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How to Upload a Letter in ChatGPT to Azure Storage Account and Share the URL

Obinna Ijoma — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:55:35 +0000

Azure storage account is an account that contains all Storage data objects, including containers, file shares, queues and tables. It provides a unique namespace for your Azure Storage data that's accessible from anywhere in the world over HTTP or HTTPS.

ChatGPT(Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a machine learning model that carries out natural language processing tasks driven by AI technology that allows you to have human-like conversations with a high level of accuracy. ChatGPT can answer questions, and assist with tasks such as composing emails - like the one in this demo -, essays, code etc.

Create a Storage Account:
Steps To Create Azure Storage Account:

Step 1:
I am assuming that by now, you already have your Azure Microsoft Account.

Step 2:

Search and Click on Storage Accounts on your Portal
Click Storage Account

Step 3:

Create

Step 4:

Subscription: Choose your subscription
Resource Group: Choose resource
Storage Account Name: Choose a unique name across all existing accounts in Azure
Region: Choose your region
Click Review

Step 5:

Create

Step 6:
Storage account is created

Click on 'Go to resource' to view

Step 7:

Click on Containers

Step 8:

Click on '+ Containers'

Step 9:

Name: Choose the name of the kind of document you want to share. We will use myapplicationletter for this demo.
Public access level: Change to Blob which allows you to share the document with anyone.
Create

Step 10:

Go to https://chat.openai.com/chat
In the chat session, write what you want ChatGPT to do for you. - For this demo, we will use 'Write an application letter for a cloud computing role entry-role'. Note that you can write whatever you want.
Press 'Enter' to view result

Step 11:

Click on the file to access

Step 12:

Copy the result of your entry in chatGPT to Microsoft Word and save data as PDF.
Save document in any file. Eg download, desktop or document file in your computer.
Go back to your Azure portal
Click on Upload
Drag and drop file or browse for file
Choose any name for your container
Upload

Step 13:

Click on Upload and the 'Upload blob' on the right pops out
Either drag and drop file or browse for file
Upload

Step 14:

Click on your file and the right side of the screen pops out
Click and copy the link to share the URL

Congratulations!
You have successfully uploaded a letter to your Azure Storage Account and shared the linked.

How to Create Tags in Microsoft Azure

Obinna Ijoma — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:47:41 +0000

Tags are name/value pairs that enable you to categorize resources and view consolidated billing by applying the same tag to multiple resources and resource groups - Microsoft Azure
Tags are metadata elements and key-value pairs that help to identify resources based on settings that are relevant to an organization.
They logically organise Azure resources, resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups hierarchy into taxonomy or for better filtering, monitoring or either for querying a few scenarios.
Each tag consists of a name and a value pair.
Tags are very useful for rolling up billing information and their name is case insensitive, but their value pair is case sensitive.

Steps to Create Tags in Microsoft Azure

Step 1:

Create a Microsoft Azure account and login
Navigate to https://azure.microsoft.com/

Step 2:

Search and click on policy

Step 3:

Click on Assignments

Step 4:

Click on 'Assign Policy'

Step 5:

Click on 'Policy definition'

Step 6:

Search for 'Tag'
Click on 'Require a tag and its value on resources'
Add

Step 7:
Click on 'Parameters' to add your Tag Name and Tag Value

Step 8:

Tag Name: Name of Environment
Tag Value: Name of the company
Click 'Review + Create'

Step 9:

Create

Step 10:
Create a Storage Account and add Tag

Click Home to create a Storage Account

Step 11:

Create

Step 12:

Subscription: Choose your subscription
Resource Group: Choose a resource group if you already have one
Storage Account Name: Choose a unique name across all existing accounts in Azure
Region: Choose your region
Click on ' Tag' to add tag

Step 13:

Use the same name you chose Name and Value in step 8
Review

Step 14:

Create

Step 15:
We have successfully created a policy and added a tag on the resource.
The tag in the resource is 'obicloud' as shown in the attached pic.

To delete the policy assignment
Step 16:

Click on 'Home'
Follow step 2
Click on 'Require a tag and its value on resources'

Step 17:

Delete Assignment

How to Create a Resource Lock in Microsoft Azure

Obinna Ijoma — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:19:50 +0000

Resource Locks in Microsoft Azure are powerful protection mechanism that can prevent modification or deletion of resources from an unauthorised source. It provides a method to lock subscriptions, resource groups or individual resources to protect them from intentional or accidental deletion and modification.

