Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment with JetBrains Space

The author was tasked with setting up a CI/CD process for a Blazor application using JetBrains Space. They had experience with other tools like Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions but found implementing pipelines in Space challenging. They struggled with creating the necessary automation scripts and host parameters. Despite good documentation, they found the CI/CD features lacking in predefined steps and tasks for standard cases, leading to unnecessary effort. They were also concerned about the exposure of project-wide secrets as plain text in runtime parameters.

2024-01-01 0

[HOWTO] Automate Terraform execution in Azure DevOps YAML pipeline

A visualization of the mapping between Azure DevOps environments, Azure DevOps service connections, Azure service principals and resource groups

The blog post explains the preferred setup for infrastructure deployments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and Azure DevOps YAML pipelines. The author discusses the organization of service connections and security settings, and provides an in-depth look at the pipeline structure and tasks within each stage. The text also mentions an important update regarding Azure Pipelines Terraform tasks and offers a practical approach on pipeline re-runs after local fixes.

2023-11-15 1

[NoBrainer] Azure Monitor Metric Alerts for Azure Functions

Icons of Azure Monitor, Alert and email notification

The Azure webhook consumer/receiver failed to receive any events apart from heartbeat events due to an error during the webhook's update. The issue, which originated from the event filter altering from a wildcard to [], was fixed by an event filter update. To prevent similar issues, an Azure Monitor Metric Alert was established. It signals less than seven executions of the Azure Function per hour and emails the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) role members on each alert,

2023-11-01 0

[HOWTO] Integrate SonarCloud analysis in an Azure DevOps YAML pipeline

This post is about the integration of SonarCloud analysis in Azure DevOps YAML pipelines starting from a basic scenario that analyzes a repository containing a .NET Core 7 solution and ending up with a more complex scenario that analyzes a repository that additionally contains a React application and Terraform files.

2023-10-06 3

[NoBrainer] Ensure that Azure Monitor alert email notifications are delivered

When working with Azure Monitor alerts that trigger email notifications, there is a tiny little detail to consider to make sure the email notifications get delivered as expected. But let's first have a look at the setup of an Azure Monitor alert. In my case, I set up an Azure Monitor metric alert and action... Continue Reading →

2023-06-01 0

[HOWTO] Move Terraform state from an Azure Blob Storage container to another

As already stated in the title, this blog post shows a simple way to move Terraform state between Azure Blob Storage containers. Terraform version: Terraform v1.3.7Azure Storage Account kind: StorageV2 (general purpose v2) To perform the move, proceed as follows: Execute terraform init with the actual terraform backend configuration Execute terraform apply with the actual... Continue Reading →

2023-03-21 0

[NoBrainer] Define Azure Key Vault with embedded Access Policy in Terraform

Screenshot of the azurerm provider in terraform registry

azurerm (Azure resource manager) provider for terraform allows definition of Key Vault access policies either within the azurerm_key_vault resource via the access_policy block or by using the azurerm_key_vault_access_policy resource (using both methods for access policy management leads to conflicts). The advantage of defining Key Vault access policies within the azurerm_key_vault resource over defining azurerm_key_vault_access_policy resource(s)... Continue Reading →

2022-10-12 0

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