HybridCloud, Hybrid Cloud
Matthew Quickenden
HCI Box on a Budget. Leverage Azure Spot & ...
HCI Box on a Budget. Leverage Azure Spot & Hyrbrid Use Benefits. Up to 93% savings.
Danny McDermott
Importing Root CA to Azure Stack Linux VM at ...

Deploying Linux VMs on Azure Stack Hub with Enterprise CA Certificates? Here's a Solution!

When deploying Linux VMs on Azure Stack Hub in a corporate environment, you may encounter issues with TLS endpoint certificates signed by an internal Enterprise CA. In this post, we'll explore a technique for importing the root CA certificate into the truststore of your Linux VMs, enabling seamless access to TLS endpoints. We'll also show you how to use Terraform to automate the process, including provisioning a VM, importing the CA certificate, and running a custom script

Importing Root CA to Azure Stack Linux VM at provisioning time.
Azure Stack Hub, Terraform
Danny McDermott
Terraform with Azure Stack Hub - Creating a VM ...
Terraform with Azure Stack Hub - Creating a VM with multiple data disks
Azure Arc
Matthew Quickenden
Feature Parity for Azure Arc Server Resource ...

When is an Azure Arc Server; not an Arc Server? A look at Azure Arc Server Resource types and the lack of feature parity between them

Feature Parity for Azure Arc Server Resource Types?
HybridCloud, Hybrid Cloud, Azure Arc
Matthew Quickenden
SQL Counters via Azure Arc

Walk through how to collect SQL counter using Data collection Rule and displaying the results on a workbook an Azure Dashboard.

SQL Counters via Azure Arc

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Creating an Azure Stack AD FS SPN for use with az CLI

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Creating an Azure Stack AD FS SPN for use with az CLI

Following on from my previous blog post on filling in the gaps for AD FS on Azure Stack integrated systems, here are some more complete instructions on creating a Service Principal on Azure Stack systems using AD FS as the identity provider. Why do you need this? Well, check out the following scenarios as taken from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-stack/azure-stack-integrate-identity#spn-creation:

There are many scenarios that require the use of a service principal name (SPN) for authentication. The following are some examples:

  • CLI usage with AD FS deployment of Azure Stack

  • System Center Management Pack for Azure Stack when deployed with AD FS

  • Resource providers in Azure Stack when deployed with AD FS

  • Various third party applications

  • You require a non-interactive logon

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Creating a custom Windows image for MaaS

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Creating a custom Windows image for MaaS

Continuing on the Maas theme from yesterday, I thought I'd put up a post about my experience with Windows imaging for MaaS. The Windows Openstack Imaging Tools are great for creating Windows images for Maas. They provide support for creating gold images, custom drivers, and pretty much anything else you'd want for custom image creation.