AKS node reboot after security patches using Kured
Part of Microsoft’s responsibility in regards to Azure Kubernetes Service maintenance, is to install security updates on the nodes. This is done overnight. Some of these updates however require a …
Private AKS cluster – configuration, devops pipelines etc.
Microsoft quite recently announced private AKS clusters. A private AKS cluster basicly means that the API server is not exposed to public internet but rather has an internal IP. This is …
Using keyvault flex volume from a .NET Core 3.0 worker service
Just writing a quick article on how to use keyvault flex volume to mount keyvault secrets onto a .NET Core 3.0 worker service. There is a few things to remember …
Running hosted xunit integration tests on Azure DevOps
You can not at the time of writing pass arguments to xunit test runner. Therefor, some “integration” tests I wrote on top of an IClassFixture of my startup class refused …
Adding legacy TLS support for nginx-ingress
I struggled quite a bit to get legacy TLS protocols working properly for nginx-ingress on AKS. I tried with both the annotation and configmap provided in the official documents but …
Adding metric alerts in ARM templates
Although vital to proper DevOps practice, there is surprisingly little information around adding metric alerts (and action groups) through ARM templates. Below is an example on how to do it, …
Namecheap DNS records for Mailgun
I struggled quite some time trying to get the Namecheap DNS records to work with Mailgun. Some things that would’ve helped to know when I started: For debugging MX records …
Git STDERR confusing TFS build
Git outputs most of its messages into STDERR by design and TFS uses STDERR to fail its builds when you run the SSH on remote machine task. Bad combination right? …
Using Azure KeyVault secrets from functions – ARM template setup
Microsoft “recently” announced a new way of using key vault secrets that does not require any additional coding. Previously, you had to write your own webjobstartup class and initialize the …