Azure Databricks

Overview

Azure Databricks is an Apache Spark-based analytics platform optimized for Azure, enabling big data analytics and AI solutions.

Real-life Use Cases

• Cloud Architect: Design scalable data pipelines for ETL and machine learning.

• DevOps Engineer: Automate Databricks workspace and cluster provisioning for data teams.

Terraform Example

resource "azurerm_databricks_workspace" "main" {
  name                = "mydatabricks"
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.main.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.main.name
  sku                 = "standard"
}

Bicep Example

resource databricks 'Microsoft.Databricks/workspaces@2023-05-01' = {
  name: 'mydatabricks'
  location: resourceGroup().location
  sku: {
    name: 'standard'
  }
  properties: {}
}

Azure CLI Example

az databricks workspace create --resource-group my-rg --name mydatabricks --location westeurope --sku standard

Best Practices

• Use separate workspaces for dev, test, and prod.

• Integrate with Azure AD for access control.

Common Pitfalls

• Not monitoring cluster costs.

• Over-permissioned users.

Joke: Why did the Databricks cluster get promoted? It always sparked new ideas!