A technical blog about Azure, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and everything in between by Marco Mansi.https://blog.olandese.nl/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/auto-scale-github-runners-and-ado-agents-with-azure-container-apps-jobs-and-workload-profiles/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/auto-scale-github-runners-and-ado-agents-with-azure-container-apps-jobs-and-workload-profiles/Intro In this blog I want to explain how to run your private GitHub Runners (this should work for ADO Agents as well) using the new Azure Container Apps Jobs (in preview) functionality with WorkloadSun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTAuto ScalingAzureAzure Container AppsAzure Container Apps JobsAzure DevOps AgentsGitHubGitHub ActionsGitHub RunnersKEDAPrivate RunnersTerraformhttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/using-azure-managed-identity-with-net-core-on-azure-devops-agents/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/using-azure-managed-identity-with-net-core-on-azure-devops-agents/During my last project I needed to run some integration test written in .Net Core 2.2 in an Azure Devops Pipeline. The code needed some secrets from an Azure KeyVault and doing some other stuff onTue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT.NET CoreAzureAzure CLIAzure DevOpsC#https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/using-git-submodules-in-private-azure-devops-repositories/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/using-git-submodules-in-private-azure-devops-repositories/I often use Git Submodules in my repositories, it’s a handy way to have external source code in your repo, without having to worry much about the external updates and source management (you can justSun, 14 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTAzure DevOpsGithttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/solve-system-threading-tasks-taskcanceledexception-the-operation-was-canceled-on-ubuntu-18-04-in-net-core-2-2/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/solve-system-threading-tasks-taskcanceledexception-the-operation-was-canceled-on-ubuntu-18-04-in-net-core-2-2/I am running some .Net Core 2.2 (at the moment of writing version 2.2.301) integration test in Azure DevOps (ADO) running on my private Linux Ubuntu 18.04 agents.The tests are quiet simple, just callFri, 12 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT.NET CoreAzure DevOpsC#https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/run-elasticsearch-image-on-azure-container-instances/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/run-elasticsearch-image-on-azure-container-instances/Last week I was moving a Docker application to Azure Container Instances. The application consisted out of 3 containers and one of them was using the official image of Elasticsearch: FROMWed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/create-an-event-grid-subscription-to-an-azure-function-v2/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/create-an-event-grid-subscription-to-an-azure-function-v2/Last weeks I was developing an Azure Function with an Event Grid Trigger using the new V2 Runtime (in .Net Core) and because the changes from V1 some things where not working anymore as expected. InTue, 16 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT.NETAzureAzure Functions V2Event GridSoftware Developmenthttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/make-your-vsts-extensions-smarter-with-endpoints-datasource-bindings/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/make-your-vsts-extensions-smarter-with-endpoints-datasource-bindings/At the current customer I am working for I am creating a lot of VSTS Extensions to deploy Azure Resources. I want my tasks to be so much user friendly as possible, and one of the things to accomplishWed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTVSTShttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/create-a-sharded-mongodb-in-azure-cosmos-db/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/create-a-sharded-mongodb-in-azure-cosmos-db/During my last project I was setting up a Release Pipeline in VSTS and one of the steps was to create a Sharded MongoDB in Cosmos DB. I am a big fan of the Azure CLI, which I use quiet often. IWed, 13 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTAzureAzure CLI 2.0Azure Cosmos DBMongoDBhttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/get-cognitive-services-keys-and-endpoint-in-an-arm-template/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/get-cognitive-services-keys-and-endpoint-in-an-arm-template/For a demo Azure Logic App I need to setup an Azure Cognitive Services account for the Computer Vision API. I set up the resources in Azure using an ARM template so that everything is created in aWed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTARMAzureAzure Cognitive ServicesAzure Resource Managerhttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/mount-your-azure-cloud-shell-to-another-storage-account/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/mount-your-azure-cloud-shell-to-another-storage-account/I am a heavy user of the Azure Cloud Shell, I use it every day working with the CLI 2.0 to deal with my Azure Resources. If, like me, the first time you started the Cloud Shell and followed theThu, 07 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTAzureAzure Cloud Shellhttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/create-output-variables-with-azure-cli-2-0/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/create-output-variables-with-azure-cli-2-0/I’m using more and more the Azure CLI 2.0, which makes my scripting life with Azure Resources a lot easier. The default output of the Azure CLI is json, but you can also use other kind of outputWed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTAzureAzure CLI 2.0https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/solve-docker-for-windows-error-a-firewall-is-blocking-file-sharing-between-windows-and-the-containers/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/solve-docker-for-windows-error-a-firewall-is-blocking-file-sharing-between-windows-and-the-containers/For the quick answer jump to the conclusion. Yesterday I was trying to mount a data volume in a Docker container and using Docker Community Edition for Windows (aka Docker CE for Windows) you firstWed, 03 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTDockerDocker for Windowshttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/azure-hidden-gems-resource-policies/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/azure-hidden-gems-resource-policies/Today I want to show a really useful Azure feature to help you with the governance of your Azure Subscriptions: Azure Resource Policies: Resource policies enable you to establish conventions forSun, 26 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTAzureAzure Resource Managerhttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/a-better-way-and-script-to-add-a-service-principal-in-azure-for-vsts/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/a-better-way-and-script-to-add-a-service-principal-in-azure-for-vsts/From Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) it’s