18
DEC
Microsoft MVP for Azure
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01
NOV
How to Enable Application Request Routing on Azure App Service
We typically use Application Request Routing (ARR) module to host a reverse proxy on IIS. Azure App Service is also using IIS as it's gateway, which should work for reverse proxy, but it won't work by default. Let's see how can we enable ARR on Azure App Service. The Experiment I have https://dropdatabase.run/ domain, and I want to reverse proxy https://996.icu/ under https://dropdatabase.run/996. …
20
OCT
Load Balancing My Blog on Azure
In order to improve the page loading speed of my blog for US users, I deployed an App Service in West US region on Azure some time ago. Now I have 2 servers running my blog, East Asia and West US. In this post, I'm going to illustrate how to use Azure to load balancing these servers, so that users can get access to the closest server for their regions. Adding Identifier Tags Since the codes …
03
OCT
How to Quickly Fix Dashboard After Moving Resources in Azure
Azure users frequently need to transfer resources to a different resource group or subscription due to budget constraints. Once the transfer is complete, the associated Dashboard components typically become invalid. This usually necessitates manually deleting and rebuilding each dashboard card individually. Is there a quick and accurate method to repair the Dashboard in a single step?
07
AUG
Securing My Blog with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Website developers and operation will inevitably encounter hackers. There are many fully automated hacking tools and scripts on the Internet that can scan your website for known security vulnerabilities and launch fully automated attacks in an attempt to seize control of the server. As a result, businesses often purchase web site application firewalls (WAFs) and deploy in front of the web server …
04
AUG
Test Network Speed Between Azure VMs Using iPerf
When it comes to measuring network speed, you might think of testing the Internet connection speed with the famous speedtest. But in fact, just testing the Internet connection speed is not reliable. In some scenarios, the final Internet speed is also affected by the your infrastructure like the connection to your ISP's server. Therefore, it is very important to know where your network performance …
01
AUG
How to Restore Connection After Accidentally Disabled NIC on Azure VM
Normally, we uses cloud based VMs through SSH or RDP, so a network connection is necessary for connecting to the VM. But what if you accidentally disabled the NIC on your cloud VM? You may want to call Azure Support or find a previous snapshot for restoring VM. That's not necessary! Azure can help you restore your NIC by yourself in a few steps. Experiment I created a Windows Server 2019 VM on …
10
JUL
Configure URL Redirect on Azure Front Door
Azure Front Door is a global entry point service for websites. Including features like DDOS, WAF, website failover. I have introduced it in "A Brief Introduction for Azure Front Door". This article specifically introduces the usage of URL redirection in Azure Front Door. When to do URL redirection URL redirection is mainly used to redirect users to a new location of a resource. The most common …
07
JUL
Setup a Private NPM Server on Azure in 45 Seconds
Recently, my company needed to use a private NPM server. I did some research and finally chose verdaccio, an open source and free product. However, the environment setup is a huge trouble. Since it is Linux friendly, but my company only has Windows Server 2012 R2, I have to follow the incorrect official document and Googled a lot, finally it took me nearly 5 hours to install on the server. During …
06
JUL