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For one project we use a Gremlin DB in Azure (Cosmos DB). Various libraries are available for use. Unfortunately, no REST is supported, which is why a corresponding simple interface had to be provided here. The most elegant way would… Weiterlesen →
Azure governance describes the guard rails and degrees of freedom for working in Azure. On the one hand, requirements are defined, such as how resources are to be deployed or how authorizations are assigned in order to set general requirements… Weiterlesen →
VMs are often used in Azure because sometimes higher-quality services such as Platform Services are not suitable. For each VM, there is basic monitoring such as network traffic and corresponding visualizations (e.g. under Metrics) directly in the portal. Often, the… Weiterlesen →
My challenge was to start a runbook as soon as a new file was stored in Azure Blob Storage. Unfortunately there is no direct configuration option in the storage account for such notifications. One way would be to poll the… Weiterlesen →
The cost of data transfer inside and outside Azure has become more and more complicated and confusing in recent years. This is due to various factors, so there are always new services with new prices, new Azure regions are emerging… Weiterlesen →
Many customers have problems choosing the right Azure Region for their workload. Especially since the German Region is available, but not all Azure services are available yet, the selection has become even more difficult. To simplify the selection, the workflow… Weiterlesen →
Azure Automation can automatically send emails through alerts when a runbook fails. Unfortunately, these alert mails cannot be adjusted and it is often necessary to send further information. In this case SendGrid is a good alternative because the mail service… Weiterlesen →
Should files are uploaded or downloaded from an Azure Storage Account Blob, there are corresponding PowerShell commands. Specifically, Get-AzStorageBlobContent or Set-AzStorageBlobContent can be used. Both commands always require the specification of a local file. In some cases, however, it may… Weiterlesen →
Azure provides a good way with Cost Management to report the costs and consumption of Azure Services. It offers various filtering, aggregation and export options. In some cases, however, it is still necessary to call up and process the data… Weiterlesen →
Most customers have a risk management, but with the new cloud area, there are new risks too. Every customer has to assess them for himself and work out possible compensation strategies. The following is my personal assessment of the most… Weiterlesen →
Anyone who has activated the Premium Plan 2 role of Azure Active Directory, for example for using Privilaged Identity Management (PIM), starts with a free 30-day trial period. If period has expired, the emails shown above follow daily and there… Weiterlesen →
The Application Gateway v2 has considerable advantages over the v1. Support for autoscaling, zone redundant operation or use as an ingress in the AKS are just a few features from the list. The re-encryption of the back-end data traffic is… Weiterlesen →
The Azure Application Gateway is a load balancer with some additional features, such as path-based routing, a web application firewall or SSL termination. However, if the traffic to the backend has to be encrypted also, (it has to be re-encrypted),… Weiterlesen →
VPN tunnels are often set up between on-premises environments and Azure. Sometimes these break off regularly and have to be restarted. However, there is often an incorrect configuration between the Azure VPN gateway and the on-premises gateway. The following are… Weiterlesen →
There are various ways to deploy Java applications on an app service. ZIP or WAR files can be uploaded or it can be deployed using a Maven plugin. But Java applications can also be deployed via FTP and executed using… Weiterlesen →
For a special scenario, an Azure file share was integrated and used by several clients. However, a web portal should also be provided, through which the files can be downloaded. The IIS can reference directories as virtual directories and display… Weiterlesen →
There is often a requirement that workload be distributed across multiple Azure regions. If these are services that are publicly accessible from the Internet, the use of a firewall is recommended. The standard setup was usually the combination of a… Weiterlesen →
In some cases VMs have to be started / stopped in a certain order. Often, certain services have to run before the next VM can start. It may be necessary to set waiting times between the start of two VMs…. Weiterlesen →
There are various options for deploying Java applications on an App Service. The application can be deployed as a ZIP file or directly as a WAR file. There are different ways for each variant, for example with Azure CLI, FTP,… Weiterlesen →
The Scenario The diagram above shows two virtual networks in which several VMs are placed. All VMs require a local DNS server that can be reached via the VPN gateway. The network is accordingly peered (with Use Remote Gateway and… Weiterlesen →
If you need to reset a VPN-Gateway, an Azure Runbook is a good way of implementation. And the command to reset is very simple: Reset-AzVirtualNetworkGateway But if the runbook was called several times, for example from several alerts, the reset… Weiterlesen →
Mitte letzten Jahres haben wir mit dem Meetup begonnen und nun ist schon wieder ein Jahr um. Wir hatten 6 Treffen in 2019 und eines davon sogar das Global Azure Bootcamp. Der Januar ist bereits in Planung und die Mitgliederzahl… Weiterlesen →
For a test of the DebugContainer on a Kubernetes cluster, I have created a corresponding deployment file. It sets up the same environment as described in Debug Container for simple Tests/Analyzing and is located here: k8s_deployment.yaml. The green service is… Weiterlesen →
A few weeks ago, a colleague asked me how he should do a simple job in Azure. Googling is a quick way to get on WebJobs or Azure Batch, but is rarely suitable for a specific problem. In our case,… Weiterlesen →
Sometimes I get the error message:docker.exe: Error response from daemon: driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint infallible_kapitsa (c7baca25c4e65da8aa6e592e7fb9ed81c0f55a3f7891e93c62a79819007f4e61): Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:1234: bind: Der Zugriff auf einen Socket war aufgrund der Zugriffsrechte des Sockets unzulässig. The… Weiterlesen →
If you want to upload or download files to an Azure Storage Account, there are several options. Especially easy is the AzCopy tool. It allows file transfer on command line.The second way is through the Storage REST API. Interesting are… Weiterlesen →
The Microsoft employee Daniel Meixner (Blog, Twitter) had created a debug container. It is based on NodeJS and provides some calls. For example, the call / provides information about the container itself and displays the provided parameters. The function /api/cascade… Weiterlesen →
Update December 2019:It is now possible to create an empty managed disk in Azure an upload a local VHD file directly in it. Therefore it is not necessary to upload the VHD in a storage account and deleting it afterwards…. Weiterlesen →
An easy way to exchange data is Azure Files. The corresponding FileShare can simply be integrated as a network drive in Windows or as a CIFS mount in Linux. However, if a file share is also to be integrated in… Weiterlesen →
One of the first and most frequently asked questions is: “How do I get my local data to Azure now?” There are many different ways to do this. A small (incomplete) list can be found here: Solution Pros Cons FTP… Weiterlesen →