This is a common pattern: You have a protected server (or servers) that aren’t publicly accessible. Typically, you may have what is commonly referred to as a “jumpbox”, which is accessible from a p...
Monitor, Log, and Alert CPU Throttling from Overheating on Linux
I’ve been recently dealing with an overheating issue on my Linux machine (Lenovo T420s). Completely perplexed on what was causing it (it wasn’t constant and happened with many different variables a...
Running and Debugging Azure Functions Locally on Linux
Today started out with some awesome Azure Functions news that Linux and Mac are now supported for running and debugging locally. As an avid Linux user and huge proponent of Azure Functions (and all...
Sherlock - a sandbox environment provisioning tool for your integration testing pipeline in Azure
One of my primary focuses these days is developing Azure support for Red Hat’s Ansible (if you are unfamiliar with Ansible, check it out. It is a great tool for DevOps and configuration management)...
Installing Python's cryptography package on Fedora Linux
I was recently wrestling with pip install cryptography on Fedora 25. I had followed the cryptography documentations and installed the referenced dependencies. But even so, I was still receiving a g...
Module Import Precedence in Python
I was recently troubleshooting a module import issue that was causing me to wonder how exactly Python determines which module to import. The background story there is I had pip install’d a module i...
Use Azure Blob Storage for Remote Terraform State
If you aren’t yet familiar with Terraform, I highly recommend you check it out for some extremely amazing DevOps; specifically around Infrastructure as Code (IaC). One of the things that Terraform...
Custom build logic post git push with Azure App Service and Kudu for a Node.js web app
Yesterday I was wrestling with this one, and with a bit of help from David Ebbo (twitter: @davidebbo) I was able to get this solution. Technical areas Node.js web app Azure App Service Con...
The easy (and nice) way to do CLI apps in Python
There are a few ways to do the command-line app thing in Python. I’ve done these few ways, and some of them have their pain-points and annoyances. So I reached out to the community to find what the...