Azure Bastion
An Azure service that provides private and fully managed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Secure Shell (SSH) access to virtual machines.
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Bastion Connection Error and How can I see the problems.
Hi. I am new in this Forum. I would like to know how to fix my trouble I met these day. Please help me. I make some Win10 VMs. I connected these VMs through a Bastion. I met several connection errors to connect these. But, I could…
asked 2021-02-09T05:47:46.857+00:00
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feynman
1
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commented 2021-02-18T22:24:06.657+00:00
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QuantumCache
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Can custom PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) libraries work with Bastion SSH?
I have provisioned a server for one of our team, who want to have MFA enabled via google-authenticator-libpam on the guest VM's themselves. Once configured, Azure bastion no longer works. Is having user interaction during SSH login not supported by…
asked 2021-02-01T05:25:05.233+00:00
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Stephen Baker
21
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commented 2021-02-10T22:45:01.517+00:00
Stephen Baker
21
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How to make Bastion RDP into Ubuntu
I have a Bastion host and a Linux Ubuntu VM that I installed a desktop on. I want to RDP into the Ubuntu VM with Bastion but Bastion keeps SSH'ing in. How do I configure my VM and Bastion so that Bastion RDP's into the Ubuntu VM instead of SSH?
asked 2021-02-02T14:03:45.717+00:00
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Mark Ashton
41
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commented 2021-02-03T15:55:19.45+00:00
Mark Ashton
41
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Azure Bastion | Cannot install packages
The following is my Infrastructure on Azure cloud Kubernetes cluster with AKS Bastion host to make AKS private Everything was first till a few days ago (I am deploying a new cluster from scratch now) The cluster with bastion host and others…
asked 2021-02-01T07:31:05.983+00:00
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Mihir Shah
1
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answered 2021-02-02T22:16:47.313+00:00
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Marilee Turscak-MSFT
36,856
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
Azure Bastion connection link shortcut
Is their anyway to pin shortcut to connect azure bastion connection link to dashboard. My client have couple of VMs and they pretty new to azure. They need a link to click and access vm. Any suggestions including sdk or rest API option where I can…
asked 2020-01-06T15:05:05.907+00:00
Usama Wahab Khan
16
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answered 2021-01-08T16:31:36.287+00:00
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Max Umarov
6
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Can not connect with Azure Bastion
Hello I am a student and new to networking. For a project I need to connect to a virtual machine and I am using Azure. Specifically Bastion because my Windows 10 Home does not have Remote Desktop. I created a free tier of a virtual machine and went to…
asked 2020-11-30T18:44:16.23+00:00
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BMcInnis
21
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answered 2020-12-28T02:58:00.643+00:00
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Samuel Agunloye
1
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"You're about to be signed out" message received within four minutes of signing into server.
Hi guys, I'm trying to connect to my server via RDP, Windows 10 OS, but within a few minutes after I successfully connect, I get the message "You're about to be signed out". I don't understand why. I don't have any auto shutdown scheduled. I…
asked 2020-12-19T08:57:57.137+00:00
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ning johnny zhao
1
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answered 2020-12-21T03:45:09.917+00:00
suvasara-MSFT
10,041
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How to connect via Bastion?
Can anybody give me step-by-step instruction how to connect via Bastion? I have default iPv4 and it's not available for Bastion. I am on free account. Is it possible to connect via Bastion? I can't edit and delete my default network…
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Disable RDP Port 3389
Test Server RDP 3389 Active Bastion Enabled and functioning Disabled RDP Port 3389 in networking This rule denies traffic from AzureLoadBalancer and may affect virtual machine connectivity. To allow access, add an inbound rule with higher…
asked 2020-11-25T02:47:25.063+00:00
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DenverDTS
1
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answered 2020-12-04T09:06:06.943+00:00
suvasara-MSFT
10,041
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Changing Bastion Subnet
Hi there, Changing an existing Bastion subnet doesn't appear to be covered in the documentation. We have an existing AzureBastionSubnet which someone has created with an incorrect address range. It says in the subnet configuration: "The…
asked 2020-11-05T14:56:14.323+00:00
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Randall, David
1
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commented 2020-11-11T19:26:26.453+00:00
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SaiKishor-MSFT
17,236
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Any option other than Bastion?
