Have you ever FTPed some files to your Azure App Service and when you went to browse the site you still saw the old files or the ones you published do not exist? When you have multiple Azure App Services hosted in the same region (I.e. West Europe, East US, etc…), exist in the same […]
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When you configure a WebDAV site, it is not only accessible via the NET USE command to map the drive in Windows Explorer, it is also accessible via a browser. Because of this it is not safe to allow users or customers to upload web.config files that would possibly impact the availability, functionality or security […]
Read More →Controlling access to a website is cool. I have mostly used Forms Authentication in the past, hashed the credentials, then stored and retrieved them from a custom database during the login. However, starting now, I think I will use Azure Active Directory (AAD) from now on, as it has so many options, it is very […]
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If you have not already read the first part of this blog, please check it out Part 1 here. Uploaded the image to the Azure Blob container This…..was…..hard…. The code wasn’t hard, but getting the header formatted into the correct format was a hurdle, using the Micro Framework. It’s actually not possible to use the […]
Read More →I wrote an article here that explained how I got an HTTPS request to work from my Gadgeteer. This was one of the steps I took during the process of achieving my ultimate goal of storing an image, taken from a camera and placing it into an Azure Blob container. Sure, taking a picture and […]
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NOTE: Security is a very serious topic and you should always engage an IT security expert before deploying an application that needs to be secure. This article is intended to share my experience versus being an article to use as a guideline. With all the news about the different vulnerabilities like heartbleed and poodle, developers […]
Read More →There is a great overview of Web Hosting Plans here, so this blog is not about what they are but 2 experiences I have had with them. Why do I think they exist now How I recently cleaned up my subscription with them For someone who has been using Azure App Services for some time […]
Read More →I was making a lot of changes to one of my Azure Websites the other day and received the messages within the Azure Management Console similar to those shown in Figure 1 and 2. Figure 1, Updating the configuration for web site failed Figure 2, The deployment history is unavailable when the site is stopped […]
Read More →404 status codes can be a little misleading. I wrote another article here about 404’s here from an on premise IIS perspective, but in principle the information applies. The fact about 404’s is that there are many sub status codes lined to the 404 status code. Most people believe that the 404 means simply that […]
Read More →NOTE: since the update to Windows Server 2016 and IIS 10 this capability is no longer supported and it likely never will be again. In the short-term, you need to be looking for an alternative and learn to live without this one….IMO. Consider Web Apps for Containers. I wrote an article about configuring remote IIS […]
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