The Smart Home Project

I run several websites for various different things, including some of my Home Automation, including a plant database for the garden where I print QR codes on the plant labels (along with the name of the plant) to give the full information about where we bought it, when and details of it's blooming/fruiting/etc. However, I want to do this cheaply and securely, so I use Microsoft Azure .  In this post I'll document how I set up a simple static website using blob storage on Azure and their CDN product to protect the site with encryption and massive scalability. I also recommend you get the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer and install it on your machine as it makes dealing with the files much easier than the portal (although you can do it all in the portal in a web browser).  Initial Setup I'm going to assume that you've already signed up for an Azure account and are using the initial credit or have signed up for some sort of pay account, be it pay-as-you-go or a full s...