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2/26/2024, Azure PaaS Blog
In this blog post, we will investigate the impacts of disabling public network access in the storage account and learn how to establish connections to an Azure Data Lake Storage account from both IaaS (Virtual Machine) and PaaS services (Azure Data Factory), when public network access is disabled. Additionally, we will address common troubleshooting issues that may arise due to this configuration.   Introduction Azure storage accounts provide a scalable and secure way to store and access data in the cloud. This model enables you to control the level of access to your storage accounts that...
2/11/2024, Azure PaaS Blog
With the impending retirement of the classic Cloud Service (CS) on August 31st, 2024, an increasing number of users have initiated the migration of their classic Cloud Service to Cloud Service Extended Support (CSES). To facilitate this transition, an official feature known as in-place migration has been introduced, enabling the seamless migration of classic CS to CSES without incurring any downtime. However, certain limitations exist, with the VM size used by the CS role being a notable factor. As per documentation, the A-series, encompassing Small, Medium, and Large VM sizes, is no...
4/26/2023, Azure PaaS Blog
In this blog post, I will elaborate on some troubleshooting steps in Azure storage static websites. Azure storage static websites are a feature that allows you to host static content (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and image files) directly from a storage container named $web. This is a great option for scenarios where you don't need a web server to render content, but you still want to leverage Azure services such as Functions, App Service, or CDN.   However, sometimes you may encounter some issues when setting up or deploying your static website. Here are some common problems and how to solve...
3/27/2023, Azure PaaS Blog
This article describes how to scale up a Service Fabric cluster primary node type with minimal downtime. In-place SKU upgrades are not recommended on Service Fabric cluster nodes, as such operations potentially involve data and availability loss so you can refer below for below method for scaling up a Service Fabric node type. Note: We will be making use of PowerShell cmdlets for all the changes we are going to perform in the cluster, so in case you want to go with the ARM template approach to add a VMSS you can refer Scale up an Azure Service Fabric primary node type - Azure Service...
3/13/2023, Azure PaaS Blog
Background Introduction   Azure Application Insights is a powerful tool for monitoring the performance and availability of your applications. By sending web requests to your application at regular intervals from Application Insight’s servers around the world, it can alert you if your application isn't responding or responds too slowly. Since it is a useful tool to check the server's availability, some users may integrate the availability test feature of Application Insight with the API management service.   As the Application Insights server is in the public network, we need to ensure...
1/29/2023, Azure PaaS Blog
Background Information   To prevent unauthorized access to a Service Fabric cluster, you must secure the cluster. Security is especially important when the cluster runs production workloads. This article describes how to configure node-to-node and client-to-node security by using Windows security, where gMSA is the preferred security model.   A standalone Managed Service Account (sMSA) is a managed domain account that provides automatic password management, simplified service principal name (SPN) management and the ability to delegate the management to other administrators. The group...