GitOps has emerged as a powerful paradigm for managing Kubernetes clusters and deploying applications. Two popular tools for implementing GitOps in Kubernetes are Flux and ArgoCD. Both tools have similar functionalities, but they differ in terms of their architecture, ease of use, and integration with cloud platforms like Azure AKS. In this blog, we will… Continue reading
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DevSecOps: Integrating Security into DevOps – Part 7
Continuing from my previous blog, let’s explore some more advanced topics related to DevSecOps implementation. Automated Vulnerability Management Automated vulnerability management is a key practice in DevSecOps. It involves using automated tools to identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in an organization’s systems and applications. Automated vulnerability management includes the following activities: Shift-Left Testing Shift-left testing… Continue reading
DevSecOps: Integrating Security into DevOps – Part 2
Continuing from my previous blog, let’s dive deeper into the implementation of DevSecOps. Integrating Security into DevOps To implement DevSecOps, it is essential to integrate security into every phase of the DevOps lifecycle. The following are the key phases in DevOps and how to integrate security into each phase: DevSecOps Best Practices Here are some… Continue reading
End of Microsoft Virtual Academy–Welcome to Microsoft Learn
In October, During Ignite 2018 Conference in Orlando, Microsoft announced the availability of new free interactive and sandbox based learning platform called “Microsoft Learn”, and during these months Microsoft has been adding more and more specific contents for different roles such as Azure Developer, Azure Administrator, Azure Architect etc. There is a specific learning path… Continue reading
Azure Cosmos DB–Setting Up New Database using Azure CLI–Sample
Purpose of this article is to help you with few steps of commands to provision a new Azure Cosmos DB database instance through Azure CLI or Azure Cloud Shell. Here is the snippet: <# This Bash script should help you create a Azure Cosmos DB instance using Azure CLI with bare minimal configuration #> export… Continue reading
New Microsoft Azure Certifications
Microsoft has recently announced new certification exam tracks for Azure Administrators, Developers and Architects. Here are the line ups that should help you move your career with right certifications. The three new Microsoft Azure Certifications are: Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Microsoft Certified Azure Architect These certifications would essentially split the previous… Continue reading
Node.js 9.x.x and npm 6.x.x – “npm audit” to identify and fix security vulnerabilities in dependencies
It has been a while I have been reading about the major changes that areintroduced in Node.js 9.x.x / NPM 6.x.x and myself faced by Node.js application going to a toss after I upgraded to Node.js 9.x.x, as I always keep Node.js up to date in my development environment. I use NVM(Node Virtual Manager) to… Continue reading
Azure Cosmos DB – Programatically Connect to a preferred location using the SQL API
Cosmos Db is a multi-region scallable, globally-distributed database solution as part of Microsoft Azure Platform. With a button click, Azure Cosmos DB enables you to elastically and independently scale throughput and storage across any number of Azure’s geographic regions. It offers throughput, latency, availability, and consistency guarantees with comprehensive service level agreements (SLAs), that no… Continue reading
Azure Cosmos DB – Connection Policy – Setting Connection Mode and Connection Protocol
Recently I have been trying multiple ways to optimize CosmosDb SQL.NET SDK integration calls from my web application that sits within a VNET. After carefully analyzing different options available within Cosmos Db SQL API’s have realized there are different aspects we could optimize in achieving minimal turn around time. In this article I am going… Continue reading
[NPM Tip] Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain
As a developer, if you are behind a corporate proxy that assigns an intermediatory self signed SSL certificate to every request to provide secure content filtering as part of cybersecurity measures, I am sure you might have gone through the pain to get it working when working with NodeJS. if you have Admin access to… Continue reading