Starting this February, I will publish a new YouTube video every Tuesday at 9:15 AM ET on the ProgrammingWithWolfgang Youtube Channel. I will cover topics like Azure, AKS, and Azure DevOps but also...
AKS Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana - Part 11
In modern cloud environments, visibility is everything. Once you have your Kubernetes Gateway API and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) running, the next critical step is ensuring you can see what is ...
AKS Traffic Splitting Canary and A-B Deployments - Part 10
Modern deployment strategies focus on reducing risk and ensuring a seamless user experience. By utilizing the Kubernetes Gateway API on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), you can gain fine-grained con...
URL Rewrite & URL Redirect with Application Gateway for Containers - Part 9
As application architectures evolve, the way we manage traffic needs to stay flexible. You might need to reorganize your backend services, move content to new paths, or rename legacy endpoints with...
Speaking about AKS Security at The Festive Tech Calendar 2025
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—not just for the holidays, but for incredible community tech content! I’m excited to share that I am wrapping up my year of public speaking by participating...
AKS Gateway Routing Path, Query, and Headers - Part 8
Setting up basic hostname routing is the first step, but modern applications demand more surgical precision when directing traffic. Part 8 of our Kubernetes Gateway API series dives deep into the a...
CI/CD for AKS Dynamic PR Environments with TLS - Part 7
Modern DevOps practices emphasize fast feedback loops and isolated testing. Ephemeral environments—temporary, full-stack deployments created for specific feature branches or pull requests (PRs)—are...
Cert Manager & Azure DNS for Wildcard Certificates on AKS - Part 6
In previous guides, we explored how to automate standard HTTPS certificates for specific domains on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Cert-Manager and the HTTP-01 challenge. While effective for ...
Cert-Manager Automated HTTPS for everyone on AKS - Part 5
Building on our foundation of AKS, Application Gateway for Containers (AGFC), and Azure DNS, this article tackles the critical step of enabling secure, automated HTTPS for applications. This proces...
Automate DNS Records for AKS TLS Setup - Part 4
Part 4 of our Kubernetes Gateway API series focuses on a crucial networking step that enables custom URLs and automated HTTPS for your applications: the automated configuration of Azure DNS records...