Using Azure Key Vault in ASP.NET Core 2.0 with the options pattern

The best way to store secrets in your app is not to store secrets in your app Almost every web application needs some kind of secrets like a SQL Database connection string or the primary key of a Storage Account to communicate with external services. Certainly, we don't store these secrets within our source code… Continue reading Using Azure Key Vault in ASP.NET Core 2.0 with the options pattern

Determine whats wrong with your Azure Web / API App deployment

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Sometimes a deployment goes wrong and instead of the actual app you get a message like this: An error occurred while starting the application. .NET Core 4.6.26020.03 X86 v4.0.0.0 | Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting version 2.0.1-rtm-125 | Microsoft Windows 10.0.14393 | Need help? To see whats going wrong we have to enable logging: Go to the Kudu environment… Continue reading Determine whats wrong with your Azure Web / API App deployment