Using Azure function proxies for mocking API

There are many options available when it comes to mocking API response, like, JSON server or even having a response JSON file added to your solutions, to cite a few. In this article we will see how Azure function proxies can be used to mock API responses. Azure function provides an elegant option to mock API response using proxies. Using a Azure function proxy, you can provide a mock endpoint which can be used by your team to continue their work till your actual API is ready for integration. ...

June 14, 2020 · 4 min

Scheduling vertical scaling using Microsoft Azure Automation Accounts

Scaling cloud resources dynamically is a fascinating topic. Microsoft Azure provide quite a few ways to dynamically scale resources. This article focuses on creating a scheduled vertical scaling (scaled up/down) of App Services. The approach outlined here can be used for other Azure resource like SQL Databases, Redis Cache or in fact pretty much most of the Azure resources that support scaling. Just to clarify right at the outset, we are talking about vertical scaling (between pricing tiers) and not horizontal scaling (scale in/out) wherein we deal with the number of instances at our disposal. ...

April 25, 2020 · 5 min