I wrote this article “Making changes to the applicationHost.config on Azure App Service” here which explains the details about creating an XDT file that supports the configuration of some properties found in the applicationHost.config file. Keep in mind that not all of the attributes in the applicationHost.config file can be altered, you might be able […]
Read More →Archive for December, 2017
Using CLI 2.0 with Azure
I wrote these articles about the Azure CLI but that was at version 0.10.8 and things have progressed since then. #Azure #AzureGermanCloud #GermanCloud #CLI Using Azure Xplat-CLI with Azure App Services in the German Cloud Azure CLI ‘config’ is not an azure command CLI articles by Benjamin Here is some good CLI 2.0 information. It […]
Read More →Remote debug your Azure App Service 2017 including ASP.NET Core
We are moving at cloud speed here, I wrote this one here less that a year ago “Remote debug your Azure App Service Web App” that discusses how to use Cloud Explorer to remotely attach a debugger to an Azure App Service in Visual Studio 2015, now let’s see how you can do the same […]
Read More →Configure Visual Studio Team Services in Visual Studio, deploy to Azure App Service
I am on a path to learning and working with a Continuous Deployment / Delivery (CD), I just need a project or to build some examples that are worthy of such a great concept. What I see happening in that area is pretty awesome, for example, with CD you can check in your code, build, […]
Read More →Critical error: Could not connect to server when FTP to an Azure App Service
I was trying to connect to my Azure App Service Web App using FTP and I got this error: Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message… Status: Initializing TLS… Status: Verifying certificate… Status: TLS connection established. Command: USER $ID Response: 331 Password required Command: PASS ************************************************************ Response: 530 User cannot log in. Error: Critical error: […]
Read More →Troubleshooting Azure App Services Web App, Mobile App or API App 500s
When you get a response from your Azure Web App, Mobile App or API App which is a 500, you might want to look in the Event Viewer for the exception. A lot of times they include the stack that contains the method which threw an exception causing the 500. There are 2 ways to […]
Read More →How to create and search a Lucene.Net index in 4 simple steps using C#, Step 1
As mentioned in a previous blog, using Lucene.Net to create and search an index was quick and easy. Here I will show you in these 4 steps how to do it. Create an index Build the query Perform the search Display the results Before we get started I wanted to mention that Lucene.Net was originally […]
Read More →Resetting FTP password, using Publish Profile credentials, Azure App Service
If you have ever tried to reset your deployment credentials for your Azure App Service then you would likely experience this: “User name is not available”, as seen in Figure 1. #GermanCloud Figure 1, user name is not available when changing FTP password azure app service To workaround that, use a different username, I.e. temporarily […]
Read More →How to make a simple DLL as an assembly reference just for fun
The path to reproducing a scenario for a custom is sometimes a long-ish one. I needed to include a custom assembly in an Azure Function App which I describe here “How to add assembly references to an Azure Function App” and documented this one here “Could not load file or assembly” along the way here […]
Read More →How (I) configured an App Service Certificate for my Azure App Service
Here is some good information about the App Service Certificates. Like custom domain names, you can also purchase SSL certificates from within the Azure portal here. I was working with a customer who was having some problems with the configuration and decided to walk through the configuration myself, and like always, will document and share […]
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