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Microsoft MVP for Azure
Azure
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JAN
Redirect Traffic to New CDN Endpoint in Azure CDN
I am in the process of transitioning from a Classic Microsoft CDN to a new CDN hosted under a different domain name. To ensure a seamless user experience during this migration, I intend to implement a redirection mechanism. This will automatically reroute users to the new CDN endpoint whenever they attempt to access resources from the old CDN. Let's see how to do it from Azure portal. …
10
JAN
How to Add a Public IPv6 Address to Azure VM
When configuring a new Azure Virtual Machine (VM), you'll notice that it isn't allocated a public IPv6 address automatically. By default, only an IPv4 address is assigned. In this guide, we'll walk you through the process of manually adding a public IPv6 address to your Azure VM, ensuring your setup is future-proof and ready to handle the latest internet protocol requirements. …
18
DEC
How to Check If Code Is Running on Azure VM
An application needs to know if itself is running in Azure VM, so that it can apply special logic and optimization for Azure. You can check if your code is running on an Azure VM by querying the Azure Instance Metadata Service. This service provides information about running virtual machine instances that can be accessed from within the VM. …
14
DEC
How to Detect If Your Application is Running in Azure App Service
An application needs to know if itself is running in Azure App Service, so that it can apply special logic and optimization for Azure. When deploying an application to Azure App Service, the platform automatically assigns a set of environment variables that can be accessed by the application code. In this post, we will see how can our application get this information. …
26
SEP
No Need for a VM, Build Docker Image with Azure Container Registry
Sometimes, there are instances where we need to create a Docker image but do not have access to a Docker environment or prefer not to set up a virtual machine solely for installing Docker. Of course, we can do this with GitHub Actions, but there is an alternative option that I would like to share in this post: utilizing Azure Container Registry to build your Docker image. …
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SEP
Deploy ChatGPT Next Web to Azure Container Apps with Individual Account Login in 3 minutes
A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog post of "Deploy ChatGPT Next Web to Azure App Service with Individual Account Login in 3 minutes". In this blog post, I will share a new approach to deploy ChatGPT Next Web besides App Service, which is to use Azure Container Apps. My objective is to complete these tasks within three minutes. Let's explore how this can be achieved. …
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AUG
How Azure App Service for Linux Runs Your .NET Application
Azure App Service started to support Linux in 2017 as well as containers. It has similar capability as classic App Service on Windows Server, which can run .NET, Java, NodeJs, PHP and Ruby applications with CI/CD and auto scale. In this post, I will use ASP.NET Core application as an example to explore its underlying mechanism to see how it works. …
09
JUN
Deploy Public DNS Server on Microsoft Azure
Deploying a public DNS server on Microsoft Azure can be a crucial step for organizations and individuals that want to provide DNS resolution to the public. Deploying a public DNS server on Azure can provide benefits such as scalability, high availability, and global reach. In this blog post, we will discuss the steps involved in deploying a public DNS server on Microsoft Azure. …
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MAY