You need to store data, but you don’t have a vast schema. You need to fetch your data in a split second, and you don’t need referential integrity or transactions. You require a super stable and scalable datastore, but you don’t have the personnel to manage a DBMS. You need to persist data, but youContinue reading “Developing .NET apps with Amazon DynamoDB”
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Securing .NET App Secrets with AWS Secrets Manager
Similar to AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store, AWS Secrets Manager allows for storing, managing, and reclaiming OAuth tokens, database credentials, API keys, and other secrets. However, there are big differences between the two AWS services. AWS Secrets Manager was created for storing confidential data like passwords and secrets so encryption of the stored data isContinue reading “Securing .NET App Secrets with AWS Secrets Manager”
Encrypting Data in .NET apps Using AWS Key Management Service
Get all the code on GitHub. Let’s be honest, cryptography can be a dense and intimidating topic for most. When contemplating your cryptography strategy, there are so many questions that need to be answered: symmetric or asymmetric encryption? Which algorithm should you use? What will the key management story be? etc. — etc…. Utilizing aContinue reading “Encrypting Data in .NET apps Using AWS Key Management Service”
How to use AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store as a .NET Configuration Provider
Many changes were made to configuration in .NET Core. Long gone are the days where you have few configuration options. In .NET, there are now out of the box options for INI, JSON, XML, command-line arguments, in-memory stores, environment variables and key-per-file, et al. And, if those options weren’t enough, you can still develop your ownContinue reading “How to use AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store as a .NET Configuration Provider”
How to Implement the Pub/Sub Pattern with .NET, Amazon SNS and CloudEvents
There is no shortage of technologies that allow for building pub-sub messaging systems. Off the cuff, I can think of NServiceBus, Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, MassTransit, etc. However, Amazon Simple Notification Service or SNS, may be the easiest to implement as well as the most flexible solution. What Exactly is the Pub-Sub Pattern? In essence, the pub-subContinue reading “How to Implement the Pub/Sub Pattern with .NET, Amazon SNS and CloudEvents”
How to Create a .NET Docker Container in Six Easy Steps
Over the last few years, containers and Docker have gone from buzzwords to industry standards in software development. Even though Docker and containers are now mainstays in software development, many developers are still confused and even intimidated by the tech. This tutorial aims to simplify these concepts and demonstrate how easy it can be toContinue reading “How to Create a .NET Docker Container in Six Easy Steps”
Create a Simple .NET Application to Consume an Amazon SQS Queue
This is a multipart series on Interapplication Messaging with .NET and AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS). Checkout all the tutorials in the series. Simple Interapplication Messaging with .NET and AWS Simple Queue ServiceCreate an AWS SQS Queue from the ConsoleCreating a Simple .NET AWS SQS Message Producer ApplicationCreate a Simple .NET Application to Consume anContinue reading “Create a Simple .NET Application to Consume an Amazon SQS Queue”
Creating a Simple .NET Amazon SQS Message Producer Application
This is a multipart series on Interapplication Messaging with .NET and AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS). Checkout all articles in the series. Simple Interapplication Messaging with .NET and AWS Simple Queue ServiceCreate an AWS SQS Queue from the ConsoleCreating a Simple .NET AWS SQS Message Producer ApplicationCreate a Simple .NET Application to Consume an AWSContinue reading “Creating a Simple .NET Amazon SQS Message Producer Application”
Simple Interapplication Messaging with .NET and Amazon Simple Queue Service
Amazon Simple Queue Service, a.k.a. SQS, is a message queuing service that allows for building loosely coupled applications and services and features high availability and nearly unlimited throughput. In this series of tutorial, we will create and configure an SQS queue and then develop .NET Core producer and consumer applications that send messages and receiveContinue reading “Simple Interapplication Messaging with .NET and Amazon Simple Queue Service”
Developing .NET Core Applications for Apache Kafka and Amazon MSK
Skip the detail and show me the solution. This is a multipart series on Developing for Apache Kafka and Amazon MSK (Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka). Checkout these other tutorials to get started with Apache Kafka. How to Build an Apache Kafka Development ServerHow to Build a Distributed Apache Kafka Development Cluster Apache KafkaContinue reading “Developing .NET Core Applications for Apache Kafka and Amazon MSK”
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