Steps to Create a Resource Lock:

Step 1:

Create a Microsoft Azure account and login
Navigate to https://azure.microsoft.com/

Step 2:

Click on Resource Group or search for Resource Group in the search bar, in case you don't find it on your portal

Step 3:

Click on Create

Step 4:

Subscription: Choose your subscription
Resource Group: Choose a name of your choice
Region: Any region or your region
Review and Create

Step 5:

Click on Create

Step 6:
Your Resource Group is created

Click on it to access it

Step 7:
To add a Lock to your Resource Group

Click on Lock

Step 8:

Click on Add
Lock name: Choose any name
Lock type: Choose Read Only or Delete; depending on the type of lock you intend to achieve
Notes: Optional but it helps to reiterate your message
Click OK

Step 9:
Click Home to create a Storage Account

Click Storage Account

Step 10:

Create

Step 11:

Subscription: Choose your subscription
Resource Group: Ensure you choose the resource group you want to lock. Using it means you're saving your storage account in the resource group
Storage Account Name: Choose a unique name across all existing accounts in Azure
Region: Choose your region
Click Review

Step 12:

Create

Step 13:
Storage account is created

Click on 'Go to resource' to view

Step 14:
Try to delete and see the error message

Click on Delete in order to test if your resource group lock worked
Copy the resource group name
Paste in the arrow part on the right bottom of your screen
Delete

Step 15:
The error message is because of the locks on the resource group Locks must be removed before resource can be deleted
This implies that the resource was locked correctly

Step 16:
The way to successfully remove a lock resource:

Go to Home and click on the resource group
Click on Locks

Step 17:

Click on Delete
You can also change the lock type to 'Read Only' by clicking on 'edit' close to 'delete'
See the 2nd picture to view what pops up if you want to change the lock type

Step 18:
Go back to the resource group and try to delete the storage account after the removing the lock

Storage account was deleted successfully because of the removal of the locks

How to create a Key Vault and add Key, Secret and Certificate in Microsoft Azure

Obinna Ijoma — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:14:46 +0000

Azure Key Vault is a cloud service that securely stores and manages application secrets in a centralised cloud location where it is safeguarded by industry-standard algorithms and hardware security modules in order to control access, permission and login.
The key vault securely keep sensitive information like keys, secrets, certificates, passwords etc.
Azure key vaults are created and managed through the Azure portal.
In this QuickStart, we will concentrate on creating a Key Vault, then add Key, Secret and Certificate to it.

Steps To Create Azure Key Vault:

Step 1:
Create a Microsoft Azure account and login

Step 2:
Search for 'Key Vault' and click

Step 3:
Click on 'Create key vault'

Step 4:
Subscription - Choose your prefer Subscription
Resource group - I like to use the month workload so I can segregate my resource groups by months.
Key vault name - Choose a unique name
Region - It's up to you
Pricing tier - Standard
Soft delete - This feature allows you to recover or permanently delete a key vault and secrets for the duration of the retention period. It is automatically enabled in a key vault.
Days to retain deleted vaults - The retention period is 7 to 90 days. This means if you purposefully or mistakenly delete a key vault, you can recover it within 7 - 90 days, depending on the number of days you chose when creating your key vault.
Purge protection - It enforces mandatory retention period and prevents the permanent deleting of key vaults prior to the retention period elapsing.
I advice you choose the enable purge protection so that you can recover your key vault before the end of the retention period.
Click on 'Review + Create'

Step 5:
Click on 'Create'

Step 6:
Click on 'Go to resource'

Step 7:
Your Key Vault is ready

Step 8:
How to create keys in key vault
Click on 'Keys'

Step 9:
Click on 'Generate/Import'

Step 10:
Name - Choose a unique name
Leave key type and RSA key size as default
Click on the 'Set activation date' and 'Set expiration date' boxes to determine your time frame of usage.
Enabled - Yes
Tags - Click on 'Tags' to choose a Tag Name and Tag Value for the project. Eg. Tag Name - Apple and Tag Value - MacBook Pro
Click on 'Create'

Step 11:
Key has been successfully created

Step 12:
How to create Secrets in key vault
Click on 'Secrets'

Step 13:
Click on Generate/Import

Step 14:
Name - Choose a unique name
If you decide to set activation, deactivation date and tags then it is up to you.
Please look up how it was done for 'Key' in Step 10.
Click on 'Create'

Step 15:
Secret has been successfully created

Step 16:
How to create Certificates in key vault
Click on Certificates

Step 17:
Click on Generate/Import

Step 18:
Method of Certificate Creation - You can Generate or Import existing certificate
Certificate Name - It's up to you
Type of Certificate Authority - Choose best option
Subject - CN here stands for Common Name. You can use any name of your choice but it must follow my format. Eg CN=mycertificate.com
DNS Names - Click and fill a name of your choice
Validity Period - Set up validity period. Note that most certificates are valid for 12 months although I used 1 month for this demo
Content Type - Choose PKCS (Public-Key Cryptography Standards). It is a common standard for Microsoft environments
Lifetime Action Type - Choose the option that suits your plan
Advanced Policy Configuration - It helps to specify some Extended Key Usages (EKUs) codes and also customise other values that you want. I advice you do not change anything.
Finally click 'Create' on the bottom left of your screen.

Final Step:
You have created a certificate
Click on your certificate name to view
You can delete or download a backup of your certificate whenever you want

The Keys, Secrets and Certificates are the 3 main objects that an Azure Key Vault can generate.

Your Key Vault, Key, Secret and Certificate have been created.

