In part 1 we prepared the Service Principal and the Azure KeyVault. In this part we will prepare an Azure DevOps Repo, Build Pipeline and Release Pipeline. At the end of part 3 we will be able to deploy our first resources in Azure with a complete Azure DevOps pipeline and Ansible IaC. Steps for
I am becoming a real fan of IaC. I first started with ARM-templates, but I think they are not really readable and are pretty complex. ARM-templates are written in JSON format. A few months ago I started with Ansible. Ansible files are formatted in YAML format and are far more readable than JSON. I really
Applies to: Azure Stack integrated systemssource: Azure Stack 1903 Update This article describes the contents of the 1903 update package. The update includes improvements, fixes, and new features for this version of Azure Stack. This article also describes known issues in this release, and includes a link to download the update. Known issues are divided
Applies to: Azure Stack integrated systems This article describes the contents of the 1902 update package. The update includes improvements, fixes, and new features for this version of Azure Stack. This article also describes known issues in this release, and includes a link to download the update. Known issues are divided into issues directly related
We have adjusted the company name registration at the chamber of commerce at the beginning of this week. The Azure Stack certificates were going to be revoked within a week as the name on the certificates is different now than the registered name. I am not a certificate expert and I think it’s always exciting
After updating to version 1901 you will get an Infrastructure Backup alert: Infrastructure backup settings need to be updated. Infrastructure backup settings need to be updated to use a certificate instead of a symmetric key. Support for symmetric keys is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Make sure to update your settings
Build reference The Azure Stack 1901 update build number is 1.1901.0.95. Hotfixes Azure Stack releases hotfixes on a regular basis. Be sure to install the latest Azure Stack hotfix for 1811 before updating Azure Stack to 1901. Azure Stack hotfixes are only applicable to Azure Stack integrated systems; do not attempt to install hotfixes on the ASDK. Azure
We have configured our Azure Stack Infrastructure Backup to use an internal UNC path (e.g. \\10.20.30.40\AZS_Backup). But since the 1809 update the Azure Stack Infrastructure Backups fails and here is why: In the Azure Stack 1809 update Microsoft introduced a change to the Infrastructure Backup Controller (IBC) . The IBC moved from the public infrastructure
While updating the OME VM on our Azure Stack stamp during the Dell 1807 update we ran unto a problem which broke the OME web gui. We followed the steps in the documentation but found that these are incomplete. Fortunately Dell Support was great in helping us getting it right. Their support response time was
After our Azure Stack handover from Dell EMC, my colleagues and I decided we wanted to change all the passwords and get a password cycle procedure in place. Because Azure Stack is really new and constantly evolving, this is easier said than done. As you may know the Azure Stack multinode install consists of: n