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
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End-to-End Security: Function, Azure SQL, and API Management
Introduction In the dynamic realm of today's digital environment, safeguarding your applications and data holds utmost importance. This blog post is designed to lead you through the steps of establishing comprehensive security measures for an Azure Function App, Azure SQL database, and API Management. Our approach involves leveraging Azure Virtual Network (VNet) for robust network… Continue reading End-to-End Security: Function, Azure SQL, and API Management
Orion-Guardian: Azure DevOps Security Management at Scale
Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, ensuring the security and autonomy of your projects is paramount. Azure DevOps has become a cornerstone for many development teams, providing a robust set of tools for collaboration and project management. However, managing security at scale can be a daunting task. Enter Orion Guardian – a game-changing… Continue reading Orion-Guardian: Azure DevOps Security Management at Scale
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
Azure DevOps security as Code
Accompanied source code can be found here. A while ago, I have written an application that could simplify managing Azure DevOps security. The idea was that one could define bunch of YAML file that describes numerous security aspect for an Azure DevOps project (for example, security for teams, build and release folders, repositories etc.) and… Continue reading Azure DevOps security as Code
Exploring WASM, WASI with .net7 & Docker
Web Assembly aka WASM is currently gaining a lot of attention into the container community - for legit reasons! WASM is a web-optimized code format that significantly improve web application performances running on browsers. However, it is gaining more and more attention in the container world lately, because of its sandbox/isolation hence - safety, near-native… Continue reading Exploring WASM, WASI with .net7 & Docker
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
Demystifying Azure Container Apps & Dapr – Part 2
Part 1 of this article is here. Last time, I created an empty Azure Container Apps Environment using Bicep. I also created some required components like Key vaults, Log analytics workspace, Application Insights and Computer vision. Application Architecture Today I want to make progress on that. As I have briefly explained before, I want to… Continue reading Demystifying Azure Container Apps & Dapr – Part 2
Reverse Engineering 