I’m getting an error from each of my xUnit test projects that there is a package downgrade from Microsoft.NETCore.App from 2.0.9 to 2.0.0. I tried isolating the issue to one project so I unloaded all the test projects in my solution. Then I tried upgrading the version of .NET Core from v2.0 to v2.1. However … Continue reading DLLHell 2018: Upgrading Service Fabric Project from v3.1.283 to v3.2.176
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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
Switching from “Azure” to “AzureRM” Terraform Backend
Terraform no longer supports “azure” as a backend. So if you have a backend configuration that makes reference to the “azure” backend provider you will get the following warning: All you need to do is change the following property in your backend configuration file: To the following: Nothing else has to change. Just re-initialize your … Continue reading Switching from “Azure” to “AzureRM” Terraform Backend
Azure AD B2C Error Code: AADSTS50011 Tip: Don’t botch the Reply Address
Application ID ‘c8f9a6ef-a5c6-4d19-993d-2c4ded2b55d6’ is a Web app / API. AADSTS50011: The reply address 'https://localhost:44318/' does not match the reply addresses configured for the application: 'c8f9a6ef-a5c6-4d19-993d-2c4ded2b55d6'. Do not get reply URL confused with home page URL. There is a dedicated place for Reply URLs and you can have more than one!
Azure Active Directory B2C Global Administrator can’t login to B2C tenant app
I have been doing some testing with the Azure Active Directory Graph API and encountered some issues when using my global administrator account to attempt login to one of the application’s I registered within the B2C tenant. In doing so, I discovered something interesting about the Global Administrator accounts within the Azure AD B2C tenant. … Continue reading Azure Active Directory B2C Global Administrator can’t login to B2C tenant app
Setting up and Managing Azure Active Directory B2C: The Complete Guide to Azure Portal Weirdness
So I’ve been working a lot with Azure Active Directory B2C recently and thought I would jot down some of the idiosyncrasies I’ve found while using the Azure Portal. The implementation leaves much to be desired and can be very jarring and seem disjointed to new users. I’ll focus on a few of the common … Continue reading Setting up and Managing Azure Active Directory B2C: The Complete Guide to Azure Portal Weirdness
File Upload Handler built using Azure Service Fabric
I’ve been experimenting with different scenarios on Service Fabric and one came to mind immediately. Uploading large, multi-part files. I got a working prototype working in short order. I still need to fully vet it to ensure that it scales but it “works on my machine”. 😊 You can go get my code from GitHub. … Continue reading File Upload Handler built using Azure Service Fabric
Service Fabric Samples Dissection: Visual Objects
Azure Service Fabric is not for the faint of heart. It is extremely cool but it’s a bit different than the traditional way of doing things in .NET projects. Thanks to a particularly persuasive client of mine, I’ve decided to dissect some of the samples available from Microsoft so that someone new to Service Fabric … Continue reading Service Fabric Samples Dissection: Visual Objects
Hosting a Console Application as a Guest Executable in Service Fabric
I’ve been experimenting with the efficiency of Guest Executable workloads hosted in Service Fabric. One of the key benefits of Service Fabric is that you can host applications that weren’t originally designed for the cloud but enable them to be hyper scalable. That’s great but could it be done with an application that was designed … Continue reading Hosting a Console Application as a Guest Executable in Service Fabric
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