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Notes from the field on cloud architecture, platform engineering, and the .NET ecosystem.

Customize secret handling with Azure Key Vault in ASP.NET

Sep 2, 2022 · 6 min read AZURE KEY VAULTAZUREC#DOTNETASP.NET

When talking about secrets (passwords, tokens, etc.), it goes without saying that this kind of data must be protected. With Azure Key Vault you can rely on a managed service for securely managing keys, secrets and certif

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How to deploy Application Insights with alert-based Smart Detection using Terraform

Aug 26, 2022 · 8 min read TERRAFORMAZURE APPLICATION INSIGHTSAZUREAZURE MONITOR

Azure Monitor is one of the Azure services covering cross-cutting concerns that is responsible for collecting, analyzing and performing actions on telemetry data from various environments. Application Insights as a part

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Unix Domain Sockets in .NET 6 — Basics and Real-World Examples

Feb 9, 2022 · 11 min read ASP.NETGRPCDOTNETUNIX DOMAIN SOCKETCTRLX

Creating cross-platform capable APIs using .NET became easier with the evolution towards .NET 6. APIs built on ASP.NET typically serve the app via TCP/IP using a specific interface and port. That makes sense due to APIs

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Using WSL 2 in Enterprises

Nov 1, 2021 · 8 min read WSLLINUXWINDOWSWSL 2

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enables the execution of a Linux environment directly on Windows without the need for virtual machines or any other similar setup. Using WSL 2 a lot of things become easier and faste

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Building a Fast and Reliable Reverse Proxy With YARP

Jan 25, 2021 · 6 min read REVERSE PROXYMICROSERVICESDOTNETAPI GATEWAYASP.NET

When it comes to microservice architectures, multiple endpoints often have to be combined to reduce complexity for consuming clients. This is one of the main reasons for using reverse proxies and API gateways respectivel

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Distributed Services using gRPC

Nov 8, 2020 · 11 min read GRPCPYTHONDOTNETASP.NETPROTOBUF

Efficient communication is often one of the main drivers for modern software systems, even in a microservice driven world. gRPC can deal with these requirements. In this article, we will look at some basics of gRPC and i

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Remote access to IoT devices using Azure IoT Hub — Device Streams

Aug 18, 2020 · 4 min read IOTAZUREAZURE IOT HUB

Industry 4.0 leads to an increased number of decentralized applications and services along with used IoT devices. The possibility to access these devices for support and maintenance tasks is often an essential requiremen

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