Tag: SSH

Apr042019April 4, 2019April 4, 20193 Commentsby Thomas Maurer

PowerShell SSH Remoting Linux to Windows

Setup PowerShell SSH Remoting in PowerShell 6

Posted in Microsoft, PowerShell, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019, Work

With PowerShell version 6, Microsoft introduced PowerShell Remoting over SSH, which allows true multiplatform PowerShell remoting between Linux, macOS and Windows. PowerShell SSH Remoting creates a PowerShell host process on the target machine as an SSH subsystem. Normally, PowerShell remoting uses WinRM for connection negotiation and data transport, however WinRM is only available on Windows based machines.

There are also some downsides to it. SSH-based remoting doesn’t currently support remote endpoint configuration and JEA (Just Enough Administration). It is also important to understand, that this is not just another PowerShell SSH client.

Use SSH Transport with PowerShell Remoting

To use PowerShell remoting with SSH you can use the same cmdlets, you know from PowerShell remoting with WinRM.

New-PSSession
Enter-PSSession
Invoke-Command

There are 3 new parameters for these cmdlets, if you are using PowerShell SSH remoting.

-HostName (Instead of -Computername, you define the SSH target)
-UserName (Instead of -Credentials you use the -UserName parameter)
-KeyFilePath (If you are using SSH key authentication you can use the -KeyFilePath parameter to point to the key file)

New-PSSession -HostName tomsssh.server.com -UserName thomas

1	New-PSSession -HostName tomsssh.server.com -UserName thomas

Jan082019January 8, 2019May 11, 20196 Commentsby Thomas Maurer

Mastering Azure with Cloud Shell

Posted in Cloud, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, PowerShell, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Work

There are multiple ways to interact and manage resources in Microsoft Azure. You can use the Azure Portal or command line tools like the Azure PowerShell module or the Azure CLI, which you can install on your local machine. However, to set up a cloud management workstation for administrators and developers can be quite a lot of work. Especially if you have multiple computers, keeping consistency between these machines can be challenging. Another challenge is keeping the environment secure and all the tools up to date. The Cloud Shell addresses this any many more things.

Cloud Shell is not brand new, Microsoft announced Cloud Shell at Build 2017. This blog post is about how you can master Azure with Cloud Shell and give you an overview of the possibilities of Cloud Shell.

What is Cloud Shell

Cloud Shell offers a browser-accessible, pre-configured shell experience for managing Azure resources without the overhead of installing, versioning, and maintaining a machine yourself. Azure Cloud Shell is assigned per unique user account and automatically authenticated with each session. This makes it a private and secure environment.

You get a modern web-based command line experience which can be accessed from several endpoints like the Azure Portal, shell.azure.com and the Azure mobile app, Visual Studio Code or directly in the Azure docs.

In the backend, Azure uses containers and automatically attaches an Azure File Share to the container. You can store the data on it, so your data is persistent. This persists your data across different Cloud Shell sessions.

You can choose your preferred shell experience. Cloud Shell supports Bash and PowerShell and included your favorite third-party tools and standard tools and languages. If something like a module is missing, you can add it.

Jul042018July 4, 2018January 9, 20191 Commentby Thomas Maurer

Inked Azure Security Center Just in time VM access_LI

Azure – Just in Time VM access

Posted in Cloud, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, PowerShell, Virtualization, Windows Server, Work

If you run virtual machines with public IP address connected to the internet, attackers immediately try to run attacks against it. Brute force attacks commonly target management ports, like RDP or SSH, to gain access to a VM. If the attacker is successful, he can take control over the VM and access other resources in the environment. To address that issue it is highly recommended to reduce the ports open, especially for the management ports. However, sometimes you will need to open to ports for some of the virtual machines for management tasks. Microsoft Azure has a simple way to address this issue, called Azure JIT virtual machine (VM) access. Just in time VM access can be used to lock down inbound traffic to your Azure VMs, reducing exposure to attacks while providing easy access to connect to VMs when needed.

How does Azure Just in Time VM Access work

In the Azure Security Center you can enable just in time VM access, this will create a Network Security Rule (NSG) to lock down inbound traffic to the Azure VM. During the initial JIT VM access configuration, you will be configuring the ports specified, which will be managed by Azure Security Center, these ports will be locked down by the Azure Security Center using an NSGs.

