Jul 17Member-onlyGeospatial Query with Cosmos DB & Azure Data Factory — Location-aware automation with iPhone Shortcuts for Bus Arrival TimingI rely on public transport to get around Singapore, so I always check the bus arrival time. There are many apps that offer this service, but they are not very convenient. I have to open the app and refresh it every time I want to know when the bus is…Cloud Computing12 min readCloud Computing12 min read
Apr 16Member-onlyBuild Your Own Open-Source Container Registry— Set Up Project Quay and Clair on Azure File Share for Secure Container ManagementContainers are awesome! They have revolutionized the way we build and run applications in the cloud. With containers, we can package our code and dependencies into lightweight, portable, and reusable images. We can also use tools like Kubernetes and Docker to manage and scale our containers easily. But where do…Container Security10 min readContainer Security10 min read
Mar 8Member-onlyHow to use Azure Private Link for Secured Cross-Tenant Data Replication Near Real TimeCredit to my colleague, Alvin on prompting me this simple, yet not straightforward challenge! Here’s the challenge: IoT data is captured as CSV, and stored in an Azure Storage account in tenant A which is managed by external vendor. Customer operates a data lake based on Azure Data Lake Storage…Azure Functions9 min readAzure Functions9 min read
Feb 22Member-onlyAzure File Share — Trigger Actions After New Files CreatedWhether you run your infrastructure in the cloud or on-premises, you can benefit from Azure File Share — a cost-effective service that lets you store and access files like logs, metrics, or reports via SMB…Azure6 min readAzure6 min read
Jan 12Member-onlyRemote Monitoring Simplified — Azure IoT Central QuickStartI’m setting up a home server in my storeroom, where my home broadband fibre terminates. The room is not air-conditioned. My 2U server generates heat, but it is still an acceptable range (30℃ — 35℃). …IoT9 min readIoT9 min read
Dec 28, 2022Member-onlyAggregate Multi-tenant Azure Active Directory Sign-in LogsChanges in enterprise organizations such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are common. While M&A could amplify the synergy of both organizations to achieve 1 + 1 > 2 effects, however, from the information technology point of view, it is certainly not the easiest agenda to tackle. …Identity10 min readIdentity10 min read
Aug 5, 2022Member-onlyWhy You Should Use Bastion Host for Secured Server Access? A Guide of Using Guacamole for Home Server or Cloud EnvironmentServers are often accessed remotely, with RDP for Windows, SSH, or VNC for Linux environments. Rule number one when we deploy virtual machines is not exposing our virtual machine publicly, a common mistake that administrators make during initial setup for convenience. The main reason is that it exposes our virtual…Bastion Host12 min readBastion Host12 min read
Jul 3, 2022Member-onlyMy Experience of Setting Up First Home Server & Why Cloud is Still the Way to GoI started my career in cloud business in 2017, without any prior experience in enterprise IT contexts such as datacenter, IT operations, etc. As I grew in my role, I started to appreciate the fundamentals of IT infrastructure, i.e. compute, network, and storage. …Servers9 min readServers9 min read
Apr 23, 2022Member-onlyMulti-tenant Solutions on Azure Data Lake Storage —Manage Access Control at ScaleAzure Data Lake Storage Gen 2 (to be more precise) is the data lake offering from Microsoft Azure, build upon Azure Storage. It is commonly used in big data analytics, coupled with Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Azure HDInsight, etc, to form modern data estate in the cloud. Cloud-native services…Access Control11 min readAccess Control11 min read
Published inBetter Programming·Apr 2, 2022Member-onlyBulk Test APIs Before Production — Azure DevOps Release Gate With Azure Durable FunctionsValidate the API in batch and only release the application to the production environment after validation automatically — Release pipeline in Azure DevOps allows developers to deploy applications across multiple stages. The release pipeline is similar in the way that DevOps engineers can define automated tasks and jobs such as build process, unit test, integration test, etc. In addition to the tasks, we can also define pre-deployment condition…DevOps8 min readDevOps8 min read
