infrastructure

Build a Blog: Going to production with Azure Static Web Apps

4 minute read

I’m almost ready to take my blog to production and make it public. However, there are a few things that I want to make sure I do before going to production. This is true of any application hosted in the cloud, so it;s a good reminder of things to think about. This post is part of a sequence showing how to deploy a blog on Azure Static Web Apps: Deploying Azure Static Web Apps Configu...

Build a Blog: Custom domains for Azure Static Web Apps

8 minute read

In my last post, I registered a DNS domain name and set up Azure DNS for it. I want my blog to use that domain name, so I need to set up a custom domain using Azure DNS. Of course, nothing is that simple. My blog uses repeatable deployments via Azure Developer CLI, so there is a little bit of extra work to do. This post is part of a sequence showing how to deploy a blog on Azure Static Web...

Build a Blog: Set up DNS in Azure

5 minute read

Today, I’m continuing on the job of setting up this blog. I’ve now got three blog posts, so that’s enough for me to consider what I need to do for production. Probably the most major thing I need to do in the near future is set my blog up on a domain. I don’t have a domain yet, so this post is all about setting up the domain. This post is part of a sequence showing how to deploy a blog on...

Build a Blog: Deploy Azure Infrastructure three ways

14 minute read

For most developers, dealing with the infrastructure part of the job is hard. I like to say “give me a database and a web site” and prefer not to get into the other requirements. My web sites and other cloud projects (including this one) are pretty open. So, what’s the minimum I need to know to deploy stuff on Azure? This post is part of a sequence showing how to deploy a blog on Azure Sta...