azure application gateway data for certificate is invalid error fix

A quick blog post to show a fix for when you get the error data for certificate is invalid error when applying backend settings within Azure Application Gateway. Within the Azure Activity log, you may come across this error: Error…

Power BI Gateway error when connecting to PostgreSQL fix

A very quick blog post to detail a quick fix I found when attempting to create a Power BI on-premise Gateway connectivity to PostgreSQL. Setting up on-premise gateway and applying fix Setting up a standard on-premise gateway for data integration,…

Connect to nested Hyper-V VMs in Azure from another Virtual Network using VPN Gateway

Nested Hyper-V VMs in Azure has been available for a while now, its great for alot of different scenarios such as unsupported operating systems that run legacy applications to sandbox environments. After creation of these VMs in a nested Hyper-V…

Azure DevOps Pipelines – Keeping your pipelines DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself)

Working on Azure DevOps Pipelines you may notice some repetition over time, whether that be copying the same stage or task multiple times but changing some values. This will result in your pipeline growing and growing unnecessary over time. What…

Azure AKS aad-pod-identity Status code ‘404’ fix

A quick blog post to show the fix I implemented in relation to receiving this error:- failed to update user-assigned identities on node aks-nodepool-12345-vmss (add [19], del [76], update[0]), error: failed to update identities for aks-nodepool-12345-vmss in MC_aks_cluster_uksouth, error: azure.BearerAuthorizer#WithAuthorization:…

“the input device is not a TTY” fix when running Docker in Azure DevOps

Attempting to run Docker in Azure DevOps and getting error "the input device is not a TTY"? In in this blog post, I will show you a simple fix used to resolve the issue I was having. When attempting to…

Issue while replicating an On-premise Hyper-V guest to Azure error code 8079002c

A quick blog post on a fix I found to resolve a replication issue between Hyper-V guest and Azure Migrate with error code 8079002c Using Azure Migrate and attempting to replicate an On-Premise Hyper-V guest (Server 2012R2) to azure, error code 8079002c kept appearing and the initial replication kept failing.

Assign Network Security Group to Virtual Machine Network Interface using PowerShell

A blog post to show how you can assign a Network Security Group (NSG) to a Virtual Machine Network Interface (NIC) in Azure using PowerShell. Firstly, get the Network Security Group you want to have assigned to the Virtual Machine…

Hyper-V prevented starting virtual machine because it is prepared for failover fix

Using Azure Migrate to migrate Virtual Machines from a Hyper-V host to Azure, you may want to start a Hyper-V Virtual Machine (VM) after they have been migrated for various reasons including:- VM not accessible in AzureAzure Migration issue and…

Azure Virtual Machine Change Tracking

Lets have a look at the Azure Virtual Change Tracking extension/solution that allows you to view guest-related OS changes within your Virtual Machine from Azure. This data can be used to alert-on if required various changes within your Virtual Machine…