Configure Azure JIT VM access

Azure JIT VM access is configured in the Azure Security Center. To configure and enable JIT on a virtual machine open up the Azure Security Center and click on Just in time VM access.

Here you will find three states, Configured, Recommended and No recommendation.

Configured – VMs that have been configured to support just in time VM access. The data presented is for the last week and includes for each VM the number of approved requests, last access date and time, and last user.
Recommended – VMs that can support just in time VM access but have not been configured to. We recommend that you enable just in time VM access control for these VMs. See Configuring a just in time access policy.
No recommendation – Reasons that can cause a VM not to be recommended are:
- Missing NSG – The just in time solution requires an NSG to be in place.
- Classic VM – Security Center just in time VM access currently supports only VMs deployed through Azure Resource Manager. A classic deployment is not supported by the just in time solution.
- Other – A VM is in this category if the just in time solution is turned off in the security policy of the subscription or the resource group, or that the VM is missing a public IP and doesn’t have an NSG in place.

To configure you click on Recommended and select the Virtual Machine, for which you want to enable JIT.

Click on Enable JIT on VMs and configure the ports which should be managed by Just in time VM Access. Just in time VM access will recommend some default ports like RDP, SSH and PowerShell Remoting. You can also add other ports to the virtual machine if you want or need to.

Requesting Just in time VM Access for Azure Virtual Machine

On the Configured section, you can select the VM you want to request access to and click on Request access. You can now select the ports you want to be open for a specific time and a specific IP address. This will open up the ports and after 2-3 minutes you will be able to access the virtual machine.

To send such a request, the user which requests access to the Virtual Machine needs to have write access to the virtual machines in the Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).

Auditing Azure JIT VM access activity

Of course all the request get logged and can be reviewed in the Activity Log.

Licensing

Azure just in time VM access is licensed over Azure Security Center and needs the Standard Tier to be enabled for the specific virtual machine.

I hope this gives you an idea how you can leverage Just in time VM access in Azure for your workloads.

Jun132018June 13, 2018January 12, 20196 Commentsby Thomas Maurer

Install OpenSSH Server on Windows Server

Posted in Cloud, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, PowerShell, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 1709, Windows Server 1803

Back in 2017 Microsoft made OpenSSH available on Windows 10. Shorty after OpenSSH was also available for Windows Server, version 1709. This blog post should give you a simple step by step guy how you install OpenSSH Server on Windows Server. OpenSSH is available for Windows Server, version 1709 and higher. If you are running Windows Server 2016, and you want to stay in the long-term servicing branch, you will need to wait for the next Windows Server LTSC build.

Install OpenSSH Server on Windows Server

If you are running a Windows Server 1709 or higher, you can simply use PowerShell to install the OpenSSH Client and Server.

You can use the following PowerShell commands to install the OpenSSH Server on the server.

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

# Install the OpenSSH Server
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0

# Install the OpenSSHUtils helper module, which is needed to fix the ACL for ths host keys.
Install-Module -Force OpenSSHUtils

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

# Install the OpenSSH Server

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0

# Install the OpenSSHUtils helper module, which is needed to fix the ACL for ths host keys.

Install-Module -Force OpenSSHUtils

After the installation you can find the OpenSSH Server files and some more configuration options under “C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH”

Next you need to configure the OpenSSH Server (sshd)

To enable authentication into an SSH server on Windows, you first have to generate host keys and repair the ACL on the host keys.

To configure the OpenSSH Server, just run the following PowerShell commands:

Start-Service ssh-agent

cd C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH

# Generate Key
.\ssh-keygen -A

# Add Key
.\ssh-add ssh_host_ed25519_key

# Repair SSH Host Key Permissions
Repair-SshdHostKeyPermission -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh_host_ed25519_key

# Open firewall port
New-NetFirewallRule -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 22 -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -DisplayName SSH
# Consider to configure the Profile for the Firewall rule

Start-Service ssh-agent

cd C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH

# Generate Key

.\ssh-keygen -A

# Add Key

.\ssh-add ssh_host_ed25519_key

# Repair SSH Host Key Permissions

Repair-SshdHostKeyPermission -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh_host_ed25519_key

# Open firewall port

New-NetFirewallRule -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 22 -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -DisplayName SSH

# Consider to configure the Profile for the Firewall rule

Now you should be able to access your Windows Server using an SSH client.

