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by Frédéric De Smet.

I'm a dedicated DevOps Engineer consultant, specializing in Azure, dataplatforms, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Terraform, cloud architecture, lifecycle management, and security. I am passionate about automation and system design, adhering to the motto, "Automate everything that can be automated".

Stay Secure: Monitoring Secret Expirations with Azure Key Vault, Event Grid and Azure Monitor

This blog post provides a comprehensive guide on managing secret expirations in Azure Key Vault. It covers setting expiration dates, monitoring them with Azure Monitor and Azure Event Grid.

March 5th, 2024 · 3 min read

Simple semantic versioning method in Azure DevOps pipelines

In essence this is a simple way to use semantic versioning in Azure DevOps pipelines. The idea is to use the build number as the version…

August 28th, 2023 · 1 min read

TIP keep your build agent on standby during business hours

Extend the limitations of Azure DevOps.

November 19th, 2021 · 1 min read

Naming convention in Terraform

How can we create a reliable naming convention and centralize the logic behind it.

July 17th, 2021 · 1 min read

VSCode Remote SSH

How to work with a Remote SSH in Visual Studio Code

December 1st, 2020 · 1 min read

Tips and tricks for passing the CKA exam

This article is about how I passed the certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam

November 8th, 2020 · 1 min read
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