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  • From MQTT to InfluxDB with Dapr

    From MQTT to InfluxDB with Dapr

    In a previous post, we looked at using the Dapr InfluxDB component to write data to InfluxDB Cloud. In this post, we will take a look at reading data from an MQTT topic and storing it in InfluxDB. We will use Dapr 0.10, which includes both components. To get up to speed with Dapr, please… Read more

  • Using the Dapr InfluxDB component

    Using the Dapr InfluxDB component

    A while ago, I created a component that can write to InfluxDB 2.0 from Dapr. This component is now included in the 0.10 release. In this post, we will briefly look at how you can use it. If you do not know what Dapr is, take a look at https://dapr.io. I also have some videos… Read more

  • Dapr Service Invocation between an HTTP Python client and a GRPC Go server

    Recently, I published several videos about Dapr on my Youtube channel. The videos cover the basics of state management, PubSub and service invocation. The Getting Started with state management and service invocation: Let’s take a closer look at service invocation with HTTP, Python and Node. Service Invocation with HTTP The services you write (here Service… Read more

  • Integrate an Azure Storage Account with Active Directory

    Integrate an Azure Storage Account with Active Directory

    A customer with a Windows Virtual Desktop deployment needed access to several file shares for one of their applications. The integration of Azure Storage Accounts with Active Directory allows us to provide this functionality without having to deploy and maintain file services on a virtual machine. A sketch of the environment looks something like this:… Read more

  • Adding SMB1 protocol support to Windows Server 2019

    Adding SMB1 protocol support to Windows Server 2019

    I realize this is not a very exciting post, especially compared to my other wonderful musing on this site, but I felt I really had to write it to share the pain! A colleague I work with needed to enable this feature on an Azure Windows Server 2019 machine to communicate with some old system… Read more

  • Adding Authentication and Authorization to an Azure Static Web App

    Adding Authentication and Authorization to an Azure Static Web App

    In a previous post, we created a static web app that retrieves documents from Cosmos DB via an Azure Function. The Azure Function got deployed automatically and runs off the same domain as your app. In essence, that frees you from having to setup Azure Functions separately and configuring CORS in the process. Instead of… Read more