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How to allow traffic from Internet to a Cloud Service Extended Support with Internal Load Balancer
12/27/2023, Azure PaaS Blog
The previous article explained how user could configure and limit the access to Cloud Service Extended Support (CSES) only from specific Virtual Network(s) by using internal Load Balancer feature. But for some scenarios, user does not really want to fully block the traffic from public Internet, but just wants to make the CSES safer. In this scenario, adding an Azure Application Gateway in front of CSES will be a good idea. It can provide following benefits: From public Internet, the traffic is only able to reach CSES through Application Gateway From Virtual Network, the traffic is not...
Troubleshooting Common Issues in Azure Storage Static Websites
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...
Standalone Service Fabric Cluster secured with Windows gMSA
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...
Search Service fails to update an Indexer when the Storage account is behind a firewall
11/10/2022, Azure PaaS Blog
Scenario: You have created a Search Service and you want to import your data from the Storage account which is behind a firewall.   There are certain times when you need to update your Indexer for additional properties for a particular search service. So, while trying to update the Indexer, you navigate to “Add Indexer” option and then under Settings tab, you update the required properties.   While updating the Indexer, suddenly you encounter that it failed with the below error message. Failed to update indexer ‘xxxxxx-indexer', error: 'Error with data source: Credentials provided in the...