The Terraform CLI currently doesn’t output the plan to a human readable file when running the plan command. It currently prints to the console in a readable format, at least within Azure DevOps, but the tfplan file outputted is not. This can be very unhelpful within a deployment pipeline when you save the output fileContinueContinue reading “Terraform plan output to JSON”
Author Archives: Chris Pateman - PR Coder
Connect Azure MySQL to Private Endpoint with Terraform
To connect an Azure MySQL Database, or other services in Azure, one of the most secure methods to do this is with a Private Endpoint. Microsoft document the architecture they recommend using an App Service connecting to a MySQL Server, which is good if you are using the Azure Portal, but there are some missingContinueContinue reading “Connect Azure MySQL to Private Endpoint with Terraform”
Create User on Azure MySQL Database with Terraform
After you create you Azure MySQL Server, you would like to create a Database, but for security you would like to have a new custom user added with permission. Unfortunately the Azure Providers do not provide this, so we need to use some other skills to get these users in. First we can go aheadContinueContinue reading “Create User on Azure MySQL Database with Terraform”
Unable to delete Azure Subnet due to Resources
With Azure Subnets there is an order to deleting the resources. You must disconnect the Virtual Network Subnets before deleting the resources, or you can’t delete the Subnet. This caused myself some issue, while using Terraform as I kicked a Destroy command and did it in the wrong order. However, I found a method onContinueContinue reading “Unable to delete Azure Subnet due to Resources”
DotNet User Secrets Feature
A little unknown feature of dotnet is User Secrets. This is used to create local App Setting overrides to set values for local usage. This can be a handy and powerful tool for keeping your local setup separate from checking in code. You can find more details on the Microsoft Documentation here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/app-secrets The goalContinueContinue reading “DotNet User Secrets Feature”
Automatic Change Checking on Pipeline Stages
Azure DevOps has the ability to add multiple stage approval styles like human intervention, Azure Monitoring and schedules. However, there is not the ability to value if a source has changed before triggering a Stage. This can be done on the Pipeline level, but not the Stage level where it can be helpful to haveContinueContinue reading “Automatic Change Checking on Pipeline Stages”
Auto Purge Azure Container Registry Images
When adding images into the Azure Container Registry you might start getting a backlog of images that need to be cleaned down. Azure CLI has some features, but you might want more… With the Azure CLI you can use the ‘ACR’ commands, which contain the option of ‘purge’. This can be combined with a tagContinueContinue reading “Auto Purge Azure Container Registry Images”
Setup Hyper Guest for SSH without IP Address
When setting up the Hyper-V Guest hosts, I found it a little tricky and hard to find documentation on how to easily set these up, so I thought I would share how I got them into a configuration with the most simple process. With this setup you can also SSH into the Guest Host evenContinueContinue reading “Setup Hyper Guest for SSH without IP Address”
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