Tag: Update
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Keeping your ACS Engine Kubernetes cluster on Azure up-to-date
It is quite simple to keep a Kubernetes cluster created by ACS Engine on Azure up-to-date, because the master and agent nodes are configured by default to automatically apply security patches on a nightly schedule. But you need a solution like Kured to automatically reboot the agent nodes in the cluster, so the security patches…
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Keeping your AKS – Managed Kubernetes cluster on Azure up-to-date
It is quite simple to keep an AKS – Managed Kubernetes cluster on Azure up-to-date, because Microsoft automatically applies security patches to the nodes on a nightly schedule as described in the AKS FAQ on the Azure documentation page. -> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/faq#are-security-updates-applied-to-aks-agent-nodes But you need a solution like Kured to automatically reboot the nodes in the…
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Link summary for guidance for mitigation and protection from Spectre and Meltdown on Windows Server, Hyper-V and Azure
From a security perspective the new year has started with a big bang. If you have lost the traction where you get the necessary information for guidance for mitigation and protection from Spectre and Meltdown on Windows Server, Hyper-V, and Azure, then have a look at the following link summary. Windows Server in general: Windows…
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Deploy the update management solution through an Azure Resource Manager template
In my last blog article, I talked about the update management solution in Azure and what the capabilities are. -> https://www.danielstechblog.io/keeping-azure-vms-date-update-management-solution/ Today we will have a look on how to deploy the update management solution through an Azure Resource Manager template. All what we need is to define the following Azure services in the template.…
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Keeping your Azure VMs up-to-date with the update management solution
Based on the Azure services Log Analytics and Azure Automation you can use three new capabilities in the Azure portal for your Azure VMs: inventory, change tracking, and update management. -> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/update-management-inventory-and-change-tracking-are-available-in-azure-automation/ In this blog article I will talk about the update management solution. If you are familiar with Log Analytics and its former update…
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Automated patching for Azure IaaS VMs with OMS update management
During my time at a Microsoft Partner before joining Microsoft and now at Microsoft, customers are asking me, if Microsoft does the patching of Azure IaaS VMs. The answer is no. But with the latest updates to the Update Management solution in the Operations Management Suite, you can now configure an automated patching schedule for your Azure…