Configure an HDInsight HBase cluster that doesn’t keep going BANG! with 502s
Running a massively scalable NoSQL database in the cloud is super easy, but not cheap if you want to run it 24x7. The managed offering from Azure - a dedicat...
Integration testing Storm .NET topologies
In previous posts, I’ve looked at Unit testing Storm .NET applications using the LocalContext and a mock Context to test your .NET bolts, and A stub Event Hu...
A stub Event Hub Spout for testing Storm .NET
If you’re using Apache Storm on HDInsight and consuming events from Event Hubs, the current ‘get started’ approach is to use a hybrid topology with a Java sp...
Securing access to Azure Web Apps
The great thing about Azure Web Apps is how quickly you can move - you can build proof of concept sites or release candidates locally, deploy to Azure and sh...
Unit testing .NET Storm applications
When you’re building Storm apps, the functionality lends itself to the usual suspects of automated testing: unit tests, to ensure your bolts behave correctly...