARM templates.To run this Pulumi program:
- You'll need to install Pulumi and set up the Azure CLI with credentials.
- Write this code in a file with a
.py
extension, for example,main.py
. - Open your terminal in the directory with your
main.py
. - Run
pulumi up
to preview and deploy your infrastructure.
Remember that operations in Azure may incur costs, so you should check Azure's pricing page, and delete resources when they're no longer needed by running
pulumi destroy
.For more information on using Azure with Pulumi, you can refer to the official Pulumi Azure documentation.