Hi Everyone, Using bastion means we cannot use the Pal Alto firewall for trace of live traffic. Direct public IP exposure for this service and don't have traffic visibility via firewall. Is there any other option available in the Azure?
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Creating Bastion during vNet creation
Hi, what does (layer) mean? Thank you.
asked 2020-09-12T05:36:49.487+00:00
Salves
501
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commented 2020-09-25T11:25:38.697+00:00
GitaraniSharma-MSFT
49,616
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
Resource group in region other than
Hi, I created a resource group in the region (Western USA 2). Today I created resources in the region (Southern Brazil). Problem 1: I am unable to migrate the resource group to another region. Problem 2: I cannot migrate Express Route to another…
asked 2020-09-21T23:20:08.923+00:00
Salves
501
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answered 2020-09-22T23:15:28.437+00:00
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KarishmaTiwari-MSFT
20,052
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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Azure Bastion Public IPs
Hey, We are planning to deploy Azure Bastion soon. Currently, we use public IPs to RDP to our virtual machines. But for the SQL Server VM, we use public IP to also connect to the SQL Server on SSMS. My question is - What happens to these public…
asked 2020-09-14T14:46:58.547+00:00
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Sharath Bhat
21
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commented 2020-09-15T14:43:40.307+00:00
Sharath Bhat
21
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1 answer
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How known which ip address is a rdp session connected to?
My win 2016 server has multi network interfaces and addresses. When I logon on by rdp and try to get current rdp session information by WTSQuerySessionInformation API in C# code, I want to know which server ip address does current rdp session use. But…
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Bastion Host on Azure
How can i connect to my Virtual Manager Scale Set Instance using Bastion where my connection can go through the Load Balancer placed infront of VMSS? As now when i use bastion to connect to VMSS it connects me directly instead of forwarding the…
asked 2020-08-13T11:51:35.52+00:00
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HITESH AGARWAL
1
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commented 2020-08-24T07:36:45.033+00:00
GitaraniSharma-MSFT
49,616
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
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Best way to transfer files remotely to Azure Linux VM via Bastion
I have a RedHat VM which I can currently access via Azure Bastion. If I wish to transfer files from my remote machine to this VM - what is the best way to do this? The VM does not have a public IP address. I connect only via Bastion using regular…
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Is Bastion Service needed if I have vpn connection to Azure?
Hi, Sorry if this is such a basic question, but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. If I have a vpn connection to the vnets in my hub & spoke subscriptions, do I need this Azure Bastion service? I have recently deployed Azure AD DS, and…
asked 2020-08-07T15:52:21.983+00:00
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Komoroske, Gina
371
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accepted 2020-08-09T01:00:05.49+00:00
Komoroske, Gina
371
Reputation points
1 answer
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VM in Devtest lab, connection via Bastion (Browser connect) ClearType settings
Hi, We use "browser connect" via Bastion to connect to our VMs in Devtest-Labs (Base Windows 10). Sometimes the display is not clear, to solve this we enable "ClearType". However after logoff/login, the "Cleartype"…
asked 2020-07-14T12:44:47.277+00:00
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Gennart, Tony
26
Reputation points
commented 2020-07-20T09:17:09.69+00:00
Gennart, Tony
26
Reputation points
1 answer
Wrong route to private dns server
Hello All! I create a private network in Azure and create a virtual machine as private DNS server. As Bastion create pfSense instance with two networks. I use terraform (it is not full config): resource "azurerm_virtual_network"…
asked 2020-06-23T09:39:19.567+00:00
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Vladimir Baranov
1
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answered 2020-07-07T01:58:15.58+00:00
TravisCragg-MSFT
5,681
Reputation points Microsoft Employee