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MAY
DevOps Friday: Scalability in Azure
Scalability and resiliency are important quality attributes for any Enterprise Application. When it comes to scalability, Azure has multiple options to achieve the goal. This article can be helpful not only for the beginners who want to familiarize themselves with different scalability tactics but also for the professionals looking to broaden their horizons around this Architectural aspect. I
01
MAR
Microsoft DevOps Competency Assessment
Passed Azure DevOps Assessment (18473) today. Quite happy and excited about it as it helps organizations to achieve Gold DevOps Partner status. The requirements have changed, so now, instead of taking dated TFS-related exams, there is one compound assessment for the purpose. Passing it is not that difficult, although, any achievement requires meticulous preparation. Among sources you can use
25
JAN
DevOps Friday: Using SonarQube with Azure DevOps
If you never used static analyzers in your project, it’s about time. The idea is not new, although, it’s a huge asset to the development business. SonarQube is a set of static analyzers that can be used to identify areas of improvement in your code (eliminate code smells, excessive complexity, code inconsistencies, security vulnerabilities etc.). It also allows you to analyze the technical debt
12
JAN
DevOps Friday: Kubernetes advanced configuration - introducing Ingress
Assuming you read all my previous articles (or at least part of them) related to Kubernetes, you’re ready to move from theory to practice. Meaning, you know K8s Fundamentals, how to deal with Kubernetes secretes and even how to deploy all this stuff using Azure DevOps. Part 1: The simplest scenario Now we need to have a more production-like environment. Using IP’s to access your services is
04
JAN
DevOps Friday: Configure Helm for AKS
There are many ways to automate the same in the world of DevOps. One of the tools from the arsenal that could be potentially used for the matter is Helm. I’m sure you’ve heard of it already and my point here not to teach you how to run Helm charts but how to get started by configuring Helm for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS). Before we get started, let’s agree on terminology: Helm chart (or
21
DEC
DevOps Friday: Enhancing Kubernetes deployment in Azure DevOps
This time I’d like to talk about enhancing existing configuration in Azure DevOps, so we can properly deploy new images to Kubernetes cluster in Azure. By default, when you create a new build pipeline, you don’t include any additional tags and check ‘Include Latest Tag’ checkbox in the task: It will work, and in the Azure Container Registry (ACR) you will receive two images, where the one will
07
DEC
DevOps Friday: Build a deployment pipeline using K8s secrets
Continuing the series about Kubernetes, this time I’d like to talk more about the applied approach using this platform. This article demonstrates even more how Dev and Ops are tied together. Everything related to K8s deployments is interesting, and this time, the issue I was facing was quite unusual. I had to deploy Identity Server image to three different environments (DEV/QA/UAT), which is
30
NOV
DevOps Friday: Kubernetes Fundamentals
As people reading my topics know, I’m writing mostly about DevOps and Cloud technologies. The most widely spread technology to orchestrate containers these days is Kubernetes, and this topic is for everyone who wants to know more about its Architecture and the way it can be deployed on-premises and in the cloud. Let’s start with the concepts, i.e. the understanding what’s Kubernetes, how the
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NOV