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Automating Deployment of Azure Consumption Logic Apps | Bicep and ARM

Azure Logic Apps Azure Logic Apps is an Azure Integration Service (AIS) that provides you the ability to create and run automated workflows with little to no code. Consumption Logic Apps are developed using the visual designer within the Azure Portal. If you are new to developing Azure Logic Apps, there is great Microsoft Learning material to get you started: What are Azure Logic Apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/logic-apps-overview Introduction to Azure Logic Apps | https://learn.

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Friday, February 24, 2023

Azure Storage Account | Deletion and Reuse

Problem Space When it comes to creating Azure Storage Accounts, the name has some very important rules that need to be kept in mind. These rules will not only be important in the creation of the resource, but will be critical in deletion and reuse. The rules are as follows: Storage account names must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and may contain numbers and lowercase letters only.

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Thursday, January 5, 2023

Azure API Management | Product Required Subscription Behaviours

Background | Functional Workings of APIM Subscriptions Subscriptions are a nice and easy method of securing your APIs in APIM, however as I bumped into a small detail around their use the other day, I thought it wise to note it down. Azure API Management Subscriptions operate at three scope levels: All APIs Applies to any API that requires a Subscription. As this will allow access to ANY api, use this with caution.

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Azure API Management | Subscription Contract Names

Problem Space Subscriptions are a nice and easy method of securing your APIs in APIM, however as I bumped into a small detail around their use the other day, I thought it wise to note it down. When a Subscription Key is required on an API, as an invoker I will need to provide either a Header or a Parameter to my request which will contain the Subscription Key. By default:

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Azure API Management | API Mocking

Problem Space: I have been recently looking into setting up some APIs within API Management. I do not currently have any backing services to hook the API’s to and I would like to decouple development of the front end systems from the backend. Thankfully Azure API Management has provided the ability to create mocks for your API’s. In this post I will be walking through API mocking and how to achieve this within Bicep Templates for deployment.

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Sunday, September 18, 2022