NOTE: I always advice you delete your Key Vault, Key, Secret and Certificate when you don't need them anymore in order to save your Microsoft Azure credit because of Microsoft 'per hour' billing system.

Thank you!

How to Create Microsoft Azure Language Translator APIs Cognitive Service

Obinna Ijoma — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:44:53 +0000

Azure Cognitive Services are artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-based services that assist developers in integrating cognitive intelligence into applications without needing specific AI or data science expertise.
With the aid of cognitive solutions that can see, hear, talk, and analyse data, developers can quickly include cognitive features into their apps using Azure Cognitive Services.
Categories of Cognitive Services include:

Language – Translator, Language service, Language understanding (classic) and QnA maker (classic)
Speech – Speech to text, text to speech, translation and speaker recognition
Vision – Computer vision, Custom vision and Face API
Decision – Anomaly detector, Content moderator and Personalizer
Azure Open AI – Perform a wide variety of natural language tasks
Multipurpose – Cognitive services multi-service account Azure Cognitive Services Translator is a cloud-based machine translation service used by thousands of businesses worldwide to perform language translation and other language-related operations. It translates text in with a simple (Representational State Transfer) REST API call. The service uses modern neural machine translation technology and offers statistical machine translation technology. A translator enables you to build intelligent, multi-language solutions for your applications across all supported languages.

How Microsoft Azure Language Translator works:

Source: What is Microsoft Translator by Harkeerat Toor - Kiefer Consulting

Steps to Creating Microsoft Azure Language Translator:
STEP 1:
Create a Microsoft azure account and login

STEP 2:
Search for Cognitive Services then click and create

STEP 3:
On the Cognitive Service page, under Language, click on ‘Create’ under ‘Translator’

STEP 4:
Line 1 – Choose your Azure Subscription
Line 2 – I like to use the current month, but it is up to you
Line 3 – It is up to you
Line 4 – Choose a unique name
Line 5 – Use this if you’re on a budget like me. Lol
Then click ‘Review + create’

STEP 5:
Click on ‘Create’

STEP 6:
Click on ‘Go to resource’

STEP 7:

FINAL STEP:
Click on the arrows to change to any language of your choice and write a command for translation

CONGRATULATIONS, your Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service Language Translator is ready.
If you want to clean up and remove a Cognitive Service subscription, you can delete the resource group but note that deleting the resource group also deletes any other resources contained in the group, so it is safer to delete the Cognitive service instead.

IMPORTANT: In order to save money or credit, it is worthy of note to properly shutdown or delete your Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service Language Translator after use because they are billed on a "per hour" basis.

HOW TO CREATE A LINUX VIRTUAL MACHINE IN MICROSOFT AZURE

Obinna Ijoma — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:08:39 +0000

Cloud Computing is a concept of using hosted services over the internet such as servers, databases, networking and software.
It makes computer system resources, in particular data storage and processing power, instantly available without requiring the user to manage them directly.

A cloud virtual machine is the digital version of a physical computer that can run in a cloud. Like a physical machine, it can run an operating system, store data, connect to networks, and do all the other computing functions.

How to create a Linux Virtual Machine on Microsoft Azure:
Step 1
Create a Microsoft azure account and login

Step 2
Login to your Microsoft azure account and click on Virtual Machine

Step 3
Click on Create and navigate to 'create a virtual machine hosted by azure'

Step 4

Select your Subscription
Resource group (choice a resource group that consist of similar items eg februaryworkload)
Virtual machine (choose a unique name)
Select your Region (I like to choose from my location but it is up to you)
Availability Options (Choose Availability zone)
Availability Zone (It is up to you)
Security type: standard
Image: Choose any version of Ubuntu Server
VM Architecture: Choose x64

Step 5

Authentication type (Choose the size that matches your budget)
Username (Choose the username of your choice)
Password ( Choose password and confirm)
Public Inbound ports (Choose 'Allow selected ports')
Selected inbound ports (Choose 'SSH (22)')
Click 'Review + create'

Step 6
Click 'Create'

Step 7
Click 'Go to Resource'

Step 8
On the top left, click on 'Connect' and select 'SSH'

Step 9

Step 10
Copy Command Text from line 2 and Paste in Line 3

Step 11
Copy line 4 Command in step 10 and go to your PC to search for Windows PowerShell

Step 12
What your Windows PowerShell looks like when open

Step 13
In the Windows PowerShell, paste the copied command text 4 into your Windows PowerShell and delete the letters and figures circled in red

Step 14
Windows PowerShell will prompt a command asking you to connect to serve Virtual Machine type; yes and click ENTER

Step 15
Windows PowerShell will ask for the password of your Virtual Machine, type or paste the password you created in Step 5
NB - This password will not be visible while typing, nevertheless type it and press ENTER when done

Step 16
You have connected to your Linux Virtual Machine; isn't that easy?
CONGRATULATIONS

IMPORTANT: In order to save money or credit, it is worthy of note to properly shutdown or delete your azure virtual machine after use because they are billed on a "per hour" basis.