In this post, I want to describe an approach to allow anonymous access to a health check endpoint, added using the MapHealthChecks extension on EndpointRouting. I’ll also cover how to make changes to custom middleware so that it doesn’t apply to endpoints which allow anonymous access. The scenario is based on one that I encountered […]
Category: ASP.NET Core
Become a Better Developer by Reading Source Code
Hey friends! In this post, I’ll share some thoughts I have concerning the conscious reading and study of source code. In my opinion, reading code is a process which can help you become a more proficient software developer. It has undoubtedly improved and influenced my software development skills. Should I Read Source Code? Yes, you […]
Year in Review 2019
Happy new year! Another year seems to have flown by incredibly quickly. I wanted to sit down and think back to some of the highlights from the past twelve months. 2019 was a hectic year for me and quite exhausting at times, but also extremely rewarding. In fact, now that I’ve thought back to everything […]
Health Checks with gRPC and ASP.NET Core 3.0
In this post, we will explore a couple of options to apply health checks to your gRPC server running on ASP.NET Core 3.0. Health checks are a common requirement. In particular, in containerised environments, they are required so that the container orchestrator and load balancers know which services are actually functioning. This post is part […]
gRPC Response Compression with ASP.NET Core 3.0
In this post, part of my gRPC with ASP.NET Core series, we’ll explore enabling response compression for gRPC services. NOTE: I’ll cover a few details about compression in this post which are from my early investigation into the options and techniques to configure calls. There may be more precise or more proficient approaches to accomplish […]