14 March 2021 - 2 MIN READ

Az.Cli is an easy-to-use interface that lets developers and administrators query Azure using Python. If you are already familiar with the Azure CLI you should feel right at home using the Az.Cli Python package API. The interface is providing a way to interact with Azure using the well-known Azure CLI command syntax. Read More

31 January 2021 - 5 MIN READ

In this post we are going to look into how you can configure your LogManagement data ingestion from Kubernetes. We will configure the OMSAgent of Kubernetes LogManagement to only ingest relevant namespaces into the Log Analytics workspace. Read More

14 October 2020 - 5 MIN READ

How to use Terratest to test Infrastructure as Code Terraform modules on Azure. A good practice is to use the Terraform module as a collection of Terraform resources that serves a specific purpose. In this blog post, we are going to look into how we can leverage a generic Terratest for all Azure-based Terraform modules. Read More

23 July 2020 - 7 MIN READ

HashiCorp recently announced CDK for Terraform: Enabling Python and TypeScript Support - CDK stands for Cloud Development Kit, CDK enables Cloud Engineers to define their Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using programming languages like TypeScript or Python. Read More

7 July 2020 - 3 MIN READ

If you wonder about the usage and estimated costs of your Azure Kubernetes (AKS) service log analytics or the cost for monitoring data retained and data collected seem to be extremely high this blog post will help investigate the cost drivers and help identify the source. Read More

2 April 2020 - 10 MIN READ

Have you ever tried to automate the creation of an Azure application registration or service principal object? In this blog post we are going to explore how to automate the creation of Azure AD objects using a Clone Service Principal. The service principal will be able to create other Azure AD service principals. Read More

27 August 2019 - 5 MIN READ

What are you going to do after an incident happen? Find the one to blame…? A better idea is to create an environment where failures are accepted and appreciated. You should create an environment of learning and reinforce that failing fast and learning from mistakes is something to strive for. Read More

26 August 2019 - 6 MIN READ

Azure Resource Manager templates are complex JSON structures. The main complaint about these templates is the difficultly to read and work with. The language service shipped with VSCode supports comments and a better syntax highlighting. However, to get a quick idea of the templates content a readable documentation is needed. In this post we are going to have a look how we can address these issue. Read More

26 August 2019 - 7 MIN READ

How do you create a Parameter File for your Azure Resource Manager template deployment? In this post we are going to create a Parameter File generator using PowerShell Classes. Furthermore we are looking into testing and validating your PowerShell Classes implementation. Read More

23 August 2019 - 2 MIN READ

When shifting-left it is important to visualize and share the impact of changes directly to team members. So have you ever wondered how you could publish your test results? Using a specific pipeline task in Azure DevOps we can create a Test Dashboard to display and share our results. We can even create bug tickets directly from our overview! Read More

22 August 2019 - 8 MIN READ

How can you tell that an Azure Resource Manager template is valid and deployable? We found that you can only safely say a template is tested if you have deployed it once. In this blog post, we are exploring how to write integration tests for Infrastructure as Code. Read More

21 August 2019 - 12 MIN READ

Treat Infrastructure as Code development like a software engineering project. In this article we are building on top of the post “Test Infrastructure as Code”. We are looking into and digging a little deeper on how to unit test Infrastructure as Code. Read More

15 August 2019 - 8 MIN READ

Imaging you are trying to deploy a service to Azure and want to tests whether a given resource implements the specification. In this article we are going to look into how to validate that a resource deployment has the correct settings applied. Read More

14 August 2019 - 10 MIN READ

Treat Infrastructure as Code development like a software engineering project. Implement existing software development practices into your infrastructure development. In this article, we are going to look into different practices regarding test implementation in an Infrastructure as Code project. Read More

26 July 2019 - 1 MIN READ

This is my very first blog post to introduce you to my new site. I am going to publish content around a variety of topics from general IT-Consulting, Cloud Consulting (especially around Azure), as well as Web and Software Engineering topics. You can expect posts on automation and DevOps - focusing on PowerShell, Infrastructure as Code and Azure DevOps. Read More