possible to deploy to an Azure Subscription using an Active Directory Service Principal. The Microsoft documentation refers to a blog post which describesMon, 30 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTAzurePowerShellVSTShttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/demystifying-net-core-sdk-versions/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/demystifying-net-core-sdk-versions/Last night I was developing some code in .NET Core for the Dutch Azure Meetup and I was (again) encountering versioning problems and unexpected behavior. I found this blog post which describes inThu, 12 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT.NET CoreSoftware Developmenthttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/solve-401-unauthorized-error-when-restoring-packages-using-vsts-package-management-and-net-core/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/solve-401-unauthorized-error-when-restoring-packages-using-vsts-package-management-and-net-core/For the quick answer jump directly to the conclusion Yesterday I was setting up the build for an ASP .NET Core (Web API) application I wrote, this application was using a package from the VSTSMon, 26 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT.NET.NET CoreBuildPackage ManagementVSTShttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/setting-up-vsts-with-arm-templates/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/setting-up-vsts-with-arm-templates/In this post I want to show you what I think it’s the best way to setup VSTS working with Azure Resource Manager Templates. Introduction At the customer I am currently working for, we are setting upWed, 21 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTAzureAzure Resource ManagerBuildReleaseVSTShttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/vsts-task-delete-resource-group-if-empty/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/vsts-task-delete-resource-group-if-empty/When testing deployments of Azure RM resources (ie. using the Test-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment powershell cmdlet) an empty Resource Group is created. This Resource Group is often not needed atMon, 19 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMTAzureAzure Resource ManagerVSTShttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/dutch-azure-meetup/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/dutch-azure-meetup/This week Pascal Naber, Sander Molenkamp and I started the Dutch Azure Meetup: http://www.dutchazuremeetup.nl Azure offers a lot of services and features, and this grows almost daily. It’s hard to beFri, 15 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTAzureDutch Azure Meetuphttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/get-subscription-id-in-an-azure-resource-manager-template/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/get-subscription-id-in-an-azure-resource-manager-template/Recently I was writing an Azure Resource Manager Template to deploy a Web App. The Web App needed some Application settings (like connection strings, etc..) which I wanted to provision during theThu, 24 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMTAzurehttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/hdinsight-error-with-external-metastore-unable-to-instantiate-org-apache-hadoop-hive-ql-metadata-sessionhivemetastoreclient/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/hdinsight-error-with-external-metastore-unable-to-instantiate-org-apache-hadoop-hive-ql-metadata-sessionhivemetastoreclient/Recently I was working to setup a Big Data environment in Azure. From Azure Data Factory I was spinning up an on-demand HDInsight Cluster with an external metastore. Unfortunately I was alwaysSun, 06 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMTAzureHDInsighthttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/access-synology-dsm-from-the-internet-with-a-reverse-proxy/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/access-synology-dsm-from-the-internet-with-a-reverse-proxy/Update: For DSM 5 the paths are changed: DSM 4: /usr/syno/etc/httpd-ssl-vhost.conf-user DSM 5: /etc/httpd/sites-enabled-user/httpd-ssl-vhost.conf-user I want to be able to access my Synology DiskThu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMTApacheDSMreverse proxySynologyhttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/install-windows-with-uefi-on-dell-latitude/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/install-windows-with-uefi-on-dell-latitude/Today i was trying to install Windows 8 Pro on my Dell Latitude E6510 laptop with UEFI enabled. You can enable UEFI from the bios, (i first installed the most recent bios version) under boot sectionWed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMTInstallationUEFIWindowshttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/windows-8-keyboard-shortcuts-summary/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/windows-8-keyboard-shortcuts-summary/Few days ago i was reading a nice post from Scott Hanselman’s blog about Windows 8 enhanced keyboard shortcuts. Here is a summary of the keys: Win+E – Explorer Win+R – Run Win+Break – System InfoWed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMTWindowsWindows 8https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/install-openelec-1-0-2-on-asrock-ion-3d-152d-and-a-logitech-harmony-remote-2/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/install-openelec-1-0-2-on-asrock-ion-3d-152d-and-a-logitech-harmony-remote-2/This is a step-by-step guide to install OpenElec 1.0.2 on an Asrock ION 3D 152d, and optionally configuring a Logitech Harmony Remote. Installing OpenElec: Go to the OpenElec site and download theSat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMTAsrock ION 3D 152dLogitech HarmonyOpenElecxbmchttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/run-sabnzbd-behind-apache-on-synology/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/run-sabnzbd-behind-apache-on-synology/Update Since DSM 5 the paths are changed: DSM 4: /usr/syno/etc/httpd-ssl-vhost.conf-user /usr/syno/apache/conf/httpd.conf-user DSM 5: /etc/httpd/sites-enabled-user/httpd-ssl-vhost.conf-userTue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMTApacheSabnzbd+Synologyhttps://blog.olandese.nl/blog/blocking-access-to-application-pages-_layouts-and-forms-pages/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/blocking-access-to-application-pages-_layouts-and-forms-pages/Few weeks ago i was fixing a bug in Sharepoint 2010 project available on the internet. The requirement was to prevent access from authenticated users who knows the special Sharepoint addresses (suchThu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMTSecuritySharepoint 2010https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/official-dotnetnuke-6-0-product-launch/https://blog.olandese.nl/blog/official-dotnetnuke-6-0-product-launch/This afternoon I was at the official DotNetNuke 6.0 Product Launch at Microsoft in Schiphol. The presentation was given by coworkers of Xcess, Ernst Peter Tamminga (Chief Executive Officer) and AndréWed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMTDotNetNuke