Deploying pfSense in Azure – A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Own Cloud Firewall
Spinning up a pfSense firewall in Azure can be done in two ways, out of the box or DIY style….
Understanding pfSense IPsec Identifiers: When Public IPs Aren’t Enough
When setting up an IPsec VPN between peers that aren’t both directly reachable by static public IPs, for example, when…
Mastering Windows Updates & Microsoft Updates – Part 3 – Controlling Automatic Updates in On-Prem and Cloud Environments
Keeping Windows servers properly patched can feel deceptively simple, until you realize that automatic updates don’t behave the same everywhere….
Mastering Azure DNS
Azure DNS provides a reliable, scalable, and secure way to host and manage your domain name system (DNS) records directly…
Mastering Azure Monitor (Log Analytics) and Azure Resource Graph
In this post, we will see how Azure Monitor’s Log Analytics tool can be used to query different signals, from…
Mastering Azure Update Manager – Part 4
In Part 3 we saw how to patch SUSE Linux Enterprise by using the Azure Update Manager and some troubleshooting. Now in…
Azure Automation – Virtual Machine Start/Stop Schedule
Azure has a feature similar to GCP’s Schedule Instance, though it’s implemented a bit differently. Azure provides “Start/Stop VMs during…
Using Azure Key Vault for Passwords in Azure Bastion
Managing virtual machine access securely is a critical part of any Azure deployment. Azure Bastion provides a secure, browser-based RDP…
Step-by-Step Guide: Monitor Scheduled Events for Azure Windows Virtual Machines
In this post we will see how we can monitor scheduled events to get notified per Email about upcoming maintenance…
Step-by-Step Guide: Setting up Route Based S2S VPN between Azure and on-prem by using pfSense – Part 2
Part 1 covers the setup by using static routes, ideal for simpler environments or when dynamic routing isn’t required. Now this second part explores the BGP (Border…
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