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Apr 25, 2024 · 18 min read · Introduction I have previously mentioned Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY). That matters when writing good, maintainable code for applications - and also in DevOps pipelines when we build infrastructure automation targeting multiple environments. It can be...
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Sep 9, 2023 · 16 min read · Public network access Many Azure resources connect via public network - whether to public endpoints on other Azure resources, or to APIs and other public endpoints elsewhere on the internet. Azure has many public IP addresses available for use by res...
Join discussionApr 25, 2022 · 22 min read · NOTE: I built a complete, end-to-end implementation (ARM templates, bash scripts, GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, additional technical detail) to accompany this post. You can find it at https://github.com/plzm/azure-vm-disk-swap/. Gloomy Preamble Th...
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Apr 13, 2022 · 16 min read · This post is about deploying Azure Linux Virtual Machines (VMs) in GitHub Actions Continuous Deployment (CD) workflows, and how to do post-deployment VM configuration when "out of box" Azure VM capabilities aren't available. Virtual Machine images, a...
Pparas commentedMar 30, 2022 · 4 min read · This is a quick post on working with object parameters in ARM templates. ARM templates have different parameter types: string, int, bool, object, and so on. Parameters have various attributes: their type, some metadata, and a default value. The defau...
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