Tech on Fire: Azure File Storage
Tech on Fire: Azure File Storage In this edition you will learn how to create an Azure File Storage and mount it on Windows and Linux for easy to use file shares.
All The Ways to Run Containers on Azure
Containers are no longer the best kept secret in IT. Practically everywhere I go, I hear of organizations using containers for everything from small projects to mission critical 24×7 applications with 99.999% uptime SLA’s. These kinds of projects all have a myriad of different requirements and drivers that go into making the decision of where…
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Application Gateways
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Application Gateways In this edition you will learn how Azure Application Gateways provide load balancing and security for highly available web apps.
On Being a Mentor
Mentoring is a big part of what I do professionally, but my path to being a mentor started with being mentored myself when I was still very young. It all started with my first computer, a Commodore 64, which is what got me interested in IT. My dad saw that I had this interest, and…
Linux Scripting for the Uninitiated
At the root of software engineering is the operating system and the kernel. Learning to navigate the file system and execute commands in the shell remotely or otherwise is essential. Often times you find that you are performing repetitive tasks even on your local environment and this is where shell scripting comes into play. Join…
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Advanced Virtual Network Configurations on Azure
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Advanced Virtual Network Configurations on Azure In this edition you will learn about some of the more advanced features for Azure VNets that allow users to customize VNets to do almost anything.
Nextcloud and Azure Blob Storage: A Match Made in the Cloud
Hosting your own File Sharing service like DropBox or OneDrive is not only possible, it’s actually not too hard. One of the most widely used products for doing just this is an app called Nextcloud. In short, Nextcloud is an open source web app written in PHP that acts as a front end for and…
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Using VHD’s with Azure
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Using VHD’s with Azure In this edition, learn how to bring your own operating system or virtual appliance to Microsoft Azure with Virtual Machine Hard Disk Images (VHD).
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Availability Zones
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Availability Zones In this edition, Blaize will show you how to use Azure Availability Zones for creating highly available applications on Azure.
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Availability Sets
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Availability Sets In this edition, Blaize will show you how to create highly available applications such as database clusters on Azure with Availability Sets.
High Availability vs. Disaster Recovery
Any good system that is targeting the public or the enterprise these days must be built to expect the unexpected. No system is perfect and at some point, something will happen that will render a system inoperative – a fire, a hurricane, an earthquake, human error – the list goes on. Because there are so…
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Cloud-Init for Azure VMs
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Cloud-Init for Azure VMs In this edition, Blaize discusses how to use how to use Cloud-Init with Azure Virtual Machines.
