Azure Resource Manager templates are used for creating reproducible deployments in Azure. In this post I will explain the lifecycle of an ARM template. The sections on this post are in the order that I think the deployments should be made: Validate syntax, execute plan, and Deploy the template, but if you don’t have experience...
UPDATED 24/01/2023: You may be interested in a newer post about the entire ARM template lifecycle that includes What-If operation. You can read it here: How to validate, plan, and deploy ARM templates Changes on production are dangerous stressful processes. Fortunately, there are tools that make deployments easier and prevent disasters. In this post you...
Projects hosted in Azure should store passwords and other sensitive information in a Keyvault. It’s a good practice that makes an application safer because it prevents the leakage of the information in case of unauthorized access to the server. Another good practice is deploy using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) because it removes manual processes that...
Imagine the situation: You have a test plan in Azure DevOps that is executed every time you create a new version of your product, but Azure DevOps doesn’t provide an easy way to clone test plans and cloning manually is painful. Fortunately the Azure DevOps REST API has a Clone Operation for test plans: Clone...