Websites in Azure that require MySQL will be default provision them in an external service provider known as ClearDB. This is slightly frustrating and surprising, given that MySQL can be run in Azure itself. I won’t go into how to do that as there are already a number of existing articles covering that topic. What…… Continue reading Deleting a classic ClearDB MySQL database in Azure
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Hacking your way to root on FreeBSD in Azure
UPDATE 19/06/2016: Apparently the root user is disabled on Linux virtual machines in Azure, so the guidance is to use sudo to run commands with elevated privileges. So the below post is somewhat irrelevant, but if you still want to log in as the root user then it’s still valid. Or you can obtain a…… Continue reading Hacking your way to root on FreeBSD in Azure