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Create an Azure Resource Manager Service Connection for Azure DevOps Server Pipelines
Creating a service connection in Azure DevOps Server is complex due to the lack of direct access to Azure resources unlike in its cloud counterpart. To ease this, a detailed PowerShell script has been developed to facilitate Azure Resource Manager service connection setup by generating necessary values, which can then be inputted directly into Azure…
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The Truth About Serverless Apps: Azure App Services & App Service Plans
The term “serverless” is somewhat misleading; there’s always a server involved. What differentiates ‘serverless’ apps is that they abstract away server management responsibilities, minimizing hosting environment concerns for the app developer. Azure App Services are one such ‘serverless’ solution, where the server is represented by App Service Plans. These plans, essentially virtual machines, host web…
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Azure App Service: Your Quick and Easy Web Application Hosting Solution
Azure App Services, also known as Azure Web App, offer an easy solution for hosting websites, REST services, or apps. The service supports numerous languages and platforms, and allows for websites to operate on different operating systems. It offers features such as automatic encryption, scalability, backups, and integrated DevOps pipelines, making it ideal for variety…
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Fix: Azure App Services Log Stream is Empty for .NET Core App
When you’re trying to debug your .NET Core app that’s running on an Azure App Service, the Log Stream is an essential tool. So how do you connect the console logs from your .NET Core app to the Log Stream output?
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Azure App Service Slot Swap is Hanging or Taking Forever
If your App Service Slot Swap is failing or taking forever, it might be a problem with the slot warmup checks. Here’s how to fix it.
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ASP.NET Core & Azure Easy Auth with Multiple Authentication Providers (Including Development Mode)
I’ve been neck deep in Azure App Authentication (aka. Easy Auth) lately trying to get it to work with ASP.NET Core applications. I wrote a bunch of labs/walk-throughs last week to demonstrate how to make it work. Here are the posts in the Azure Easy Auth series: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4,…
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Walkthrough: Part 5, ASP.NET Core Claims-based Security using Azure App Authentication & the /.auth/me Service Endpoint
I’ve been working doing a lot more with Azure Web Apps lately and found that there are some basic things that it’s hard to find information on. So I decided to write some labs. This is the fifth post in a series. The overall goal of these labs is to teach you how to create…
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Walkthrough: Part 4, Azure App Service Authentication with a Mix of Public and Protected ASP.NET Core MVC Pages
I’ve been working doing a lot more with Azure Web Apps lately and found that there are some basic things that it’s hard to find information on. So I decided to write some labs. This is the fourth post in a series. The overall goal of these labs is to teach you how to create…
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Walkthrough: Part 3, Publish ASP.NET MVC Core Application to Azure Web App
I’ve been working doing a lot more with Azure Web Apps lately and found that there are some basic things that it’s hard to find information on. So I decided to write some labs. This is the third post in a series. The overall goal of these labs is to teach you how to create…
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Walkthrough: Part 2, Configure App Service Authentication for Your Azure Web App
I’ve been working doing a lot more with Azure Web Apps lately and found that there are some basic things that it’s hard to find information on. So I decided to write some labs. This is the second post in a series. The overall goal of these labs is to teach you how to create…