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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...
11/15/2023, Azure PaaS Blog
Azure Storage Explorer is a powerful tool that simplifies working with Azure Storage services such as Blob, Queue, Table, and File storage. While it provides a user-friendly interface, there may be times when you need to inspect the requests it sends and the responses it receives from Azure. In such cases, Fiddler, a widely used web debugging proxy, can come to your rescue.   This step-by-step guide will walk you through the process of capturing a trace that you can use to evaluate such requests and responses using Fiddler.   Prerequisites: Install Azure Storage Explorer: Download and...
8/18/2023, Azure PaaS Blog
Ensuring adequate access control is of utmost importance for effectively safeguarding your Azure Storage assets. The Access Control Lists (ACLs) of your Azure Storage Account assume a pivotal role in establishing permissions for both containers and blobs situated within the storage account. The inheritance of ACLs is already in place for newly generated child items beneath a parent directory. However, it's noteworthy that now you also have the capability to set, update, or remove ACLs recursively for the pre-existing child items of a parent directory, thereby eliminating the need to...
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...