It has been over 2 years since I’ve posted an update to this blog. I miss writing. It’s time I get back to writing about what I’ve been working on and what’s on my mind. The start of a new year is as good of time as any to get back to blogging.
While I’m at it, I might as well share my New Year’s resolutions for 2024.
[Read More]I was recently faced with a scenario where I needed a script to deploy an Azure Function. Specifically, there was a desire to use a REST API to deploy a .zip file of the Function app.
The documentation for “Deploy ZIP file with REST APIs” indicates this is possible via a HTTP POST request to https://{APP-NAME}.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/zipdeploy. One challenge with the current documentation is the stated need to use HTTP BASIC authentication. Needing to use BASIC authentication is a problem if BASIC authentication is disabled.
[Read More]I recently started experimenting with the beta versions of the new Azure Storage and Event Hub extensions for Azure Functions. The new extensions use the new Azure SDK, and as a result, include support for using Azure AD to authenticate to specific Azure resources (a.k.a., managed identities). I’m a fan of having fewer secrets to manage. Less secrets . . . more better. 😉
This intent of this blog post is to share my initial experiences with the extensions. It’s still early, and thus I expect a few bumps in along the way.
Earlier this month I had the pleasure to join The Azure Podcast team to talk about my experiences with Azure Functions. We discussed how I came to love working with Azure, my journey from classic Cloud Services to Azure Functions, and the current state of virtual networking with Azure Functions.
This was my second time on the podcast. My first appearance was a little more than 5 years ago after the release of a book I co-authored, Fundamentals of Azure.
[Read More]I was recently asked how to change Azure Functions’ system keys, such as the ones automatically created by the Event Grid or Durable Functions extensions.
It’s possible to change these keys via the Azure portal. There is a button in the portal to generate a new key.
What if you want to change the keys programmatically? I couldn’t find official documentation which stated how to do so. After a bit of splunking through GitHub issues (here, here) and reading Mark Heath’s excellent blog post on Azure Function keys, I think I found an approach that, so far, seems to work.
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