How to Set Up Ping URL Tests and Health Checks with Azure Monitor Application Insights.What is Azure Monitor? Azure Monitor is Microsoft’s comprehensive monitoring solution designed to help you track, analyse, and optimize the performance and health of your applications and infrastructure. It collects and analyses data from various sou...Nov 23, 2024·11 min read
Publishing a Secure Azure Storage Module to Terraform Private Registry: Step-by-Step GuideOct 27, 2024·3 min read
Migrating Terraform State to Terraform Cloud: A Complete GuideWhen working with Terraform, managing your state file is critical. Moving it to Terraform Cloud allows you to enjoy better collaboration, remote state storage, and state locking, among other features. In this post, I'll walk you through the process o...Oct 25, 2024·3 min read
From Code to Cloud: Deploying an Azure Virtual Network with TerraformTerraform is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that allows you to define, build, and manage cloud infrastructure. Instead of manually configuring resources in Azure, Terraform lets you write code to automatically create and manage these resources....Oct 24, 2024·4 min read
Mastering AKS and Kubernetes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Deploying and Exposing ApplicationsAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS) takes the complexity out of Kubernetes, making it easier to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications. In this guide, I’ll walk you through creating an AKS cluster from scratch, deploying an Nginx app, and ex...Oct 8, 2024·7 min read
Docker Storage Demystified: Mastering Bind Mounts and Volumes on LinuxIf you’ve worked with Docker before, you probably know the frustration of losing data when a container stops. By default, Docker containers are ephemeral, meaning any data you store inside them disappears once the container is gone. But what if you n...Sep 28, 2024·5 min read
Build, Ship, and Serve: A Simple Guide to Docker, VS Code, and NginxOpening a Folder in Visual Studio Code To begin working on your Docker project, you'll first need to open the folder containing your project files in Visual Studio Code. Here’s how you can do that: Launch Visual Studio Code: Once you’ve opened the p...Sep 21, 2024·4 min read
Azure SQL Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide Using Azure Data StudioOrganizations are increasingly looking for ways to optimize their data management processes. One of the most efficient ways to achieve this is by migrating on-premises databases to the cloud. This is where Azure SQL comes into play; a powerful, scala...Sep 16, 2024·12 min read