SSH access to Linux and Windows Servers running anywhere using Azure Arc
With Azure Arc, you can remotely manage your Linux and Windows Servers using the Azure control plane and management services, such as Azure Policy, Update Management, Security Center, Azure Monitor, and many more. This allows you to manage servers running on-premises, at the edge, or in mutlicloud environments at scale. However, in some cases, you will need to have direct access to your servers for troubleshooting for example using an SSH connection. In many of these hybrid and mutlicloud environments, direct network connectivity can be a challenge, that is why you now can get SSH access to your Linux and Windows Servers running anywhere using Azure Arc enabled servers.
Blog post and how-to:
SSH access to Azure Arc-enabled servers offers the following benefits:
• Create interactive and automated SSH connections to Arc-enabled Servers
• Leverage existing workflows & scripts for Azure IaaS Virtual Machines on Arc-enabled Servers
• Securely access hybrid servers without any additional ports or a public IP address
• Leverage different authentication options: AAD login based on RBAC roles (Linux only), Key-based authentication, and username & password authentication
• Connect as a local user or as an Azure user
• Connect with existing SSH clients using a config file
📄 Links
Blog Post: https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2022/04/s...
Official Tech Community Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t...
Microsoft Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azur...
📺 Agenda
0:00 Intro
0:36 Connect to servers anywhere with SSH and Azure Arc
3:03 Set up Server with Azure Arc
7:27 SSH connect to Azure Arc enabled Server
10:10 Azure AD integration
11:21 SSH Windows Server
13:33 Summary
⭐ About
Thomas works as a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. He engages with the community and customers around the world to share his knowledge and collect feedback to improve the Azure cloud platform. Prior to joining the Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI), Thomas was a Lead Architect and Microsoft MVP, to help architect, implement and promote Microsoft cloud technology.
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