Mani Bindra’s Blog
“Much to Learn, there still is. “ – Master Yoda
Setting up vscode to use the docker extension with bash for windows as terminal shell
I have been using the vscode with the docker extension on my MAC for quite some time now. I wanted...
Date: 11/01/2017
Using the VSTS Packer Task and Replace Tokens Task
In my post How to continuously deploy web application to Azure VM Scale sets using VSTS and Packer?...
Date: 08/24/2017
Integrating VSTS with different communication channels (Slack, Skype etc) using BotFramework and LUIS
Early last year (Jan 2016), a few months before the Microsoft Bot Framework had released I had...
Date: 02/27/2017
How to continuously deploy web application to Azure VM Scale sets using VSTS and Packer?
Azure VM Scale sets are a great way to deploy identical set of VMs (based on same VM image) in true...
Date: 12/26/2016
How to create an immutable Azure VM image for an application using packer and ansible
In this post I will discuss about how build immutable VM images using packer and ansible with latest...
Date: 11/18/2016
Noise Pollution Monitor (packaged as a docker container) using Lego mindstorms sensors, Brickpi and Raspberry Pi
Do you have a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit lying unused at home? You can combine a Raspberry Pi device,...
Date: 06/20/2016
How to configure your Drupal 8 ARM template deployment to Azure using existing MySQL Server
This post discusses the parameter configurations needed when setting up a multi node Drupal...
Date: 05/23/2016
Custom VSTS / Slack integrations Part 2 ? Triggering VSTS builds from Slack
Triggering VSTS builds from slack This is part 2 of the blog post Custom integration of VSTS and...
Date: 05/02/2016
Why integrate Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) with Slack? How do I customize VSTS / Slack integrations?
Slack has had a phenomenal journey in terms of user acquisition and exciting developer community...
Date: 01/14/2016