If you want to get a free copy of the Index, Table of Contents and of Chapter 1, have a look here. Click on the READ AN EXCERPT dropdown and then select the one you would like to review. Figure 1 illustrates how that looks like. Figure 1, how to get a free PDF copy […]
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The location from which a process is invoked is important. A process, I.e. an executable (.exe) is the program which contains the entry point to the code which needs to run. If the location is in a relative position related to the assemblies it requires, then the .exe can use relative paths to access an […]
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If you a receive a System.UnauthorizedAccessException with a message Access to the path ‘D:\home\site\wwwroot\host.json’ is denied, then it likely means you have a network configuration which is blocking access to the Azure Storage Account on which your Azure Function is hosted. Perform the following to check and see if this could be the case. Check […]
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A few interesting scenarios I experienced that I wanted to document. Firstly, there is a lot of focus on Visual Studio Code, I’m still working on ramping up there and aligning with and contributing the momentum it is building. I see Visual Studio Code as the place where those who want to get into Open […]
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I have written a few articles now on the subject. It was a journey and a successful one at that. Setting up an Azure DevOps repo, how (I) did it, it works Redeploy Request Submitted – Failed to redeploy Access to the path is denied, Azure DevOps, Azure Deployment Center Missing Azure DevOps Organization when […]
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Having setup an External Git connection to my Azure DevOps repository. This means I pull the content instead of implementing Azure Pipelines to push changes when committed, this is CI/CD. Figure 1, Sync Azure Function Deployment Center Azure DevOps Same issue as in this article – Access to the path is denied, Azure DevOps, Azure […]
Read More →I have been doing some testing with Azure Function deployments which requires me to break stuff. That gets me into some real trouble sometimes when all I want is a deployment to work like normal. Here are some other articles I wrote also while doing this. Azure DevOps Visual Studio 2022 add source code Missing […]
Read More →Having worked on Azure for many years now, I have provisioned, deleted, switch, modified so much I sometimes get a bit lost. I was configuring CI/CD for a project and selected Azure Repos, but when I opened the Organization drop-down I did not see the Azure DevOps organization. Figure 1, why is my Azure DevOps […]
Read More →If you happen to get this exception on an Azure Function when you have an Azure Storage Queue triggered Azure Function: The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character, more than two padding characters, or an illegal character among the padding characters. Figure 1, base-64 message required for […]
Read More →One of the most common reasons that an Azure Function is not triggered as expected is because the endpoint which notifies the Function to run is misconfigured or blocked for some reason. The scenario I am focusing on here usually occurs during testing or after a deployment. If you are doing or have done neither […]
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