a developer's notebook
One of the great things in Cloud computing is the ability to use resources whenever you want them and pay only only for what you are using. In this post, we are going to explore how you may create a schedule to automatically shut down and start up a virtual machine running on Azure, using Azure Automation, based on a…
In this post, we are going to explore the necessary steps to build a cluster on Azure Container Service and then setup RabbitMQ using Kubernetes as orchestrator and helm as package manager. First things first, let’s briefly introduce the services we are going to use. What is Azure Container Service? Azure Container Service (ACS) allows you to create, configure and…
In this page you will find tools, related to Networking, to make your Azure journey easier and more fun. Azure Speed Test A simple web tool that measures the latency between you and Azure Datacenters, to suggest which might be fastest for your location. Fiddler (Telerik) A classic tool to debug and monitor traffic between your PC and the Internet….
In this page you will find tools, related to Azure Storage Services, to make your Azure journey easier and more fun. Azure Storage Explorer (Free) A stand-alone app from Microsoft that allows you to easily work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS and Linux. AzCopy AzCopy is a command-line utility, designed for copying data to and from Microsoft Azure…
Azure Service Fabric is a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy and manage scalable and reliable microservices. Service Fabric also addresses the significant challenges in developing and managing cloud applications. In this post, we will explore how to host an ASP.NET Core web application, alongside a stateless and a stateful service on an Azure Service Fabric cluster,…
Azure Service Fabric is a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable microservices. It enables you to build and manage scalable and reliable applications, composed of microservices that run at a very high density on a shared pool of machines, which is referred to as a cluster. In addition, it provides a…
One thing you should always keep in mind is backing up your precious work. Bad things may happen sooner or later, so better be prepared for the “unexpected”, than sorry. In a recent talk with a friend, I found out that he wasn’t aware of how easy it is to backup a web app hosted in Azure App Service; so why not write a…
Visual Studio 2017 is now available to download, and one interesting feature thereof is connected services, which enable connections between your app and any service on-premises or in the cloud. In this post we are going to demonstrate how easy it is to connect your asp.net core web app to Application Insights. “Connected Services” is the new “Add Connected Service” or “Add Service Reference” feature…
To keep things tidy, in case you have multiple subscriptions associated with your Azure account, it’s a good practice to name them in a way that makes sense to you. For example, if you have an msdn subscription, the default name in Azure Portal is “Visual Studio Enterprise“, or if you have applied for a Visual Studio Dev Essentials program, the default name is “Developer Program…
Azure App service provides an easy way to track your web app’s availability / health and to get details on when and why your app wasn’t available. This kind of info is available through the web app’s blade, when selecting Diagnose and solve problems A new page appears with details on: app’s availability; requests per 5 minutes; and when and why your app…
