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VS Code Notes

The following are some notes regarding my setup within VS Code for anyone that is curious.

Settings

• Font: Cascadia Code (with ligatures)
• Theme: Dracula -- see Extensions below
• Workbench->Tree:Indent: 20. I like a little more indentation than is default -- it's easier to see diferrent levels / folders
• Files->Exclude: I omit certain things from the VS Code Explorer to make focusing on the code easier:

 **/.git

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Central Code within a Library or other location

You can create the following code in some central library or folder if desired:

public static IApplicationBuilder UseCustomSerilogRequestLogging(this IApplicationBuilder app, bool includeHealthChecks = false)
{
    return app.UseSerilogRequestLogging(options =>
    {
        if (!includeHealthChecks)

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Hugo is a great platform for static website creation based on Markdown (or HTML) files.

Getting Started

First, install Hugo:

• Mac: brew install hugo
• Windows: choco install hugo -confirm More info: https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing/

Creating a site

Just run the following command (a directory called quickstart will be created holding your site - replace the name with whatever you want):

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Using the K8s Dashboard Locally

Actual repo is here: https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard

1. Install the Dashboard

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/dashboard/v2.4.0/aio/deploy/recommended.yaml

2. Create a Sample User Account that can Access the Dashboard via Token

kubectl apply -f https://gist.githubusercontent.com/dahlsailrunner/bbd453f3bb6259b66c08a70d0908283f/raw/5727723217e2df4b65d8933adf04d009cfb0fe3f/local-dashboard-account.yml

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apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: admin-user
  namespace: kubernetes-dashboard

---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:

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Windows Terminal Notes

Installing

• Chocolatey: choco install microsoft-windows-terminal
• Windows Store: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal/9n0dx20hk701?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

TIP: Pin the Terminal to your Taskbar for quick and easy access

Docs

Great docs here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/

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Docker with SSL and an nginx reverse proxy

Running your ASP.NET Core (or other) application in Docker using SSL should not be an overwhelming task. These steps should do the trick.

Run the following steps from a Linux terminal (I used WSL or WSL2 on Windows from the Windows Terminal).

1. Create a conf file with information about the cert you'll be creating

It should look something like the content below; call it my-site.conf or something like that.

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class Program
  {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
          Console.WriteLine($"Started consumer, Ctrl-C to stop consuming");

          var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
          Console.CancelKeyPress += (_, e) => {
              e.Cancel = true; // prevent the process from terminating.
              cts.Cancel();

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Create Authority

New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName "KnowYourToolset Cert Authority" -CertStoreLocation "Cert:\LocalMachine\My" -KeyUsage CertSign,CRLSign

Creates root authority with permission to sign stuff

Export-Certificate -Cert Cert:\LocalMachine\My\<CERTHUMB> -FilePath kytroot.cer

Trust Authority

Import-Certificate -FilePath .\kytroot.cer -CertStoreLocation Cert:\LocalMachine\Root

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Repos:

• https://github.com/dahlsailrunner/tccc2019-api-starter
• https://github.com/dahlsailrunner/tccc2019-angular-starter
• https://github.com/dahlsailrunner/tccc2019-api-booster
• https://knowyourtoolset.visualstudio.com/TCCC-2019

Notes from code are below.

Slides are here: https://github.com/dahlsailrunner/tccc2019-api-starter/blob/master/Tccc2019-EmpowerDevs.pptx