End-to-end guide: containerizing Backstage, provisioning Azure resources (with Bicep & CLI), enabling Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure AD) sign-in, managing secrets, scaling, observing, troubleshooting, and cleaning up — all aligned with current Azure best practices (managed identities, least privilege, and no hard‑coded secrets). Why Backstage + Azure Container Apps Backstage centralizes your internal developer portal (catalog,… Continue reading Backstage on Azure Container Apps with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) Authentication
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Measuring API Latency & Throughput with k6
Modern API platforms live and die by their tail latency. Your users do not care that the “average” response time is fine if 5% of requests are 10× slower. This post walks through using k6 to benchmark Azure API Management (APIM) backed APIs, first with a basic latency script and then with per‑request telemetry streamed into Azure… Continue reading Measuring API Latency & Throughput with k6
Enforce stateless containers on Azure
Background In the constantly changing realm of containerization and cloud computing, the demand for dynamic and scalable solutions has taken center stage. I recently faced a distinctive challenge from a client who was determined to attain stateless containers throughout their Azure infrastructure. While Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) provided a built-in policy to restrict stateful containers,… Continue reading Enforce stateless containers on Azure
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