Usually when running software workload (e.g. script or container-based applications) an identity is involved for authentication and access resources. Software workload running inside Microsoft Azure can use a Service Principal or (User)-Managed Identity. However, when running software workload outside Azure most of the …

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Detecting and discovering secrets or (hardcoded) passwords in a code repository should be an ongoing process for everyone involved in code development. But this process should not take all the time so that we have more time to contribute to good code quality. Fortunately, nowadays there are various tools that help us …

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With the recently introduced service principal & managed identity in Azure DevOps by Microsoft it is now possible to replace the less secure Personal Access Token (PAT) to connect to Azure DevOps resources. These resources can be accessed via the Azure DevOps API such as Work Items, Pipelines and Repositories and is …

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ChatGPT has become increasingly popular in recent months. At the time of writing, version 3.5 is in active use by the public and the even more advanced version 4 is being integrated by large companies such as Microsoft. Compared to ChatGPT-3.5 the latest version is able to process a much larger input, up to 25.000 …

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When we work with data we can use different ways of security. For my own project where I often use scripts on Linux machines, I figured out how to keep passwords safe. I used gopass. This is an open source UNIX password manager that uses gpg and version control with git. This means that passwords are encrypted and …

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On a project I was working on, I recently researched how to apply Postman CLI to an Azure DevOps pipeline. Postman is a powerful tool to run both manual tests and ultimately to have these tests performed automatically. For the automated tests I have actually always used Newman until now, but recently I also used …

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Hi! 👋 My name is Arash Jalalat. I am a DevOps Engineer and always interested about learning and trying new things in IT. I also have a background as a Test Automation Engineer. Because of these different backgrounds, in which I have been active since 2015, I like to share what I come across in my free time, but also …

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