Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipeline to build and push Docker images to Azure Container Registry

With Azure DevOps Pipelines, it is incredibly simple to build Docker images and have them automatically pushed into an Azure Container Registry. To create and push the images, you can use the pre-existing Docker@2 Azure Pipeline Task with an Azure Container Registry service connection. However, there are environments where you cannot create an Azure Container… Continue reading Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipeline to build and push Docker images to Azure Container Registry

Deploy an Angular application to Azure

There are already many articles about deploying an Angular application to Azure Web App out there. However, many of them are outdated, no longer work or refer to a single runtime environment. Therefore, I decided to write an article that covers several environments and provides an easy-to-understand example. In this article we will: Create an… Continue reading Deploy an Angular application to Azure

How to deploy Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates with GitHub Actions

In my previous post, I showed you how to connect a GitHub Action workflow to your Azure Subscription using the Azure login (azure/login) action. This article will show you how to deploy Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates using GitHub Actions. Our demo will implement the Azure infrastructure deployment of the whiteducksoftware/sample-mvc application using a GitHub… Continue reading How to deploy Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates with GitHub Actions

Deploying to Azure using GitHub Actions

Microsoft announced the general availability (GA) of GitHub Action on November 13, 2019. GitHub Actions enables you to create Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) workflows like continuous integration (CI) or continuous delivery (CD) . A workflow is defined by a YAML (.yml) file that is located inside the.github/workflows directory in your repository. This article shows you how to… Continue reading Deploying to Azure using GitHub Actions

How and why you should upgrade your .NET Azure Functions to 3.0

Reason to use Azure Functions 3.0 The Azure Functions 3.0 go-live release is available since December 09, 2019. A major benefit of this release is that you can write Azure Functions targeting .NET Core 3.1. Why is this important? Every Microsoft product has a lifecycle that begins when a product is released and ends when… Continue reading How and why you should upgrade your .NET Azure Functions to 3.0

Secure your Azure App Service using free SSL / TLS Certificates

Yesterday, Microsoft announced one of the most requested features of Azure App Services at Ignite: Free Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Azure App Service. The free App Service Managed Certificate is a fully functional SSL certificate that is managed by Azure and gets automatically renewed. Since this is a free offering, it also comes with… Continue reading Secure your Azure App Service using free SSL / TLS Certificates

Accept legal terms using PowerShell to deploy ARM templates

Some ARM templates require to accept legal terms before they can be deployed. You can find multiple of these templates within the Azure Resource Manager QuickStart Templates which are available on GitHub. This article will show you how to accept these terms using PowerShell. Prerequisites Az Azure PowerShell module Deploy without accepting the terms We… Continue reading Accept legal terms using PowerShell to deploy ARM templates