These are some good instructions as well “Create your first function using Visual Studio”. But I like to try it out myself. Check out these other articles as well. How to connect to a database from an Azure Function Deploy an Azure Function created from Visual Studio Check out all my Azure Function articles here […]
Read More →I created a simple Azure Function and now I want to connect it to a database. Check out these other articles as well. How to create an Azure Function in Visual Studio Deploy an Azure Function created from Visual Studio Check out all my Azure Function articles here I found this article also useful “Code […]
Read More →I created an Azure Function and added some some code to connect to a database and now I want to deploy it to the Azure platform. How to create an Azure Function in Visual Studio How to connect to a database from an Azure Function Check out all my Azure Functions articles here Right-click on […]
Read More →While I was writing these articles about creating, developing local and deploying an Azure Function App, I received this error, Figure 1. How to create an Azure Function in Visual Studio How to connect to a database from an Azure Function Deploy an Azure Function created from Visual Studio Check out all my Azure Functions […]
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One of the surprises I had when I moved many of my sites from a domain hoster to an Azure Web App was that the platform only provided web services and that I had lost my SMTP services. That meant I was not able to send or receive emails from my private domains. I rushed […]
Read More →Using FTPS is a very interesting area. I read a lot about it, but can’t really ever get to the point where I finish the article and know where I need to go then. Point is, using any form of SSL or TLS is a negotiation between a client and the server. Most of the […]
Read More →Although I fully recommend using Application Insights (see here) for monitoring your Azure features, I get asked sometimes how to configure log4net onto an Azure App Service. So, this is how I did it. Install the log4net.dll binary using NuGet Configure the log4net name, type properties in the web.config Configure the log4net properties Modify the […]
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I was deploying an ASP.NET Web API to an Azure App Service Web App and I got this error: Server Error in ‘/’ Application. A route named ‘HelpPage_Default’ is already in the route collection. Route names must be unique. Parameter name: name Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. […]
Read More →I wrote an article here which talk about how to make an app setting or connection string sticky to the slot. You can make the settings stick using Azure PowerShell. Here are the Azure PowerShell cmdlets required to create an Azure App Service Web App: Login-AzureRmAccount Set-AzureRmContext Set-AzureWebsite (also have a look here at the […]
Read More →Consider you have an Azure App Service Web App that handles a large amount of traffic and accesses a database, with an architecture similar to that shown in Figure 1. When you make a deployment you would not want to take the risk of deploying bugs or having significant downtime when you deploy a new […]
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