10 things you should know about the Windows 10 Anniversary update – Now...
Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Build 14393) is now available! Bash is now on Windows! I wrote on Bash coming to Windows in a previous blog post and now that the Anniversary update is here, Bash is now...
View ArticleHOW TO: DEPLOY A LINUX AZURE VM FROM CLONED TEMPLATE USING AZURE CLI (PART 2)
In this post we are going to cover how to deploy a Linux VM using the Microsoft Azure ARM portal, Azure CLI, and the template and VHD we created in the previous post. First, you will want to ensure...
View Article15 Ubuntu Linux Commands Everyone Should Know
As I mentioned in my Windows 10 Anniversary Update post, Bash is on now on Windows, and I thought it would be beneficial to share 15 Ubuntu Linux commands every user should know. Below is my complied...
View ArticleDeep Dive: Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607,...
I went to DevOps Days Portland last week and got the awesome opportunity to demo Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10’s latest Anniversary Update build. Below are some of the deeper questions posed by...
View ArticlePowerShell is now open sourced and available on OS X 10.11 and Linux!
Yesterday, Microsoft and Jeffrey Snover announced PowerShell is now open sourced and available on Linux and OS X and is available for download here. The blog post goes into great detail the journey to...
View ArticleGetting started with PowerShell Core and AzureRM Modules on Ubuntu and OS X
Last week, Microsoft announced PowerShell is now open sourced and available on Linux and OS X. I wrote a blog post on how to get PowerShell installed on Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, and Mac OS X 10.11.6 if you...
View ArticleAWS Tools for PowerShell Core on Linux and OS X
My last post focused on how to use PowerShell Core on Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, and OS X 10.11.6 to connect to and manage your Azure subscription. Today’s post will focus on how to use PowerShell Core to...
View ArticleAzureRm PowerShell Commands for scripting and management
This post will be short and sweet, but I wanted to write a quick post on some cool commands you can use for your scripts / to manage your Azure subscription. I recently found myself wanting to pull a...
View ArticleSVCC: Getting Started with Bash on Windows 10 Recap and Channel 9 Video
Watch the Channel 9 Video of the Demo at https://aka.ms/learnlxss In this session we covered some new features in Windows 10 and, more specifically, the addition of Bash on Ubuntu to the Windows...
View ArticleSVCC: AzureRm Management from Any Platform and Channel 9 Video
Watch the Channel 9 Video of the Demo at https://aka.ms/azurexplat Do you have an Azure subscription or are you interested in getting started with Azure but you don’t use Windows as a primary OS? Come...
View ArticleSo you want to learn Linux? Channel 9 video!
Over the years one of the most popular questions I’ve received from fellow systems administrators / IT Pros / ops colleagues is, “How did you learn Linux?” For many sysadmins / network admins, their...
View ArticlePowerShell Core and AzureRM.NetCore.Preview Module Install Scripts for Ubuntu...
Quick update today – I wrote a few new install scripts for PowerShell Core with the AzureRM.NetCore.Preview module and optional install of Azure CLI. You can access the scripts using the below links....
View ArticleHow to fix Windows Error Code 0x800f081f
If you are struggling with Windows Error Code: 0x800f081f – “The source files could not be found. Use the “Source” option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature....
View ArticleUpdated! PowerShell Core 6.14 and AzureRM.NetCore.Preview Module Install...
Quick update today – I previously wrote a new install scripts for PowerShell Core 6.11 with the AzureRM.NetCore.Preview module and optional install of Azure CLI. You can access the scripts using the...
View ArticleAzure Container Service: How to update your ssh key-pair
Hey there, quick blog post today. A colleague recently asked a question and I thought the answer would make for a good and short how-to video. Have you checked out Azure Container Service yet? If not,...
View ArticleAzure Container Service: How to communicate between two Docker Swarm containers
Today’s blog post will focus on how to link two Docker Swarm [not swarm-mode] containers together. There are a few different ways one can accomplish this and some parts can be a little hard to explain...
View ArticleUpdated! Azure Container Service: How to communicate between two Docker Swarm...
Today’s blog post will focus on how to link two Docker Swarm [not swarm-mode] containers together. There are a few different ways one can accomplish this and some parts can be a little hard to explain...
View ArticleNon-interactive authentication to Microsoft Azure
I recently got to work on a project with Codeship, a hosted continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) solutions provider that empowers software builds and test automation. Codeship...
View ArticleAzure Container Service: How to create an SSH Tunnel
In my last post, I spoke about linking containers together in Docker and, specifically, Docker Swarm in Azure Container Service. One of the points I touched on was the need to create an SSH tunnel to...
View ArticleUpdated! Non-interactive authentication to Microsoft Azure w/ Azure CLI 2.0 –...
In a previous post, I wrote about a method to initiate a non-interactive authenticated session to Microsoft Azure through the use of a service principal. Today’s post is similar, but I have updated the...
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