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HDInsight: Scale Horizontally
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HDInsight: Scale Horizontally with Scale-HDInsightClusterNodes.ps1 a PowerShell workflow that will help you automate the process of scaling your cluster.
The script receives 4 parameters:
ResourceGroupName: The name of the resource group where the cluster resides ClusterName: The name of your HDInsight cluster Nodes: The number of nodes you want for the cluster ConnectionName: The name of your automation connection account and requires the following PowerShell modules: AzureRM.Profile, AzureRM.HDInsight
Deploy your ASP.NET Core Web API to AWS Lambda
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Today I’ll show you how to Deploy your ASP.NET Core Web API to AWS Lambda.
First be aware of the following prerequisites:
You’ll need an AWS account: https://aws.amazon.com/ You’ll need AWS CLI installed: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/installing.html You’ll need your AWS security credentials Some basic knowledge on AWS Stacks, API Gateway, Lambda and Buckets Now let’s start:
Create a folder for your new project # Open a command promt an run
Step by step: .NET Core and Azure Cosmos DB
Step by step: .NET Core and Azure Cosmos DB is a short post on how to connect to Cosmos DB, save a document and then query to find it.
Let’s start:
Create a Cosmos DB account # Create a Cosmos DB account in your Azure subscription. Once created get the URI and the primary Read-write key from the Keys section.
Use PowerShell to Enable Logging for Azure RM Web Apps
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Recently I client ask me to enable application and http logging for more than 20 AzureRM Web Apps. Furthermore the client wanted the logs to be stored in a Storage Account.
Issues started when I decided to Use PowerShell to Enable Logging for Azure RM Web Apps, because there is no equivalent to the ASM Enable-AzureWebsiteApplicationDiagnostic cmdlet for ARM resources.
Start with Elasticssearch, Kibana and ASP.NET Core
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You want to Start with Elasticssearch, Kibana and ASP.NET Core and also want to do it fast? Let’s use Docker and find out how easy it can be:
Create a folder for your new project # Open a command prompt an run
Use Azure Media Services to Find Filler Words
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On April 22 I had the great opportunity to give a talk on Azure Functions in the Global Azure Bootcamp hosted in Madrid. I had a great time, but weeks later when the video was published I realised that I was using a filler word way to much through my presentation.