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Bicep | File Reference in a Git Repository Containing Spaces

Problem Space I recently started working on a Git Repository (not of my own creation) that had a repository name containing spaces. As a helping hand when a repository is created with spaces in the name, the spaces are replaced with %20 when cloned … Unless otherwise specified, however, this would then need to be specified whenever another user/pipeline clones the repo. See the git command below: git clone https://.../.../my%20repo myrepo My best practice answer would be, don’t create repositories with names containing spaces, but this one already did.

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Friday, January 6, 2023

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

Bicep File Template | VS Code Snippet

Problem Space: After developing native ARM templates for a year or two within a set structure, I have found myself applying the same structure to my Bicep templates using comments. This structure however is not setup by default, and in actuality, the sequencing of your bicep components doesn’t really matter as long as your dependencies are there. Of course we typically follow the standard pattern as shown below, but the larger the template the harder it is to see the breaks between.

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Wednesday, November 16, 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

Azure Role Assignment

Problem Space: I recently came into some issues with assigning Azure roles through a Bicep template and pipeline deployment. I was looking to assign ‘Storage Blob Data Reader’ to a service principal, and refine their access to only the container of the storage account. The three main issues that I ran into were: What are Role Assignment Conditions and how can I use them in my template? I am trying to assign a built in role, what is the roleDefinitionId that I should be using?

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Friday, September 2, 2022