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Episode 15: Simple Cookie Based Authentication in ASP.NET Core
ASP.Net Core Identity is too magical. Will rolling authentication ourselves finally catch up to us? There are as many ways to set up authentication as there ... Read more »
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Episode 14: Storing User Data In Redis
Redis only supports a handful of data types. Our data model has to fit within them. Are we crazy for trying this? It’s time to think about the data model for... Read more »
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Episode 13: Testing In .NET Core Using NUnit
Testing framework arguments are almost as bad as tabs vs spaces. We’ve definitely picked the right one though. We’re professionals. We’ve started writing app... Read more »
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Episode 12: Tweaking Systemd Services With Ansible
We thought we were done with infrastructure work. We were wrong. Just as we’ve started work on application code, it turns out our server configuration needs ... Read more »
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Episode 11: Connecting to Redis in .NET Core 3.1
We’ve finally finished screwing around with basic groundwork. Today we start writing actually useful application code! First, can we connect to Redis? Now we... Read more »
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Episode 10: Installing Redis Using An Ansible Galaxy Role
A pre-built playbook from Ansible Galaxy lets us easily install Redis. (Even we don’t re-invent the wheel every time.) The Request Metrics application will u... Read more »
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Episode 9: Running ASP.NET Core Applications Using Systemd and Ansible
A web application isn’t much use if it isn’t running. We’ll hand in our neckbeard cards and copy+paste our way out of the problem. Last episode, we configure... Read more »
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Episode 8: Using Ansible to Configure NGINX for ASP.NET Core
It’s best practice for ASP.NET Core applications to have a “real” webserver in front of them. We’ll configure NGINX for the job using Ansible. We don’t hate ... Read more »
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Episode 7: Using Ansible Roles for Common Linux Settings
Being Linux, some tweaks are needed right out of the box. Since we aren’t proper neckbeards we rely on Ansible to ensure we get them right for each new machi... Read more »
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Episode 6: Buying an SSL Certificate
How to buy a wildcard SSL certificate like grumpy old men. How to buy a wildcard SSL certificate like grumpy old men. While there are other options like Let’... Read more »
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Episode 5: Let's Encrypt? Let's Not.
We need a SSL certificate for our new site. Let’s Encrypt makes it easy, right? Actually, it’s complicated. SSL support is table stakes for any modern websit... Read more »
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Episode 4: Deploying Code to Linux From TeamCity
We setup TeamCity to deploy the latest build to Linux using SSH. TeamCity is so slick, it can make anyone look like a wizard. Even us! We’re ready to deploy ... Read more »
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Episode 3.5: Basic Ansible With SSH Keys
We finally use our new SSH key to provision our Linux dev server with Ansible. Witness the “Hello World” of Ansible setups. Now that we have a SSH key, we ca... Read more »
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Episode 3: SSH Keys For Server Authentication
We create a new SSH key to use for authentication to a Linux dev server. We’re rather unhip so we do it all from Windows. In the previous video, we created a... Read more »
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Episode 2: Building the Code
We set up a repeatable CI build for our new .NET Core project so we can pretend we’re professionals. We’re old and crotchety though so we still use TeamCity ... Read more »
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Episode 1: File->New Project
Every journey begins with a single step. We wade through the myriad options of creating a new .NET Core project in 2020. We just make it look harder than it ... Read more »
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Episode 0: Introducing Request Metrics!
Announcing Request Metrics, a new tool from the team who built TrackJS. Request Metrics is a real user monitoring performance tool that records how fast your... Read more »