I recently read the book “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”. It was referred to me by one of my mentors. It was a very enlightening read. I identified with many of the people in the team described in this book. Sometimes the protagonist and often times with the antagonists. It was … Continue reading Reading List: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Month: August 2018
Terraform on Alibaba Cloud
So let’s get a basic instance stood up on Alibaba Cloud. It’s surprisingly easy and parallels how its done on AWS. I’ve published my source code on GitHub so you can get started quickly just by pulling the code. You may want to check out my other post on getting started with Alibaba Cloud. Provider … Continue reading Terraform on Alibaba Cloud
Doing Public Cloud in China: Getting Started with Alibaba Cloud
Setting up Alibaba Cloud is very similar to AWS. However you need to do a couple of extra steps. Activate RAM Cloud Service Every service on Alibaba Cloud requires you to authorize its use. I think this is to make it clear that each service could result in costs being incurred. I actually like this … Continue reading Doing Public Cloud in China: Getting Started with Alibaba Cloud
Creating Service Account for Terraform in Azure
Getting an automation tool like Terraform the privileges to manage resource groups within Azure requires a bit of up front setup work. Here is a video demonstrating all that is required. Step 1: Install the Azure CLI The first step is to get the Azure CLI (command line interface) which will allow you to issue … Continue reading Creating Service Account for Terraform in Azure
Using Custom Dimensions in Application Insights Analytics
Application Insights provides a powerful and easy to use solution for application monitoring. Both for server-side components and client-side components as well. Application Insights captures a plethora of information about clients by default but you can also add custom fields (also referred to as custom dimensions). When the information gets logged it gets associated with … Continue reading Using Custom Dimensions in Application Insights Analytics
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