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Azure API Management | Enable Tracing for an API

Background For a while now I have made good use of the Trace functionality in the API Management (APIM) Test Client. If you haven’t, I would highly advise having a look. The Trace functionality allows us to unveil (debug) the complexity and inner workings of our reverse proxy APIs (their …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Sunday, June 2, 2024

Bicep | Prevent a Nasty Refactor with Function Namespaces

Problem Space There have been few times where I have landed into this particular predicament whereby either by my own doing or through the use of another’s code base, a deep nested or thoroughly utilised (parameter/variable/or other defined item) has been created with the same name as a Bicep …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Monday, May 27, 2024

Azure API Management | Unintentional Removal of Request Forwarding to Backend

Problem Space I have recently been working on an API scoped policy within API Management, the policy ideally should not be impacted by any policies defined higher up in the hierarchy. For reference, this means that any policies defined at the Product, Workspace, or Global level will not be inherited …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Friday, May 3, 2024

Azure API Management | Governing Product Visibility and Access via Groups

Overview In API Management, users and groups are a core aspect of the Developer Portal and are used to manage the visibility and access to respective products and their APIs. One of the common questions that I often get asked is, “how do I appropriately govern the groups effectively so that I …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Microsoft.Web/Connections | Access Policies

Problem Space I have recently been adding email alerting to some Logic App Standard workflows as part of the error handling flow. In doing so I made use of an existing Office 365 Outlook Connector in the Azure Subscription; the connector is not built in for Standard Logic Apps but is rather part of …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Working With Azure Function Apps (4 posts)