Automating Database Mirroring for New Databases on Azure Managed SQL Server

[dlhfabric]

Hi Fabric Community,

I'm exploring the possibility of automating the setup of database mirroring for new SQL Server databases on a single Azure Managed SQL Server instance. According to the official documentation, it seems like the connection for database mirroring must be manually configured through the Azure portal for each individual database.

Given the need to streamline this process, I’m wondering:

1. Is there a way to automate this setup for new databases?
2. Has anyone successfully used the REST API mentioned in the documentation for this purpose?
3. Are there any scripts, tools, or best practices that could help with automating the mirroring configuration?

The goal is to eliminate the manual step of creating the mirroring connection in the portal whenever a new database is created.

Looking forward to hearing your insights and suggestions!

Thanks in advance! 

[v-nmadadi-msft]

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[dlhfabric]

Hello @v-nmadadi-msft ,

Thank you for responding. No, I did not mean how to set up identities and authentication. I'm asking how to automate fabric data source connection creation for azure managed sql server database. Documentation mentions this needs to be done through portal manually. I'm interested in automating this part. 

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[v-nmadadi-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @dlhfabric ,
So we can use Fabric Rest API to automate the creation of Cloud connection
Connections - Create Connection - REST API (Core) | Microsoft Learn
Here is an example of it in powershell :

$apiUrl = "https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/v1/connections"


$requestBody = @{
    connectivityType = "ShareableCloud"
    displayName = "ContosoCloudConnection"
    connectionDetails = @{
        type = "SQL"
        creationMethod = "SQL"
        parameters = @(
            @{
                dataType = "Text"
                name = "server"
                value = "contoso.database.windows.net"
            },
            @{
                dataType = "Text"
                name = "database"
                value = "sales"
            }
        )
    }
    privacyLevel = "Organizational"
    credentialDetails = @{
        singleSignOnType = "None"
        connectionEncryption = "NotEncrypted"
        skipTestConnection = $false
        credentials = @{
            credentialType = "Basic"
            username = "admin"
            password = "xyz"  
        }
    }
} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10  


$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
    "Content-Type"  = "application/json"
}


$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $apiUrl -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $requestBody


$response | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10

Hope this will meet your requirements to get started in creating a new connection with REST API.

Please make a note that this feature is still in preview mode.

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[v-nmadadi-msft]

Hi @dlhfabric  ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum.

If by configuring new databases you mean enabling System Assigned Managed Identity (SAMI) of your Azure SQL Managed Instance creating a login and mapped database user, to automate this you need to use Azure CLI
Configure managed identities on Azure virtual machines (VMs) - Managed identities for Azure resource...

By utilizing Fabric rest api you can speed up the process of creating mirrored Azure SQL instances

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