Checkin sample DAB deployment scripts

[souvikghosh04]

Summary

Adds automated PowerShell scripts for deploying Data API builder to Azure Container Apps (ACA) and Azure Container Instances (ACI) with complete infrastructure setup.

Closes: - #3001

Changes

New sample scripts

• azure-container-apps-dab-starter.ps1 - Deploy to Azure Container Apps
• azure-container-instances-dab-starter.ps1 - Deploy to Azure Container Instances

Features

• End-to-end automation: Creates resource group, ACR, SQL Server/Database, and container deployment
• Configurable resources: CPU (0.25-4 cores), memory (0.5-16 GB), auto-scaling for ACA (0-30 replicas)
• Test data loading: Automatically loads sample database schema from DatabaseSchema-MsSql.sql
• Security: Configures SQL firewall rules for Azure services and client IP
• Config management: Generates DAB configuration with connection strings (blob storage for ACA, ARM template for ACI)
• Comprehensive README: Documentation with examples, parameters, troubleshooting, and comparison table

Usage

Azure Container Apps (ACA)

Basic configuration

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "<YourSecurePassword>" -AsPlainText -Force

.\azure-container-apps-dab-starter.ps1 `
    -SubscriptionId "<your-subscription-id>" `
    -ResourceGroup "rg-dab-aca" `
    -ResourcePrefix "mydab" `
    -SqlAdminPassword $password

Higher configuration

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "<YourSecurePassword>" -AsPlainText -Force

.\azure-container-apps-dab-starter.ps1 `
    -SubscriptionId "<your-subscription-id>" `
    -ResourceGroup "rg-dab-prod" `
    -ResourcePrefix "proddb" `
    -SqlAdminPassword $password `
    -Location "westus2" `
    -SqlServiceTier "S2" `
    -ContainerCpu 1 `
    -ContainerMemory 2 `
    -MinReplicas 2 `
    -MaxReplicas 10

Azure Container Instances (ACI)

Basic configuration

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "<YourSecurePassword>" -AsPlainText -Force

.\azure-container-instances-dab-starter.ps1 `
    -SubscriptionId "<your-subscription-id>" `
    -ResourceGroup "rg-dab-aci" `
    -ResourcePrefix "mydab" `
    -SqlAdminPassword $password

Higher configuration

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "<YourSecurePassword>" -AsPlainText -Force

.\azure-container-instances-dab-starter.ps1 `
    -SubscriptionId "<your-subscription-id>" `
    -ResourceGroup "rg-dab-dev" `
    -ResourcePrefix "dabdev" `
    -SqlAdminPassword $password `
    -Location "eastus2" `
    -ContainerCpu 4 `
    -ContainerMemory 8

[souvikghosh04]

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR adds comprehensive PowerShell deployment scripts for Data API Builder (DAB) to Azure, streamlining the end-to-end deployment process for both Azure Container Apps and Azure Container Instances. The scripts automate infrastructure setup, database provisioning, test data loading, and DAB configuration generation.

• Added two fully automated PowerShell starter scripts for quick Azure deployment
• Scripts handle complete infrastructure setup including ACR, SQL Server, and container deployment
• Enhanced documentation with detailed usage examples, troubleshooting, and comparison tables

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
samples/azure/readme.md	Comprehensive documentation update with quick start guides, parameter descriptions, examples, troubleshooting, and service comparison tables
samples/azure/azure-container-apps-dab-starter.ps1	New automated deployment script for Azure Container Apps with auto-scaling, HTTPS, and managed environment support
samples/azure/azure-container-instances-dab-starter.ps1	New automated deployment script for Azure Container Instances with simpler single-instance architecture for dev/test scenarios

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[Aniruddh25]

Posting comments for the review so far - done upto autogeneration of resource prefix in the aca script

[Aniruddh25]

Approving since this is sample only. Consider the suggestions in a followup.

[souvikghosh04]

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