Octopus Deploy Runbook cloning with the REST API

Ever wondered how you can copy an Octopus Deploy Runbook from one Project to another? It can’t be done, well at least by using the User Interface. What you can do is use code, so by using the power of the Octopus REST API and some PowerShell we can make it possible. In this post,ContinueContinue reading “Octopus Deploy Runbook cloning with the REST API”

How to get Azure Artifact Feed ID from user readable name

This is a simple post but with some affective content. Sometimes when using Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines you might need to interact with the Azure DevOps Artifacts and their Feeds. However, to do this you need to obtain the Feed ID, which is not obvious where it is and how to get it, especially duringContinueContinue reading “How to get Azure Artifact Feed ID from user readable name”

What you want in a DevOps Engineer

DevOps and DevOps engineers are not a new concept, but there is still a little unknown as to what they are and what they cover. Therefore, it can be hard to gauge what you should look for when recruiting a DevOps Engineer and the skill set that is required. Not all the skills they needContinueContinue reading “What you want in a DevOps Engineer”

Terraform plan output to JSON

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”

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”