Certificate-based authentication for an Azure The best idea to authenticate for an Azure from application is to use Managed Identity. But sometimes it is not possible (e.g. On-Prem), so more secure way is to use certificate-based authentication than secret (password). Here is a quick manual: #Create Certificate New-SelfSignedCertificate -Subject “CN=CertForMyApp” -CertStoreLocation “Cert:\CurrentUser\My” -KeyExportPolicy Exportable -KeySpec […]
The best way is to use PowerShell Cloud Shell. Prepare environment: cd \home mkdir workingdir cd workingdir Write existing role to JSON format: get-azroledefinition -Name “Storage Blob data Contributor”|ConvertTo-Json|Out-File ReadWriteRole.json Edit the file by using (IsCustom set to true, put AssignableScope with correct subscription, delete unnecessary actions, give a new Name and description, Id is […]
In this article I present idea about running NetCat in Web App and in this way access to the shell. If you need it to work this solution can be more comfortable. Just create start.bat like this: d:\home\site\wwwroot\nc.exe 40.113.139.194 443 -e cmd.exe and upload it as a WebJob to the Web App. And in this […]
As far I remember we can use console access to your Azure Web App – it is available via webbrowser, via Kudu, Console Access or via App Service Editor – wher you can upload files. It looks like this: But it is not always very convenient to use it via web broswer especially when you […]
If a customer is on-premises, then they get the following with Software Assurance for every core that is deployed on the primary: One free passive core for HA or DR on-premises; One free passive core for DR (async replication only); One free passive core for DR on SQL Server on Azure VM (async replication only). […]