The ASP.NET Core data protection stack is designed to serve as the long-term replacement for the <machineKey> element in ASP.NET 1.x - 4.x. It's simple to configure and use, yet it provides powerful capabilities such as automatic algorithm selection, key lifetime management and protection at rest. »
Sometimes we want to expose multiple public facing services on different domain names. For instance, we could have store.contoso.com running our e-commerce site and api.constoso.com enabling 3rd party integrations. Let's see how we can acheive that in a Service Fabric cluster running in Azure. »
This is a really quick post to answer a question that I was asked recently about how does one host multiple services or applications in Service Fabric so that they can be accessed from outside on the same port. »
There are a few options you have to make your services talk to each other. In this post we're going to have a quick look at them and I'll give links to resources to learn more about each option. Note that we're going to look at direct communication between services. »
This post is a collection of notes that I took as I was familiarizing myself with lifecycle management of Service Fabric applications. As I was going through the process I learned more about versioning and packaging, deployment and upgrade scenarios. »
Service Fabric is a great compute platform for your applications. But did you know it is also a storage platform? Stateful services programming model enables this capability. Stateful services allow you to persist data right on the same nodes where your services are executing. »
Not so long ago I've written a post about motivation for transforming traditional monolithic architectures into microservices. I've touched upon key characteristics of microservices and things to look out for when building them. Today I want to do a more hands-on post... »
In this post we're going to look at specifics of building a REST client for service to service communication within a Service Fabric cluster. We're going to discuss endpoint resolution and communication components and how we can use them with AutoRest generated clients and ADAL. »
There are a few options for setting up HTTPS access for public facing ASP.NET Core services in Service Fabric. Your choice depends on the web server and whether or not you want to add a web gateway to your topology. »
In my previous post on configuring ASP.NET Core applications in Service Fabric I gave an example of how you could set a correct web host environment which allows you to adjust configuration and behavior of various components based on the current environment (staging, production, etc). »