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Configuring Secret Store CSI Driver with Terraform: A Guide to Secure Secrets Management in Azure Kubernetes Service azure kubernetes security terraform Aug 25, 2024

In my previous article, I talked about how I was able to use the External Secret operator to synchronize certificates (and also all kind of secrets) from the Azure Key Vault to AKS.

In this article, we’ll install the Secret Store CSI Driver...

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How To Secure Your Application With SSL/TLS Certificate In AKS azure bicep infrastructure kubernetes security Mar 13, 2024

How can you configure SSL/TLS certificates in AKS?

Do you utilize TLS Kubernetes secrets? If you use GitOps, it's advisable not to store a duplicate of your certificate in your Git repository.

In this article, I will present two solutions for...

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Mastering Azure Container Apps: A Step-by-Step Guide to Resource Creation and CI/CD Automation azure azure container apps azure devops bicep ci/cd Feb 07, 2024

A few months back, I explored how to deploy applications to Azure Container Apps.

I wanted to create a permanent redirection from my domain remi-solutions.com to remiceraline.com.

My goal was to make sure that all URLs once accessible on...

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Implementing Windows Authentication in Azure Kubernetes Services: A Step-by-Step Guide azure infrastructure kubernetes windows authentication Jan 03, 2024

Last year, I had the task of migrating a significant number of services that were previously deployed on IIS (Internet Information Services) within Windows virtual machines, over to AKS (Azure Kubernetes Services).

These virtual machines were...

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Mastering GitOps: Deploy Your Application on AKS with Azure DevOps and ArgoCD azure azure devops ci/cd kubernetes Dec 06, 2023

In a prior blog post, I discussed the ins and outs of my CI/CD pipeline for deploying infrastructure using Terraform. Now, I'll demonstrate how to leverage GitOps for deploying your applications on AKS with ArgoCD.

By the end of this guide, you'll...

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Automated Destruction: Azure DevOps Pipeline for Terraform Cleanup azure azure devops ci/cd infrastructure terraform Nov 08, 2023

In a previous article, I shared how to create a pipeline for your Terraform code. This pipeline is used to create new infrastructure.

Today, I want to talk about a pipeline to destroy that infrastructure. We can use such a pipeline to save cost...

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The Power of GitOps: Azure CI/CD Pipeline For Terraform azure azure devops ci/cd infrastructure terraform Oct 05, 2023

In this article, we will see the benefits of GitOps with Terraform and I’ll share with you an Azure DevOps pipeline to deploy your Terraform code to Azure.

If you don’t have an Azure DevOps account yet, you can start for free here: ...

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How to Deploy a Web Application to a Private AKS Cluster With Azure DevOps azure azure devops ci/cd kubernetes Oct 19, 2022

In a previous article, I shared how I was able to create a private AKS cluster with Terraform.

Today, we’ll use the Terraform script from the previous article to create the environment and we’ll deploy a web application to the...

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How To Deploy a Private AKS Cluster With Terraform azure kubernetes terraform Dec 11, 2021

In a previous article How To Create a Private AKS Cluster That Uses Azure Key Vault, I described how I was able to create a fully private Kubernetes cluster in Azure. In this article, I’ll share a solution to automate the deployment with...

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How To Create a Private AKS Cluster That Uses Azure Key Vault azure infrastructure kubernetes Nov 07, 2021

Recently, I did a migration from IaaS (a solution composed essentially of virtual machines) to PaaS. I needed to create a complete private AKS cluster. In this article, I describe how I did it.

Together we’ll see:

  1. The difference...

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How To Avoid Regressions In Web Development With Azure DevOps azure devops ci/cd unit tests Apr 02, 2020

- It happened again, same bug.

- I thought we already fixed that.

- I deployed but I did not have time to test everything...

Those comments are still pretty common in companies today because dev teams are not using the tools available out there...

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