A while ago, I wrote about setting up a Kubernetes blue/green deployment using the service object in Kubernetes. All the work done there, was done editing yaml files and using direct kubectl commands, which you wouldn’t do in production. Later on, we updated those yaml files to Helm charts, so we can update with a […]
Category: Azure
Setting up an Azure Automation Hybrid Worker
I am working with a customer that is going to set up an Azure Automation hybrid worker. A Hybrid Worker in Azure Automation allows you to run automation scripts on your own VMs. The benefit of this is that while the script is running, it can connect to all resources on the network it has […]
Using Azure Policy to deny public IPs on specific VNETs
Azure Policy is a powerful tool in your Azure toolbox. It allows you to enforce specific governance principals you want to see implemented in your environment. Some key examples of what Azure Policy allows you to do is: Automatically tag resources, Enforce specific regions, Enforce VM size … I recently ran into a customer scenario, […]
Playing around with Windows Virtual Desktop
A couple of weeks ago I had a customer conversation around Windows Virtual Desktop. I had only seen a couple of online videos at that point about WVD, and hadn’t yet gotten my hands dirty with the technology yet. I’ll share my full conclusion at the end of this post, but let me give you […]
Setting up KEDA and running a first application
I’m presenting at a meetup tonight on the topic of Nodeless and Serverless on Kubernetes. My friend and colleague Richard Spitz is presenting on nodeless kubernetes and the virtual kubelet – while I’ll be taking on the topic of Serverless Kubernetes, with a focus on KEDA. KEDA (Kubernetes Event Driven Architecture) is a kubernetes component […]