Category .NET Core
Waiting for Azure Durable Functions to complete
The article show how an Azure Durable Function can be used to process a HTTP API request which waits for the completion result. This can be required when you have no control over the client application calling the API and the process requires asynchronous operations like further API calls and so on. The Azure Durable […]
Using Key Vault and Managed Identities with Azure Functions
This article shows how Azure Key Vault could be used together with Azure Functions. The Azure Functions can use the system assigned identity to access the Key Vault. This needs to be configured in the Key Vault access policies using the service principal. By using the Microsoft.Azure.KeyVault and the Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureKeyVault nuget packages, defining direct references […]
Azure Functions Configuration and Secrets Management
This post shows how to configure Azure Function projects so that no secrets are required in the local.settings.json or in the code. Secrets for the project are saved in the user secrets of the project, or in the app settings of the deployment. The deployment should/can use Azure Key Vault for the secrets and not […]
Using External Inputs in Azure Durable functions
This post shows how to implement an Azure Durable function flow with an external HTTP API input. The flow is started using a HTTP request, runs an activity, waits for the external input from a HTTP API which could be any Azure function input and then runs a second activity. The application is implemented using […]
Restricting access to an Azure AD protected API using Azure AD Groups
This post shows how to restrict access to an ASP.NET Core API to only allow users from a defined Azure AD group to use a protected API. The API uses an Azure App registration for authorization. The user signs in with an ASP.NET Core Razor page application or an Angular App and can access the […]
Login and use an ASP.NET Core API with Azure AD Auth and user access tokens
In this blog post, Azure AD will be setup and used to authenticate and authorize an ASP.NET core Razor Page application which uses an API from a separate ASP.NET Core MVC project. User access tokens are used to access to API, so that an email can be used in the API. The API is not […]
Configure a domain for an Azure App Service using Cloudflare
This blog shows how to create an Azure App Service with a custom domain using Cloudflare to configure the domain name servers. The post used the following blog from Matteo for the original setup: Serving your Azure App Service under your custom domain To create a custom domain for an Azure App Service, you require […]
Add git tags and versioning to mark Deployments in Azure DevOps Pipelines
This post shows how to tag to a git repository after a successful deployment or release. The tag is created using the version number of the build. The version number can be changed or set using Nerdbank.GitVersioning. The DevOps extension Tag\Branch Git on Release by Michael Barry was used to implement the tagging. This extension […]
Using Certificates from Azure Key Vault in ASP.NET Core
This post shows how you can create and use X509 certificates in Azure Key Vault. The certificates are created using Azure CLI and are used inside an ASP.NET Core application. Code: StsServerIdentity/Services/Certificate Setup using Azure CLI Azure CLI can be used to setup the Azure Key Vault and also create certificates for an existing Key […]
Provisioning X.509 Devices for Azure IoT Hub using .NET Core
This article shows how Azure device provisioning service can be used to setup an Azure IoT Hub and provision devices using X.509 certificates in an enrollment group. The certificates are created using the Nuget package CertificateManager. By using this package, the X.509 certificates can be created in .NET Core and created on the fly as […]
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