Kai Walter articles - 32 total
Inject NixOS into an Azure VM with nixos-anywhere and Azure Container Intances
Motivation In a 2023 post I showed how to use Nix package manager in an Azure VM - in that...
Automating Azure VM Ubuntu install without fancy tools
Motivation In a 2022 post I showed how to bring up a disposable CBL-Mariner VM using...
Taking Spin for a spin on AKS
TL;DR In this post I want to illustrate, whether a WebAssembly (aka Wasm) framework like...
How to tune Dapr bulk publish/subscribe for maximum throughput
TL;DR In this post I show how to convert a .NET C# program processing messages from...
Comparing throughput of Azure Functions vs Dapr on Azure Container Apps
TL;DR In this post I show (mainly) how .NET Azure Functions (in the 2 currently...
Get NeoVim plugins with build processes working on Windows
TL;DR In this post I show or share a PowerShell script to install LLVM / mingw / make...
Azure VM based on CBL-Mariner with Nix package manager
Motivation In a previous post I was showing how to bring up a disposable CBL-Mariner* VM...
Share NeoVim configuration between Linux and Windows
Motivation As posted on techhub.social I am currently to stretch myself again and move out...
Private linking an Azure Container App Environment (May'23 update)
This post is an updated version of my Feb'22 post "Private linking an Azure Container App...
Private linking and port forwarding to non-Azure resources
TL;DR What can be seen in this post: use a Load Balancer combined with a small sized VM...
Automate VS Code extensions setup across profiles
Motivation I now work with Visual Studio Code for several years in many different...
Create a disposable Azure VM based on CBL-Mariner
How to install an CBL-Mariner Azure VM with cloud-init and DNF package manager.
Running and Conserving Azure PowerShell in Azure Container Instances
In this post I show how to spin up an Azure Container Instance (**ACI**) with the [standard Azure PowerShell Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-powershell) while maintaining state / persisting the context to an Azure Storage Account (File Share).
Manage SSH config entries with a PowerShell module
I wanted to do this for months now. This afternoon, to procrastinate a slightly more complex task on...
Install Rust Toolchain management with cloud-init on an Linux Azure VM
Get the Rust toolchain installed with an automated process working for a non-root user.
Private linking resources from inside an Azure VM to multiple regional networks
Private Linking from inside an Azure VM to resources in multiple networks at once with Azure CLI and PowerShell.
Azure Application Gateway for dummies
With this post I try to explain components of Azure Application Gateway as simple as possible
Use Azure Application Gateway private link configuration for an internal API Management
Linking API Management in internal virtual network mode with an Application Gateway private link configuration to another virtual network.
Creating a Certificate Authority for testing with Azure Container Instances
This post shows how to create and spin up a temporary container with openssl to create certificates for various non-production scenarios.
Private linking an Azure Container App Environment
As of February 2022 Container Apps custom virtual network requires a subnet size of at least /21. This post shows how to connect such a Container App Environment to a limited subnet - like in corporate scenarios.
Test Azure Functions scaling on Container Apps with Azure Load Testing
This post shows how to create a workload with Azure Functions in Container Apps - one HTTP ingress and one Service Bus queue ingress - and then test the behavior in Azure Load Testing.
Create an automatic Outlook calendar blocker with Azure Logic Apps and Azure Functions
TL;DR No rocket science. Just an Azure Logic App which retrieves Outlook 365 calendar...
download Windows Store apps with PowerShell over https://store.rg-adguard.net/
Script automates download files related to a Windows Store app.
Handling an ACME challenge response with a temporary Azure Container Instance
I wanted to have a temporary endpoint to handle a ACME HTTP-01 challenge response without having or messing up a server. This led me to a really nice use case for Azure Container Instances.
Simple approach to run and debug multiple .NET Dapr projects (w/o Docker)
Locally executing and debugging multiple Dapr applications with PowerShell background jobs instead of Docker containers.
Aw, snap - refresh web app in Chromium kiosk mode after it breaks
I have a Blazor WebAssembly app running on Raspberry PI Chromium in kiosk mode that occasionally breaks. Instead of finding and resolving the root cause I created this workaround.
Migrate principalNames for user accounts in Azure DevOps
A Python script based on Azure and Azure DevOps SDKs that helps migrating from one form of user principal names to another.
Getting started with access lifecycle on Azure Resources with PowerShell
Azure IAM Entitlement management API currently is in beta and still has no (Azure PowerShell) module available. With this article I wrapped fundamental operations to setup access lifecycle with PowerShell.
Using Azure private links and private DNS zones with globally distributed resources
Azure private link / endpoints allow you to connect resources to your private virtual network and...
Creating a daily sliding auto-blocker in Outlook 365 with Power Automate (Flow)
Use Microsoft Power Automate to create an all-day auto-blocking calendar event that is automatically sliding to the new day.