Carlos Mendible is a Principal Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft who writes in-depth, hands-on guides about Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Generative AI, focusing on real-world cloud automation and architecture.
164 articles from this blog
Introduces Azure Quick Review (azqr), an open-source CLI tool for scanning Azure resources and generating compliance reports.
A tutorial on creating an HTTP-triggered Azure Function using a custom handler written in the Go (Golang) programming language.
A technical guide on simulating spot node eviction in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to test application resiliency, using Terraform for deployment.
Guide to disabling local accounts on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters using Terraform for improved security and auditability.
A guide to securing Node.js and .NET APIs using Azure Active Directory, covering Terraform setup, JWT validation, and a PowerShell test client.
A technical guide on testing automatic failover for a zone-redundant Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server using Terraform.
A technical guide on testing failover for a zone-redundant Azure Cache for Redis instance using Terraform and redis-cli.
A step-by-step guide to resizing a PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) for a managed premium disk in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Explains how to implement traffic access control between microservices using Open Service Mesh (OSM) on AKS, following SMI specifications.
A tutorial on deploying Open Service Mesh (OSM) with mTLS on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Terraform for secure microservice communication.
A guide to deploying a high-availability storage solution using Rook and Ceph on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Terraform.
A technical guide on using Azure Monitor and Container Insights to identify AKS pods missing resource requests and limits via KQL queries.
A technical guide on deploying a static website to Azure Storage with Private Endpoint security using Terraform infrastructure-as-code.
A technical guide on deploying a cost-optimized Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with Windows node pools using spot VMs and ephemeral disks.
Guide to deploying Azure Files Storage with a Private Endpoint and using it for Persistent Volume Claims in an AKS cluster.
A guide to planning IP address allocation for Azure Kubernetes Service clusters using Azure CNI networking, including a calculation tool.
Learn how to build resilient, event-driven microservices using .NET and Dapr to overcome common distributed system challenges.
A technical guide on installing and running the lightweight Kubernetes distribution k3s within WSL2 on an ARM64 Surface Pro X device.
A tutorial on deploying Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Kubecost for cost monitoring using Terraform infrastructure-as-code.
A tutorial on deploying a private Azure Cloud Shell environment within a Virtual Network using Terraform for secure access to internal resources.
