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Andrew Lock

  2. Creating a generalised Docker image for building ASP.NET Core apps using ONBUILD

    This is a follow-up to my recent posts on building ASP.NET Core apps in Docker: Exploring the .NET Core Docker files: dotnet vs aspnetcore vs aspnetcore-build Building ASP.NET Core apps using Cake in Docker Optimising ASP.NET Core apps in Docker - avoiding manually copying csproj files Optimising…
    on ASP.NET Core Docker Docker Hub DevOps - Comments

  3. Optimising ASP.NET Core apps in Docker - avoiding manually copying csproj files (Part 2)

    This is a follow-up to my recent posts on building ASP.NET Core apps in Docker: Optimising ASP.NET Core apps in Docker - avoiding manually copying csproj files Building ASP.NET Core apps using Cake in Docker Exploring the .NET Core Docker files: dotnet vs aspnetcore vs aspnetcore-build In…
    on ASP.NET Core Docker DevOps Docker Hub - Comments

  4. Using an IActionFilter to read action method parameter values in ASP.NET Core MVC

    In this post I shown how you can use an IActionFilter in ASP.NET Core MVC to read the method parameters for an action method before it executes. I'll show two different approaches to solve the problem, depending on your requirements. In the first approach, you know that the parameter…
    on ASP.NET Core MVC - Comments

  5. Implementing custom token providers for passwordless authentication in ASP.NET Core Identity

    This post was inspired by Scott Brady's recent post on implementing "passwordless authentication" using ASP.NET Core Identity.. In this post I show how to implement his "optimisation" suggestions to reduce the lifetime of "magic link" tokens. I start by providing some some background on the use case, but I…
    on ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core Identity Auth Security - Comments

  6. Creating a .NET Core global CLI tool for squashing images with the TinyPNG API

    In this post I describe a .NET Core CLI global tool I created that can be used to compress images using the TinyPNG developer API. I'll give some background on .NET Core CLI tools, describe the changes to tooling in .NET Core 2.1, and show some of the code…
    on .NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.1 .NET CLI - Comments

  7. How to create a Helm chart repository using Amazon S3

    Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes. You can bundle Kubernetes resources together as charts that define all the necessary resources and dependencies of an application. You can then use the Helm CLI to install all the pods, services, and ingresses for an application in one simple command. Just like…
    on DevOps Kubernetes AWS - Comments