Introduction The source code of the POC can be found in this GitHub repository. In the dynamic landscape of cloud computing, staying up-to-date with the latest updates and changes to Azure resources is crucial for maintaining efficiency and security. However, managing the lifecycle of Azure resources can be a daunting task, especially for large-scale deployments.… Continue reading Streamlining Azure Resource Management with AI-Powered LCM
Category: AzureContainerApps
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
Azure Communication Service with Managed Identity
Background A few months ago, I have written a Demo application that shows how to send email and SMS via Azure Communication Service. The code was written in Spring Boot (Java) and hosted on Azure Container Apps. During the demo, I have used Connection strings of Azure Communication Service which is not ideal for production… Continue reading Azure Communication Service with Managed Identity
Email and SMS with Azure Communication Service: Step-by-Step
Introduction Azure Communication Service is a powerful cloud-based platform offered by Microsoft that enables developers to integrate real-time communication features like SMS, voice, and email into their applications. With Azure Communication Service, developers can easily send emails and SMS to end users in a unified and seamless way, reducing the complexity of managing multiple communication… Continue reading Email and SMS with Azure Communication Service: Step-by-Step
Secure API with API Management, network integrated Container Apps
Introduction In today's digital landscape, APIs play a crucial role in connecting applications and enabling seamless interactions. However, with the increasing importance of APIs, ensuring their security becomes paramount. In this blog post, we'll explore how to create a secure API using .net and hosted on Azure Container Apps, expose them via Azure API Management… Continue reading Secure API with API Management, network integrated Container Apps
Self-Hosted GitHub runner on Azure Container Apps
Last week I have shown how to run Azure DevOps self-hosted agents on Azure Container Apps. Using KEDA with its built-in Azure Pipeline scaler it was relatively straightforward to spin up new replicas in Container Apps. You can read all about that process here. However, today I wanted to achieve the same for GitHub self-hosted… Continue reading Self-Hosted GitHub runner on Azure Container Apps
Self-Hosted Azure DevOps pool on Azure Container Apps
A while ago, I have worked with few of our customers, helping to build elastic self-hosted pool for their Azure DevOps pipeline agents based on Azure Kubernetes Service. You can read all about that journey here - where I have created a Kubernetes Controller that observes the Job queue of Azure DevOps for incoming pipeline… Continue reading Self-Hosted Azure DevOps pool on Azure Container Apps
Demystifying Azure Container Apps & Dapr – Part 5
Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Read Part 4 here. Today I will be using the traffic-splitting capability of Azure Container Apps. Azure Container Apps implements container app versioning by creating revisions. A revision is an immutable snapshot of a container app version. Revisions in Azure Container App The… Continue reading Demystifying Azure Container Apps & Dapr – Part 5
Demystifying Azure Container Apps & Dapr – Part 4
Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Last time, I wrote the backend service (JobListener) which gets triggered by the Dapr pubsub whenever an image is uploaded into the designated blob container in the storage account. It then uses Computer Vision APIs to do the image recognition. Today we will… Continue reading Demystifying Azure Container Apps & Dapr – Part 4
Demystifying Azure Container Apps & Dapr – Part 3
Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Last time, I created an empty Azure Container Apps Environment, some supporting components like Key vaults, Log analytics workspace, Application Insights and Computer vision. I have also created an Event Grid topic that subscribed changes in Azure Storage container and dispatches change events to a Service Bus… Continue reading Demystifying Azure Container Apps & Dapr – Part 3
Reverse Engineering 