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I wanted to take a moment to lay out a journey I didn’t really realize I was on until this morning.

I’ve recently been working with cloud-init in Azure to setup Ubuntu machines and for the most part I’ve really like it as it solves lots of problems and fits my use case BUT debugging it has been a pain so I thought I’d write up some notes here for others.

So I’ve been working with a containerized solution recently which runs outside of Kuberenetes using an Azure VMSS to scale out.

Update: With the release of KIND (Kubernetes in Docker) I’ve now moved to using this over minikube as it’s quicker and simpler.

I wrote this today as I wanted to ensure that a service waiting for its DNS name to be updated with the correct IP address (its Public IP) before starting.

I recently wanted to use a Mutating Admissions Controller in Kubernetes to alter pods submitted to the cluster - here is a quick summary of how to do it.

Let me give you some background: I’ve been a heavy user of the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template s for some time now.

Here is the plan: Use docker to run a Service Fabric Linux cluster in a container Deploy a test app to the cluster and create 25 instances of it Aim: While developing the Traefik SF integration it will provide a simple cluster to use, debug and perform in…

I’ve increasingly been working with Kubernetes and hence lots of YAML files.

I’m doing some work on a golang project, the code takes a relative file path in as an argument.

Here is the scenario, I wanted to use a container to run a linux app in Azure and I need to persist changes to the filesystem via Azure Files.

Update Oct 2018: To see how to use this in Kuberentes check out this blog post by Daniele Maggio By default mounting Azure File Shares on linux using CIFS doesn’t enable support for symlinks.

I’ve recently been playing with Kubernetes as way to efficiently host my microservices.

Recently I’ve been looking at how to ensure services are always running globally across a number of data centres.

Debugging issues in production is hard.

While working as a consultant I spent time with a number of large companies helping them move from a tradition boxed software model to providing SaaS applications.

So we’ve been working on an App recently to complement our website.

Hi, So I recently had to make some changes and wanted to ensure I could roll back, in the event of any issues.

I’ve been working on a project that uses Fabric and I’m hosting Redis inside the cluster as a simple cache system.

[Update 2021] This approach is now very out-dated.

A while back I created a custom DSC resource which enabled you to manage packages installed with Chocolatey (awesome package manager for Windows, like apt-get).

This is going to be a quick guide to spinning up an ASPNET 5 website on Service Fabric.

So I’ve got a nice and simple NodeJs app and I want to have a CI build which builds my Docker image and pushes it to my docker hub ready for deployment.

I was recently working with a customer who needed to view the cache hit ratio of an Azure API Management instance.

This is a follow on to my original post on using RX with the Band to stream sensor information.

Nice and quick post here, mainly so I remember when I need it again, this is a quick sample which shows how to make a web call from PowerShell including a cookie.

Hi, So I’ve recently been working on programming for the Microsoft Band.

So the aim here is to get the PowerGist project a nice CI process.

Install Get Chocolatey (awesome command line installer for windows) Open powershell as administrator and type: C:\> choco install powergist Once that’s done simply type ISE and you’ll see it pop up on the right.

I needed to do this recently when working with a team to automated releases of several websites.

Hi, So back in 2013 I wrote a post on automating the creation of a Virtual Machine, and installation of all my loved bits of software, using Chocolaty and Remote Powershell.

I’ve been writing apps for a long time now, stretching back to the Windows Mobile days, something completely new dawned on me in the last few months ago as I took had a bit of break for Wedding planning and moving house – For a long time I’d not been using

I recently reinstalled my dev box to put on the shiny new Windows 10 Technical Preview.

Hi, This is similar to my post around Azure Storage Integration testing just with a mongo twist.

Hi, [Update 03/21: Azureite local emulator is a good one to look at in this space too.

Hi, This is how I ended up writing a custom DNS server to redirect network traffic.. code is here.

I recently stood up a azure VM to test out some work I’ve been doing around creating my own DNS server.

Hi, This is something I wanted to do with my HypeMix app, the aim was that the user would be able to navigate around the app but, on any page, open the draw to see the currently playing track etc.

I’ve recently been working with the Azure cache client which, by default, is configured by storing the details in your app.config or web.config.

This a quick and dirty write up of how I moved my existing Windows 8.1 App to Windows Phone 8.1 in a weekend.

I recently came across a great interface and behavior in windows 8.1.

Hi All, I set about to put together a new app and challenged myself to do the whole architecture on azure without spending a penny.

So I’ve recently been using lots of VM’s and I end up getting through them fairly quickly – deleting and creating them regularly.

Edit 2017: With the change to AzureRM this approach need some tweaking, see this new GIST for how to allow AzureRM to execute commands in Powershell jobs.

Hi All, I’ve finally got around to dedicating some time to paper boy over Christmas.

Hi All, I had a play with AditiCloud’s Brewmaster today to see what it can do.

Hi All, Really quick and simple post.

Hi All, I’m looking for some volunteers with a variety of devices to test out ‘molapse’, all will need front facing cameras.

Hi All, I wrote this a while back for myself and finally got around to polishing it enough to release into the store.

Hi All, I spent the morning today working on a performance issue I had with paperboys startup time.