The author describes troubleshooting an Azure DevOps YAML pipeline error related to a local-exec provisioner in terraform, which failed to grant necessary permissions due to a missing Azure Active Directory Readers permission. They detail the root causes, error findings, and ultimately the adjustments made to resolve the issue, focusing on least privilege principles.
[HOWTO] Configure Azure App Service authentication and App Registration for an application deployed by Azure OpenAI Studio
A colleague at work is currently working on a prototype for Azure OpenAI Services integration. He deployed the prototype application directly from Azure OpenAI Studio to an Azure App Service. When he tried to access the application for the first time, he received the following error message. Authentication Not ConfiguredThis app does not have authentication... Continue Reading →
[NoBrainer] Get rid of issuer and MFA exceptions when working with Visual Studio Credential in local development environment
Lately I nearly got crazy when working with Visual Studio Credential in ASP.NET Web API project. For Test, Int and Prod environments I usually use Managed Identity and for local development I prefer using Visual Studio Credential for i.e. accessing Azure Key Vault or Azure Storage Account services. In this example, access key authentication is... Continue Reading →
[HOWTO] Access Azure SQL Database with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18 using AAD Authentication
As announced in my initial post, here is my first technical post - published just before the end of the year. A few weeks ago I wanted to access a Azure SQL database with a specific AAD user through Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18 using Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication. To do so, I... Continue Reading →
