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I’ve moved my blog again! Well, sort of. Not a new engine this time. I’ve moved to a new host!

I’ve moved my blog to Azure Static Web Apps. The docs for Static Web Apps (SWA) include a good tutorial on using Hugo with SWA. I followed that tutorial.

Once I got the content set up and GitHub action publishing working, it was time to set up the custom domain name. Again, the Microsoft docs help there too. I was able to follow the instructions for setting up a custom domain with SWA, and then Burke Holland’s post on using CloudFlare for setting up a root domain.

As enterprises continue to adopt serverless (and Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS) solutions, they often need a way to integrate with existing resources on a virtual network. These existing resources could be databases, file storage, message queues or event streams, or REST APIs. In doing so, those interactions need to take place within the virtual network. Until relatively recently, combining serverless/PaaS offerings with traditional network access restrictions was complex, if not nearly impossible.

Earlier this year I moved my blog to Jekyll. It was fun while it lasted. I’ve decided to give Hugo a try. The main reason is that I wanted something I could easily from either my Windows or Mac machines. I didn’t want to mess with installing or configuring Ruby gems.

I’m giving Hugo a try. I expect to change the theme and make tweaks over the coming weeks.

This post will demonstrate how to create an Azure Function with private site access. Private site access refers to a way for resources within a virtual network to reach out to an Azure Function. Configuring private site access ensures that the specified Azure Function is not able to be triggered via the public internet. Instead, the function can only be accessed via a specific virtual network. The function is private to the specified virtual network.

Welcome to my new blog! I’ve decided to try an experiment and change my personal blog from Wordpress.com to Jekyll with GitHub Pages. I’ll keep my old blog at https://michaelcollier.wordpress.com around, but will (assuming this experiment works out) not be posting more there.