by gosia_janeczek | Nov 19, 2023 | Azure, React, Web Development
Welcome back to another episode of Azure Pipelines How To, the series. Today, we’ll learn how to fetch variables from Variable Groups in Azure DevOps. Fasten your seatbelts and let’s get started 💺. What are Variable Groups Variable Groups are no black magic. It’s just...
by gosia_janeczek | Oct 24, 2023 | Azure
Recently, I was assigned an exciting task of moving the environment (non-critical “secret” file) away from the repository and fetching them dynamically during the pipeline build job. Let’s get through the development process with me once again. Long time no hear, but...
by piotr | Feb 19, 2023 | Docker, Kubernetes, Uncategorized
Have you ever wanted wildcard entries in the/etc/hosts file? What about CNAME, TXT, or MX records? Do you want to run a DNS server for development? Cumbersome to update upstream name servers when switching networks? All of the above can be solved by running your...
by piotr | Feb 2, 2023 | Azure, Docker
Why is there no emulator for it? There is one now! Modern development environments and fast integration tests often require services deployed locally. Recently, it has become more visible as companies shift towards more rapid release cycles, containerization, and...
by piotr | Jan 26, 2023 | Kubernetes
After installing Kubernetes on WSL, how do we connect to it from Windows using kubectl or any other developer tool we might be using? As usual it turns out it can be done with just few lines of good old scripting 🙂 Before we start Not surprisingly most of you probably...
by piotr | Jan 25, 2023 | Docker
What if you want something different, custom or just have more instances of the same distribution? Microsoft Store provides a variety of Linux distributions to choose from, but it might be not enough at times. Luckily it turns out it is trivial to get what you want!...
by piotr | Jan 24, 2023 | Azure
Choosing a tool which allows developers to manage messages in a dead-letter queue in Azure Service Bus, specifically allowing them to see, modify and resend messages, but not to make any changes to infrastructure. That was a dilemma we’ve faced not so long ago. First...
by piotr | Jan 24, 2023 | Docker
Windows Terminal showing docker containers and images? Of course it is possible! We can easily start a new shell directly inside of a container, or attach to an already running one by simply selecting a profile from a drop-down. Solution We are using Windows Terminal...
by piotr | Jan 18, 2023 | Docker
Have you ever tried replacing Docker Desktop by installing Docker on your WSL instance to discover that now you don’t even know how to connect to it from CLI or other development tools? Have you ever got following error message when trying to use Docker CLI? error...
by piotr | Jan 16, 2023 | Kubernetes, Uncategorized
Have you ever deployed a Kubernetes inside of a WSL just to discover that you don’t know how to access services behind its Load Balancer like Ingress? Have you ever tried to solve this with a Node Port just to realize that WSL’s IP is changing every restart making it...
