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Super-Mario at the Edge
In this blog post, I’m going to introduce you to AKS Edge Essentials (AKS EE), and show you how to run Super-Mario at the AKS EE cluster using Helm charts and GitOps.
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Visualizing RuuviTag sensor data in Grafana Cloud
In this blog post, I’m demonstrating how to send RuuviTag sensor data to InfluxDB Cloud and visualize it in Grafana Cloud. The solution is really simple. I have few RuuviTag sensors around the house plus one outside.
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Streaming and analysing air quality IoT data with Azure
Looking for a way to stream and analyse IoT data with Azure? Look no further, you’re in the correct place. In this blog post, I’ll demonstrate how to stream and analyse IoT data with Azure for ten euros or so per month.
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Having a first look of the Service Retirement workbook (preview)
We all know how rapidly all public cloud providers like to introduce new features and services. At the same time some of the old stuff needs to go. It’s sometimes hard to keep up and follow all the communication channels to ensure you’re not running any services or features that are about to get the boot.
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Exporting Azure Cost Management data
I assume we all acknowledge the importance of following your cloud spend. And although Azure Portal’s Cost Management and Billing is a great tool for monitoring, allocating and optimizing Azure costs, sometimes there are needs to export the underlying data to be used in another external tool.
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Spinning up and running Squid in Azure VM
Sometimes I need access to a proxy server, and in most cases the proxy should be located in a certain country or region. This is where all public cloud providers come in handy.
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Migrating Strongswan config from ipsec.conf to swanctl.conf
Remember one of my older blog post where I built a site-to-site vpn between Azure and my home office using Raspberry Pi? If you’ve been following me in social media, you would already know what happened a day later.
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How to add CA certificates into Data Explorer Kusto emulator docker image
Remember my previous blog post where I was spinning up Azure Data Explorer Kusto emulator in WSL? During the test I had problems ingesting data from https sources. Let’s see if we can fix that.
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Let's give Azure Data Explorer Kusto emulator a spin in WSL
The Kusto emulator was released back in September 2022. Encapsulating the Kusto Query Engine and making it available on local compute in a Docker Container. Until June 2023 the emulator was only available as a Windows Container.
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Building a Site-to-Site VPN to Azure using Raspberry Pi
There are times when I need to use or test something in Azure using a private and secure connection from my home office. This is where VPN connections come into the picture.
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