The most obvious solution? Azure Kubernetes Service, or just AKS for short. Cloud native apps are designed and built to exploit the scale, elasticity, resiliency, and flexibility the cloud provides.” ( Oracle)Įssentially, it’s about leveraging the power and flexibility of the (public) cloud to run my simple containers. “ cloud native refers to the concept of building and running applications to take advantage of the distributed computing offered by the cloud delivery model. By cloud-native, I refer to Oracle’s clean definition, found here:

Ideally, I’d like to avoid this sort of approach and look for something more cloud-native. There are also additional options, such as running a container within a virtual machine. The options for running Docker containers in AzureĪzure has native support for Docker-based containers. It only needs about 30-40 MB of RAM and less than 1% of my NAS CPU performance. It’s now called Vaultwarden, but it works and acts the same. My containerĬurrently running the container is a slightly evolved version of the original Bitwarden password manager solution. It turns out, and the cost is a crucial factor here. So, I set out to compare the different options. While I’m pleased with how Docker (the service that runs container-based images) performs on my Synology DS1821+ NAS device, I’ve been thinking of a way to host these containers in Azure. I connect to this service via all of my devices, and if it doesn’t work, I might be locked out of one or more of my other services.

I run it locally on my Synology NAS in a Docker container ( read here for details on this setup). One of those is my password manager, called Bitwarden. When I write crucial, I mean that they are services I rely on and would like very much for those services to be running when I need them the most. Thanks for reading my blog! If you have any questions or need a second opinion with anything Microsoft Azure, security or Power Platform related, don't hesitate to contact me.Īt home, I have a few essential services I need to keep running at all times.

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