Azure Devops

Smooth Sailing with DevOps: Deploying Azure Storage Account using Terraform and Azure YAML Pipelines

Oct 29, 2023 · 5 min read · terraform azure azure devops cicd yaml workload pipelines git ·

Introduction Hi 👋 my fellow tech enthusiasts. As a DevOps Engineer, I often find myself navigating the complex waters of IT challenges both at work and during my free time. Today, I want to share a recent journey into the world of DevOps where we'll be deploying an Azure Storage Account using Terraform and Azure YAML …

Azure Workload identity federation with Azure DevOps

Oct 1, 2023 · 6 min read · azure azure devops yaml git identity security pipelines cicd secrets workload ·

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About 2 months ago I wrote a blog post about workload identity federation with GitHub Actions. When an application needs to access cloud based resources it often needs to think about authentication and authorization. Using workload identity federation there is no need to use any keys or secrets. For example, Google …

Azure Workload identity federation with GitHub Actions and user-managed identity

Jul 17, 2023 · 5 min read · azure github git azure devops secrets security ·

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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 …

Use (User)-managed identity with Azure Identity library to connect to Azure DevOps

May 12, 2023 · 3 min read · azure azure devops csharp identity ·

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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 …