A common scenario when configuring an environment is that certain elements of the scripts may need to be executed using a specific user’s credentials. If you’ve looked at the documentation for the various means of execution within Chef you might have noticed the “user”, “domain” and “password” parameters. The “powershell_script” action is particularly useful when … Continue reading OpsWorks + Windows: Alternate user identity execute support
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Entity Framework + LocalDB Connection String Changes
Apparently there was a change in how you connect to SQL Server LocalDb after version v11. I ran into this when I used some old code still configured for version 11. I received this error: “A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was … Continue reading Entity Framework + LocalDB Connection String Changes
VPN doesn’t work in “Enhanced” Hyper-V Session
I started getting this message from one of my customer’s VPN client after setting up a new Hyper-V Generation 2 Virtual Machine. It connects and then immediately disconnects saying “VPN Session ended”. I took a closer look at the log and found something puzzling. It appeared that the VPN was rejecting my connection due to … Continue reading VPN doesn’t work in “Enhanced” Hyper-V Session
OpsWorks + Auto-scaling Windows Stacks
AWS has multiple ways of enabling Auto-scaling of EC2 instances. Two of which are Auto-Scaling Groups and OpsWorks. When setting up a stack in OpsWorks you’ll notice that you can add Load-based instances to scale the stack beyond the fixed instances you establish. The scale configuration that you specify on the below screen should be … Continue reading OpsWorks + Auto-scaling Windows Stacks
Code Drop: TripleA for Windows 10
Over the weekend I spent a little bit of time working on an open source game that I’ve discussed in a pervious post. It’s called TripleA (Axis And Allies, hence three A’s). I’ve been working on a Universal Windows Platform version of this extremely flexible and powerful turn-based strategy game framework. I’ve finished implementing the … Continue reading Code Drop: TripleA for Windows 10
Playing with WPF Custom Panels
I just dug up a whole bunch of custom panels that I wrote, complete with a nifty demo application I built way back in 2010 (when WPF was all the rage). It’s pretty fun stuff actually. I posted all the code on GitHub here. Diagonal Panel This one is pretty basic, it’s essentially a slightly … Continue reading Playing with WPF Custom Panels
Blob Storage Explorer v1.1.2.0 Published to Windows Store
I published a new release of my Blob Storage Explorer app for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). I’ve also decided to check the Xbox One check box to allow the few (and the proud) that would use the app from an Xbox One 😊. The new version is a minor update but has a few … Continue reading Blob Storage Explorer v1.1.2.0 Published to Windows Store
Hidden XAML Feature: Dependency Properties on Converters
Over the years I’ve written my fair share of BooleanToVisibilityConverter classes. The are so drop dead to implement if you are bootstrapping a small project or proof-of-concept it almost doesn’t make sense to add a nugget package just to bring in a standard BooleanToVisibilityConverter. However, after using the UWP Toolkit’s implementation, I might just change … Continue reading Hidden XAML Feature: Dependency Properties on Converters
BackgroundDownloader in MVVM
So I’ve been working on a new view in the Blob Storage Explorer app for Windows 10 today. The transfers view. I have a navigation item for it but right now the screen doesn’t do anything. The user story for this is: As a user, I want to be able to see the progress of … Continue reading BackgroundDownloader in MVVM
Blob Storage Explorer for Windows 10 Released
Download from the Windows Store here. So I decided to take matters into my own hands and build a Windows 10 native app for Azure Blob Storage Management. It’s very, very simple. I plan to keep it that way but add more features to it. I don’t plan on this thing being able to do … Continue reading Blob Storage Explorer for Windows 10 Released
Sky Cliffs 