A function app provides an execution context in Azure in which your functions run. As such, it is the unit of deployment and management for your functions. A function app is comprised of one or more individual functions that are managed, deployed, and scaled together. All of the functions in a function app share the …
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My Blog Post: An ASP .NET Core app hosted in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) that is accessing an Azure SQL Database using Azure AD Managed Identity. The benefit is the ability for the application code not to use conventional SQL credentials of username and password stored in configuration files. Also, not use Azure Key vault to retrieve any user name and password credentials. There is nothing wrong with these techniques, but using Managed Identity is more streamlined and is a security best practice. #AKS #Kubernetes #Security #managedidentity #azureAD #AzureSQL
The Scenario I have a set of ARM templates that deploys an azure app service solution with Azure Key Vault and a secret value. The main template is calling out via the linked template resource reference to the Key Vault resource template. ... snippet ... }, "resources": [ { "apiVersion": "2018-05-01", "name": "linkedTemplate-keyvault", "type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments", …
Background: I have an Azure App Gateway with the Web Application Firewall that is fronting an Azure App Service for http traffic. Issue: Visiting the public URL of my web app in IE works fine, but in Chrome, I get an error ERR_SPDY_INADEQUATE_TRANSPORT_SECURITY What is the general cause? According to this article, "By default, IIS …
The Azure Resource Graph is attractive to me for its ability to query Azure resources at scale. I find this relevant in situations where you are managing a large number of subscriptions, resource groups and resources. And you are in situations to analyze and report on them. Without Azure Resource Graph, I would use Azure …
In setting up an application with appliances that provide protections from cyber threats, it is always necessary to have penetration testing and monitoring throughout the solution's lifecycle management. I will demonstrate the following scenario: Protect your web app using Azure Application Gateway’s Web Application Firewall features. Enable and configure the WAF The web app is …
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In my blog post Super Cheap Azure Web Site using Azure CDN, I have written about setting up a very cost-effective approach of serving up an Azure Web App using Azure CDN as a form of proxy. Scenario Load test Azure Web App in free tier using Azure CDN S1 tier. Azure CDN endpoint A …
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In planning to host a very low traffic web site, I find Azure Web App to be expensive compared to other managed hosting providers. The cheapest App Service pricing option is the Free tier. But these do not support https and custom domains. Even B1 Basic is a bit pricey at $81CAD/month if you hosting …
I will give a detailed look at the configuration and operation of auto-scaling in my Azure app service plan. Along with my comments and experiences. I have an Azure App Service Plan with 1 Core / 3GB RAM with one web app deployed. Although you can have many web apps in the same plan to …
In the Part 1 blog post, I have shown configuration of auto scale of 2 auto-scale profiles. I will show the operation of scaling out and scaling in. Upon a load test to simulate high load on the app service to trigger the auto-scale, here are the timelines and operations of the auto scale out …
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