What is Azure Arc-enabled Logic Apps? (Preview)
Note
This capability is in preview and is subject to the Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews.
With Azure Arc-enabled Logic Apps, you can develop and run single-tenant based logic apps anywhere that Kubernetes can run. For example, you can run your logic app workflows on Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service, on premises, and even other cloud providers. This offering provides a centralized single-pane-of-glass management platform through Azure Arc and the Azure portal for the following capabilities:
- Use Azure Logic Apps as your integration platform.
- Connect your workflows to all your services no matter where they're hosted.
- Run your integration solutions directly alongside your services.
- Create and edit workflows using Visual Studio Code.
- Deploy using your choice of pipelines for DevOps.
- Control your infrastructure and resources in Azure, non-Azure, multiple clouds, on premises, and edge environments.
For more information, review the following documentation:
- What is Azure Logic Apps?
- Single-tenant versus multitenant in Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Arc overview
- Azure Kubernetes Service overview
- What is Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes?
- What is Kubernetes?
Why use Azure Arc-enabled Logic Apps
With Azure Arc-enabled Logic Apps, you can create and deploy logic app workflows in the same way as in the single-tenant experience for Azure Logic Apps. You also gain more control and flexibility when you have logic apps running on a Kubernetes infrastructure that you operate and manage.
Minor differences exist between the Azure Arc and single-tenant Azure Logic Apps experiences for creating, designing, and deploying logic apps. When you use Azure Arc-enabled Logic Apps, the major difference is that your logic apps run in a custom location. This location is mapped to an Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster where you have installed and enabled the Azure App Service platform extensions bundle.
For example, this cluster can be Azure Kubernetes Service, bare-metal Kubernetes, or another setup. The extensions bundle enables you to run platform services such as Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, and Azure App Service on your Kubernetes cluster.
For more information, review the following documentation:
- Single-tenant versus multitenant in Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Kubernetes Service overview
- What is Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes?
- Custom locations on Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes
- App Service, Functions, and Logic Apps on Azure Arc (Preview)
- Set up an Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster to run App Service, Functions, and Logic Apps (Preview)
When to use Azure Arc-enabled Logic Apps
Although Kubernetes provides more control and flexibility, you also have operational overhead. If you're satisfied that Azure Logic Apps meets your needs, you're encouraged to continue using this service. However, consider using Azure Arc-enabled Logic Apps when you have the following scenarios:
You already run all your apps and services on Kubernetes. You want to extend these processes and controls to all your other PaaS services.
You want to use Azure Logic Apps as your integration platform. However, you need fine grained networking with compute control and flexibility. You don't want to use an App Service Environment (ASE).
For security reasons, you need control over where your logic apps run, for example, in your own region or in your own datacenter.
You want to run your logic apps in multi-cloud scenarios and use Azure Logic Apps as your sole integration platform for all your applications wherever they run.
Compare offerings
This table provides a high-level comparison between the capabilities in the current Azure Logic Apps offerings:
Capability
Multitenant Azure Logic Apps (Consumption)
Single-tenant Azure Logic Apps (Standard)
Standalone containers
Note: Unsupported for workflows in production environments. For fully supported containers, create Azure Arc-enabled Logic Apps workflows instead.
Azure Arc
Local development
Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio
Visual Studio Code, including run history and overview with breakpoint debugging
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code, including run history and overview with breakpoint debugging
Hosting
Run in Azure only
Run in Azure only
Run anywhere your containers run
Run anywhere with an Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster
Management
Fully managed Azure Logic Apps experience
Fully managed Azure Logic Apps experience
Not managed
Managed Azure Logic Apps experience with operational control at the Kubernetes level
Monitoring
Monitor in the Azure portal, including run history, resubmit run, and Application Insights capabilities, if needed
Monitor in the Azure portal, including run history, resubmit run, and Application Insights capabilities, if needed
Monitor only with Application Insights or other container monitoring tools
Monitor in the Azure portal, including run history, resubmit run, and Application Insights capabilities, if needed
Scaling
Control scaling using Consumption plan
Control scaling using Standard plan
Not available
Control scaling using Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling (KEDA). Configure scale events based on queue length.