Tag: Public Cloud
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Azure Security Center – keep your Azure VMs up to date
Actually the Azure Security Center is in public preview, but nevertheless it is a very useful extension to the existing Azure services. -> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-security-center-now-available/ First of all you have to define the security policy for your subscription. Afterwards the Azure Security Center will install the data collection agents on your Azure VMs. Now you have…
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Azure IaaS ARM Template – Enable Boot Diagnostics per Default
One great thing Microsoft had introduced last year to the Azure platform was the boot diagnostics capability. Looking at an ARM template you can add the following lines to the VM definition to activate the boot diagnostics for your VM per default. “diagnosticsProfile”: { “bootDiagnostics”: { “enabled”: “true”, “storageUri”: “[concat(‘http://’,parameters(‘newStorageAccountName’),’.’, parameters(‘blobStorageEndpoint’))]” } } Have a…
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Azure IaaS ARM Template – Installing BGInfo VM Extension
When you want to install the BGInfo VM extension during the Azure VM deployment through an ARM template, then you have to add the following lines to your template. { “apiVersion”: “2015-06-15”, “type”: “Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions”, “name”: “[concat(variables(‘vmName’),’/’, parameters(‘vmBGInfo’))]”, “location”: “[parameters(‘location’)]”, “dependsOn”: [ “[concat(‘Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/’, variables(‘vmName’))]” ], “properties”: { “publisher”: “Microsoft.Compute”, “type”: “BGInfo”, “typeHandlerVersion”: “2.1”, “settings”: {}, “protectedSettings”:…
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Using Operations Management Suite to detect RDP access attempts
The malicious IP detection functionality of OMS can not only detect the outgoing communication from your Azure VM to a malicious target. -> http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2015/09/10/find-out-if-your-servers-are-talking-to-a-malicious-ip-address-with-operations-management-suite.aspx It can also detect incoming connection attempts to your Azure VMs. For example you would like to know who tries to access your Azure VM via RDP. Then you should give…
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Microsoft Azure Backup Server – Azure Subscription with spending limit
When you are using Microsoft Azure Backup Server and you have an Azure subscription with a spending limit, you may run into the following issue. Assume you spend all your Azure credit and the spending limit kicks in. If this happens your Microsoft Azure Backup Server stops working and you get the following error message…
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Azure Site Recovery InMage Scout with VMware Series – Linux Protection
In the first blog post of this series I have given you an overview of the InMage Scout architecture. In this blog post I will show you how to set up the protection for a Linux VM. After you have successfully installed your Linux Master Target start the vContinuum console. Navigate to Administrative Tasks and…