Author: Thomas

Introduction to AKS – Part1

This blog series introduces the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). It introduces important terms in this context and gives an overview of where AKS can support a container-based application and offers advantages over “pure” Kubernetes. The whole is divided into the areas: Cluster Management Availability Security Scaling Service Integration and Monitoring. Finally, a few tips and… Continue reading Introduction to AKS – Part1

Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part10-Examples

This is the part ten of the post series about the Azure cloud monitoring options for telemetry data. Here the topic are: Examples Service Now connection Find the other parts under: Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part1-Intro Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part2-Levels and standard collection Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part3-Diagnostic settings Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part4-Virtual Machines Overview on Azure… Continue reading Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part10-Examples

Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part9-Insights

This is the part nine of the post series about the Azure cloud monitoring options for telemetry data. Here the topic is: Azure Monitor Insights Find the other parts under: Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part1-Intro Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part2-Levels and standard collection Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part3-Diagnostic settings Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part4-Virtual Machines Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part5-data… Continue reading Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part9-Insights

Easy way to save and execute Azure CLI code snippets

Next to the GUI of the Azure Portal, IaC templates or Powershell, one option to interact with the Azure Ressource Manager is the Azure CLI. It is a quite handy way to create or edit resources and you find it in many examples in the internet, especially on the Microsoft documentation pages. But I had… Continue reading Easy way to save and execute Azure CLI code snippets

Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part8-Alerts

This is the part number eight of the post series about the Azure cloud monitoring options for telemetry data. Here the topics are: Monitor Alerts Find the other parts under: Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part1-Intro Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part2-Levels and standard collection Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part3-Diagnostic settings Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part4-Virtual Machines Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part5-data… Continue reading Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part8-Alerts

Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part7-Workbooks

This is the part No. 7 of the post series about the Azure cloud monitoring options for telemetry data. Here the topic is: Workbooks Find the other parts under: Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part1-Intro Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part2-Levels and standard collection Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part3-Diagnostic settings Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part4-Virtual Machines Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part5-data sinks… Continue reading Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part7-Workbooks

Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part6-Log Analytics

This is the sixth part of the post series about the Azure cloud monitoring options for telemetry data. Here the topics are: Log Analytics KQL Try out with sample data Find the other parts under: Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part1-Intro Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part2-Levels and standard collection Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part3-Diagnostic settings Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part4-Virtual… Continue reading Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part6-Log Analytics

Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part5-data sinks & costs

This is the fifth part of the post series about the Azure cloud monitoring options for telemetry data. Here the topics are: Data sinks Costs of telemetry data Find the other parts under: Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part1-Intro Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part2-Levels and standard collection Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part3-Diagnostic settings Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part4-Virtual Machines Overview… Continue reading Overview on Azure Monitoring-Part5-data sinks & costs

Testing Terraform Azure IaC Deployments

Testing of software is nothing new, of course. But testing of (Azure) cloud infrastructure as code deployments follows a little bit another approach. I recently started to work with this testing and write about my impressions, the general testing strategies in that area and how it works. Testing strategies Testing for “normal” software und IaC… Continue reading Testing Terraform Azure IaC Deployments