Audience analysis

Writer-centered analysis

Gatekeepers
Carl Chatfield
Ratula Chakrabarti

	Audience
Tertiary	Hobbyists Interested general public
Secondary	Engineering managers Cloud architects
Primary	Cloud engineers
Writer	Greg Martinez

Reader analysis

	Needs	Values	Attitudes
Primary	Clear examples Visual aides Troubleshooting recommendations	Clarity Few decision points	Busy Task-oriented
Secondary	Clear use cases Resource architecture Approximate costs	Clarity Technical accuracy Client satisfaction Cost efficiency	Skeptical Busy
Tertiary	Clear examples Visual aides Conceptual background	Clarity Lack of technical jargon	Open-minded Curious
Gatekeepers	Well-written content Tight document structure Consistent style	Clarity Clear process Logical thinking	Optimistic Open-minded

Reader context analysis

	Physical context	Mobile context	Economic context	Ethical context
Primary readers	Blog on the internet	Scales with the size of the reader’s device.	Solving a client request	Is this the solution the client truly needs?
Reader’s organization	Blog on the internet	Scales with the size of the reader’s device.	Managing cloud costs	Does the client understand the pricing model for the solution?
Reader’s industry	Blog on the internet	Scales with the size of the reader’s device	Cost of training engineers	Environmental impact of maintaining cloud servers

Audience’s desired outcome

The primary audience’s desired outcome is to satisfy their current and future clients.

Cloud engineers, the primary audience for this project, must deliver a service to a client. And they know they must do so for other clients in the future. So, they need a way to deliver this service without starting over from scratch. To accomplish this, they can use a script multiple times with different configurations. This way, they can satisfy any client that needs a web application platform with minimal time and effort.

Outline of deliverable

• Introduction
  • Background - Web applications in Azure
  • Purpose and scope
• Prerequisites
  • Create a free Azure account
  • Configure the Azure CLI
    • Download the CLI
    • Log into Azure
  • Set up a Terraform project
    • Install Terraform CLI
    • Install the Terraform VS Code extensions
    • Explore the Terraform Registry
• Create a virtual network (VNet)
  • Background
  • Create a VNet
  • Troubleshooting
  • Next section
  • Learn more
• Create a virtual machine (VM)
  • Background
  • Create a VM
  • Troubleshooting
  • Next section
  • Learn more
• Create an Azure SQL server
  • Background
  • Create a SQL server
  • Troubleshooting
  • Next section
  • Learn more
• Put it all together
  • Background
  • Connect the services
  • Troubleshooting
  • Next section
  • Learn more
• Conclusion
  • Review of resources created
  • How to delete resources
  • Explore other projects
• FAQs