Let’s Encrypt for ASP.NET Core application on IIS Few weeks ago we saw how we could generate a SSL cert for free using a browser based ACME implementation. While doing that, we had some manual process for the verification to happen, either by changing the DNS settings or making a key available on an endpoint and at the end we were handling the key to upload it to our server. Today we will see how

Estimating cloud infrastructure cost Few weeks ago I was tasked to estimate a cloud architecture with limited requirements. Today we will see the rules which can be followed in order to come up with a price tag. This post is composed by three parts: Defining the requirements Solution needs Price 1. Defining Requirements Before starting any estimation, it is important to get at least one

Remote PowerShell to Windows VM with WinRM The Remote Desktop Protocol is great to access remotely a Windows Server machine. It is great for actions requiring visual but for actions which can be taken from a PowerShell prompt within the server, it would be best to directly access to a remote PowerShell session from our local computer. Today we will see how we use the Windows Remote Management

Install dotnet on Ubuntu with the Linux subsystem on Windows 10 Dotnet and ASP NET Core are rapidly moving toward cross platform development. As of today, we are already able to write dotnet application running on Windows, Linux or docker. But when our development environment differs from our production environment, for example using Windows for development while deploying on Ubuntu, it can be

Logging in ASP NET Core with Serilog At each stages of an application development cycle, good logs are necessary to debug and fix bugs efficiently. Serilog is a logging framework allowing developers to log structured logs into different ouput platforms. Today we will see how we can set it up in three parts Serilog for ASP.NET Core Console sink Rolling File sink Environment enricher All the code