Azure Cloud (Microsoft)

• Link SaltCloudAzure , k8s/Azure, Azure/Ml

  • Azure Reliability info graphic

Notes on Azure

• AzureGraph

• Azure blocks all ICMP - cant traceroute or tcptrace
  • All ICMP blocked results in no Path MTU discovery, and default Azure VM MTU to 1,400.

Azure IAM and roles

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/rbac-and-directory-admin-roles

AZ cli tool

• AZ cli

  $ docker run -it microsoft/azure-cli
  az login

• In the AZ cli, create a principal account to be used by automation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/create-an-azure-service-principal-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest

AZ cli SP (Service Principal)

• SP is userid used by a app with limited access.

• List roles for ID:"06a.....68" on subscription "Non-prod"

  az role assignment list --all --assignee "06a.....68" --subscription "Non-prod"

• Logged in to AZ with your own account you can create a SP and give it access to a RG e.g.

  az role assignment list --assignee "06a.....68" --resource-group rg-k8s --subscription "Non-prod"

AZ find all public IP's / VM's

• az account list | grep name
  export azsub=<"subscription">
  #
  az network public-ip list --subscription "$azsub"
  az vm list-usage  --location australiaeast -o table
  
  az vm show --show-details --ids $(az vm list --subscription "$azsub" --query "[].id" -o tsv) | jq .
  #
  az vm show --show-details --ids $(az vm list --subscription "$azsub" --query "[].id" -o tsv) | jq "
        [ .[] | 
          { rg: .resourceGroup, hw: .hardwareProfile.vmSize,
            name: .name, loc: .location,
            powerState: .powerState,
          }
        ] | to_entries[] | [ .key, .value]"
  #

AZ find a image

• 2018 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/vm/image?view=azure-cli-latest

• az configure --defaults location=
• az vm image list-publishers --location

Azure docker, login to private ACR image/container registry

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-authentication

  1. az acr login --name <acrName>

  2. docker login myregistry.azurecr.io (use admin account if enabled and one of 2 pwds)

  3. docker login myregistry.azurecr.io (use service principal )

Powershell

• Powershell on Linux using docker

  •  $ docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/powershell 

  •  $ docker run -it microsoft/powershell 

• Run azure

  • https://shell.azure.com/

    • $ azure login
      info:    Executing command login
      - Authenticating...info:    To sign in, use a web browser to open the page https://microsoft.com/devicelogin and enter the code HAY8K6VD6 to authenticate.
      info:    Added subscription Free Trial
      +
      info:    login command OK
      pieter@Azure:~$

  • Get details

    $ az account show

  • Create a service account

    $ az ad sp create-for-rbac --name "SALT-ADMIN"
    {
      "appId": "a0a000-0000-00000-0000-20",
      "displayName": "SALT-ADMIN",
      "name": "http://SALT-ADMIN",
      "password": "20000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000005",
      "tenant": "20000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"
    }

    • # az ad sp show --id http://SALT-ADMIN

      # az ad sp credential reset --name http://SALT-ADMIN

  • create ResourceGroup

    az group create -n testRG -l "Australia East"

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