Visual Studio Code “Failed to Connect to the remote Extension host server”

I have a Windows 11 PC and use Visual Studio Code connected to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Occasionally, I wake up my PC from sleep mode. I then try to reconnect to WSL from VS Code. And I would get the following error. Failed to connect to the remote extension host server (Error: WebSocket …

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Resolving Errors In Azure AI Search Indexer Against Blob Storage Account

When creating an indexer in Azure AI Search to read files such as JSON and PDFs, I encountered the following error: Operation:Web Api response status: 'Unauthorized', Web Api response details: '{"error":{"code":"PermissionDenied","message": "Principal does not have access to API/Operation."}}' Message:Could not execute skill because the Web Api request failed. Details:Web Api response status: 'Unauthorized', Web Api …

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Exploring Azure Verified Module for Azure Kubernetes Service

I have been testing out the Azure Verified Module for Azure Kubernetes Service that can be found in the Terraform Registry at https://registry.terraform.io/modules/Azure/avm-res-containerservice-managedcluster. This module came out in October 2024 so its fairly new. This module is suitable for enterprise-grade production environments, applies Microsoft best practices, features RBAC, complex monitoring. Also it is supported by …

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Well Architected Framework With The Azure Verified Module For Azure Kubernetes

I came across the Azure Verified Module for Azure Kubernetes Service and in its Github repo I found a Well Architected Framework (WAF) Aligned example for deploying this Terraform module. So asked myself, "What exactly makes this example of deploying AKS WAF Aligned?" Before I get into that, let me explain what is WAF.  It …

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Azure Verified Module Storage Account: Firewalls and Virtual Network Configuration

I have been trying out the Azure Verified Module avm-res-storage-storageaccount. module's repo: https://github.com/Azure/terraform-azurerm-avm-res-storage-storageaccount/tree/main Hashicorp Terraform Registry: https://registry.terraform.io/modules/Azure/avm-res-storage-storageaccount/azurerm/latest?tab=inputs I like show some simple networking scenarios in the Firewalls and Virtual networks configuration in terms of this modules parameters. This configuration is found at The module input parameters to discuss are the following: public_network_access_enabled bool Description: (Optional) Whether the …

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Azure Terraform Starter Project Example

This project is sample code for those who are beginners to Terraform for Azure and as a quick reference. There are many ways to structure a terraform project in your repo, but I just want to show and explain my code. The starter project sample is suited for solo engineer/developer non collaborative establish a simple …

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Deep Dive Into Fine-Tuning An LM Using KAITO on AKS – Part 4: Evaluation

In the previous article Part 3, I have shown deploy the fine-tuned model on Azure Kubernetes Service with the Kaito add-on. In this article, I will show manual evaluation with a series of prompts taken from the fine-tuning dataset. This blog post is part of a series.Part 1: Intro and overview of the KAITO fine-tuning …

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Deep Dive Into Fine-Tuning An LM Using KAITO on AKS – Part 3: Deploying the FT Model

Now that I have fine-tuned a model in Part 2, next is to deploy the fine tuned model into a new Kaito workspace. This blog post is part of a series.Part 1: Intro and overview of the KAITO fine-tuning workspace yamlPart 2: Executing the Training Kubernetes Training JobPart 3: Deploying the Fine-Tuned ModelPart 4: Evaluating …

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