Azure CLI: Create and Manage Resource Groups
All cloud resources created / provisioned in Microsoft Azure need to be associated with Resource Groups. This is one of the basic features of the…
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Azure CLI: List and Set Azure Subscription
To list and set the Azure Subscription to run Azure CLI commands against is an important step in command-line scripting. To do this, there are…
Implementing Azure Naming Conventions at Scale with Terraform and Build5Nines/naming/azure (AzureRM + Region Pairs)
Microsoft Azure resource naming conventions are one of those “small” DevOps and cloud infrastructure management disciplines that quietly determine whether your cloud estate stays governable…
Azure CLI: Generate SAS Token for Blob in Azure Storage
Azure Storage is a cloud service at the very center of Microsoft Azure. It provides the foundations for storing data in many services and systems…
Terraform: Easier Azure Region Pairing and Governance with the Build5Nines Region Map Module
Managing Azure regions in Terraform sounds simple at first. You define a location variable, pass in something like eastus, and move on. That works fine for a small…
Get Total Size Allocated to Azure Storage Account (Blobs, Files, Tables and Queues)
Azure Storage Accounts are a fundamental part of cloud storage in Microsoft Azure, providing various types of storage services such as blobs, files, tables, and…
Deploy LiteLLM on Microsoft Azure with AZD, Azure Container Apps and PostgreSQL
Generative AI is evolving rapidly, and developers are increasingly looking for efficient ways to manage multiple LLMs (Large Language Models) using a centralized proxy. LiteLLM…
Azure Resource Naming Conventions and Best Practices
One of the most difficult things in IT is naming things. The same goes for choosing the correct naming convention to use when naming cloud…
Securing Terraform State in Azure Blob Storage using Best Practices
When your team loses control of its Terraform state file, it loses control of everything in the subscription. An unencrypted or publicly exposed .tfstate isn’t…
Windows Gets Package Manager with winget CLI Utility
Microsoft released the new Windows Package Manager (winget) as an open source, community driven package manager for installing, updating, configuring, and removing software application packages…
Should .terraform.lock.hcl file be added to .gitignore or committed to Git repo?
When working with Terraform, one common question that arises is whether to include the .terraform.lock.hcl file in the Git repository or leave it out by…
PowerShell now Open Source AND Cross-Platform! Linux, macOS, Windows
Windows PowerShell the new Shell (first released in 2006) for Windows that provides the ability to implement Task Automation, and Configuration Management via a Command-Line…
Azure Web App: Application Settings
All web applications have some kind of configurations that are set on the server. The method of storing and accessing these settings varies on different…
OpenAI Secures $40 Billion Funding Round Led by SoftBank to Advance AGI Research
OpenAI has announced a substantial new funding round, raising $40 billion at a $300 billion post-money valuation. The financing, revealed on March 31, 2025, is…
Using Terraform String ‘replace’ Function for RegEx String Replacement
HashiCorp Terraform offers a lot of powerful functions that can be used for string manipulation within your Infrastructure as Code (IaC) projects. Among these functions…
Terraform: Create Azure OpenAI Service and GPT-4 / GPT-35-turbo Model Deployment
Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service is a fully managed service offering from Microsoft that enables you to host your own instances of AI models from OpenAI,…
AzAPI Terraform Provider: Introduction to working with Azure Preview Resources
The AzAPI Terraform Provider for deploying and managing Microsoft Azure resources is a lightweight, “thin layer” provider built on top of the Azure ARM (Azure…
Get Started with Azure Bicep – Alternative to ARM Templates
Azure Bicep is an abstraction built on top of Azure ARM Templates and Azure Resource Manager that offers a cleaner code syntax with better support…
Azure CLI: Create and Manage Service Principals
When an application needs to authenticate with Azure AD you can’t really just give it a username and password. To authenticate and authorize an application…
Deploying Hub-and-Spoke Network Topology in Microsoft Azure using Terraform
A hub-and-spoke network topology is a popular design pattern used to manage and control network traffic when deploying enterprise workloads to Microsoft Azure. This article…