Published in FAUN Publication·Jul 2Member-onlySetup an OpenVPN server and work remotely maintaining your home IP addressWith the increase in companies allowing remote work, you might want to work from a location other from your home. However, this might not be allowed due to a company policy or even tax regulations. …VPN8 min read
Published in Microsoft Azure·Jun 14Member-onlyConfigure your Azure DevOps agents to run in Azure Container InstancesDedicating and entire virtual machine (VM) to an agent might be costly and give you control on a lot of layers that you do not care about. For example, you need to keep the operating system (OS) up-to-date. …Dev Ops11 min read
Published in Microsoft Azure·Apr 19Member-onlyCI/CD of Power Platform using Azure DevOps and GitHubSince the beginning of the COVID-19, many businesses have had to quickly find new ways to allow their employees to work remotely by developing new applications to help their workers continue their daily duties and be productive. This business needs lead to an increase in the demand for the Microsoft…Microsoft17 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Apr 3Member-onlyZero-downtime deployment using GitHub and Azure (2 of 3)In my previous article, we provisioned and configured all the resources needed to implement our flow. In today’s article, I will guide you through implementation of the GitHub branching strategy using GitHub branch protection rules. Then, I will show you how to implement a continuous integration workflow that will build…Github12 min read
Published in Towards Dev·Mar 1Member-onlyZero-downtime deployment using GitHub and Azure (1 of 3)This series of articles is all about implementing a zero-deployment strategy using GitHub and Azure. In this first article, we’re going to prepare the various components we will need throughout the series. We will create the Azure resources using Terraform, then configure our GitHub self-hosted runner.Deployment11 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Feb 2Member-onlyZero-Downtime Deployments StrategiesA main focus of modern businesses is the ability to rapidly publish changes to the application and make them available to customers. To achieve this, many have adopted approaches, like continuous deployment, that remove eventual bottleneck represented by manual intervention by automating the entire release cycle, from build, to test…Dev Ops5 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Jan 5Member-onlyDifferences between Continuous Delivery and Continuous DeploymentEdited by Alexandra C. MacArthur If you haven’t heard someone talk about Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment, are you really working in the DevOps industry? …Continuous Delivery7 min read
Published in Microsoft Azure·Nov 16, 2021Member-onlyIntroduction to Azure Container AppsContainers are increasingly becoming the preferred way to package, deploy, and manage cloud applications and Microsoft Azure offers many options to work with containers. For example, you can use the Azure Container Registry to store and manage your private container images. Azure Container Instances or Azure App Services can be…Azure5 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Nov 4, 2021Member-onlyCollaboration in Terraform Using Remote Backends and WorkspacesTeam collaboration is critical in software development. However, while team collaboration increases both development speed and quality, it may lead to some challenges when it comes to automation. …Terraform7 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Oct 6, 2021Member-onlyModules and variables in TerraformIn the previous article, we talked about how Terraform works as well as the configuration file structure and providers. If you missed it and you’re new to Terraform, I recommend taking a look at it. Introduction to Terraform If you have already gotten your hands dirty with some DevOps practices, you might have heard about an Infrastructure as…faun.pub In this article, I’ll go a step further by talking about modules, and input/output variables.Infrastructure As Code10 min read
