Use DefaultAzureCredential to securely connect to Azure services from Visual Studio
When you want to connect to an Azure service, you want to use a secure way for the authentication. One of the best techniques is to use a managed identity. Y...
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Provision an Azure Function plan with a subnet using Bicep
In a recent project, I need an Azure Function hosted inside a subnet. To have vnet support, I need to use a premium plan, and I wanted to use Linux hosting a...
Link Application Insights to Azure API Management using Bicep
As it is good practice to monitor your system, I also wanted this to include the API Management side. It is allowing me to see the failed request in more det...
Roll out a definition for an API management operation using Bicep
I needed to roll out individual operations via infrastructure as code principles for API management in Azure using Bicep in a recent project.
POST data from API Management directly to a storage account queue
When you want to accept data, queue it up and process it at a later stage, you might want to use a simple way to push data to the queue without building a ba...
Being on call
True DevOps means you build it, you run it. You are responsible for the whole stack, including production. And when it comes to production, you have of cours...
Use Application Insights over multiple systems to track dependencies
It is essential to have an overview of what your software is doing, not only to troubleshoot issues but also to see how data flows through your system and ho...
How to monitor a 24 hour global event
For the last three years, Xpirit and Solidify organize the Global DevOps Bootcamp, an online event that teaches people about the DevOps practices using Micro...
Generate Kubernetes Access Token
There are various ways to connect to a Kubernetes cluster, but for a recent event (GDBC) I needed to connect to an Azure Kubernetes Cluster using an API call...
Mess up your wall with Scribit
I recently received my Scribit, a wall drawing robot, that I backed using Kickstarter. You can read more about the device at the Kickstarter website or direc...