Remember if you run your server in Microsoft Azure, you might also need to configure the Network Security Group to allow SSH Remoting on port 22.

I hope this post help you and if you have any questions, please let me know in the comments.

Apr032018April 3, 2018January 12, 20198 Commentsby Thomas Maurer

HVC – SSH Direct for Linux VMs on Hyper-V

Posted in Cloud, Hyper-V, Microsoft, PowerShell, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 1803, Windows Server 2019, Work

If you are running Hyper-V on Windows 10 or on Windows Server 2016, you probably know about a feature called PowerShell Direct. I also mentioned that PowerShell Direct is one of the 10 hidden features in Hyper-V you should know about. PowerShell Direct lets you remote connect to a Windows Virtual Machine running on a Hyper-V host, without any network connection inside the VM. PowerShell Direct uses the Hyper-V VMBus to connect inside the Virtual Machine. Of course this feature is really handy if you need it for automation and configuration for Virtual Machines. As this is great for Windows virtual machines, it does not work with Virtual Machines running Linux. In the latest Windows 10, Windows Server 1803 (RS4) and Windows Server 2019 (RS5) Insider Preview builds, Microsoft enabled a tool called HVC. HVC is at tool which allows you to do some command line VM management. HVC SSH is basically SSH Direct of Linux VMs.

This allows to connect to a Linux VM using SSH over the Hyper-V VMBus. You are also able to copy file inside a virtual machines using scp.

How to connect to Linux VMs using SSH Direct

To connect to Linux VMs using SSH Direct (HVC) simply type hvc.exe into the command line or PowerShell. This will give you all the possible command options. Of course SSH has to big configured inside the Linux virtual machine.

hvc ssh Thomas@VMNAME

1	hvc ssh Thomas@VMNAME

To make this work, the SSH server inside the VM needs to be configured.

Final Thoughts

Pretty cool tool which will be available in the official releases of Windows 10 and Windows Server 1803, released this spring. Later this year this feature will also be included in Windows Server 2019. If you want to try it out today, give the Windows Insider Preview builds a spin.

Thanks to Ben Armstrong for pointing this out 😉

Jan302018January 30, 2018March 12, 20192 Commentsby Thomas Maurer

Setup an Azure Stack Cloud Operator and Developer Workstation Environment

Posted in Cloud, Containers, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, PowerShell, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Work

If you are responsable to manage and operate Azure Stack, you will need to enable a couple of tools to manage Azure Stack. This post should give you a summary of what you should do to setup your Azure Stack Operator and Developer workstation environment.

Operating System

First of all you should setup a clean base system. I usually use the latest version of Windows 10, right now the latest Windows 10 version is the Fall Creators Update which give you some great features like the OpenSSH client or the Windows Subsystem for Linux build in, or I use Winodws Sevrer 2016 with Desktop Expierence. Make sure you install all the latest updates for Microsoft Update.

Install Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a new, free, lightweight cross-platform code editor for building modern web and cloud applications on Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. It is perfect for editing JSON files and even writing some code. And it has a built-in Terminal so you don’t have to switch between different windows.

I recommend you install the following Extensions:

code --install-extension ms-vscode.vscode-azureextensionpack
code --install-extension ms-vscode.powershell

code --list-extensions

code --install-extension ms-vscode.vscode-azureextensionpack

code --install-extension ms-vscode.powershell

code --list-extensions

Install SSH Client or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

To manage Linux Virtual Machines running on Azure Stack or if you need to manage the hardware switches in Azure Stack or your border switches where Azure Stack is connected, SSH is the way to access it. Windows 10 now comes with several builtin options like the OpenSSH Client which you can install as addtional feature or for example the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which allows you to run several linux tools on Windows directly. If you are using another version of Winodws, the thrid party application PuTTY is your friend.

You can also using PowerShell to install it:

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

# Install the OpenSSH Client
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0

# Install the OpenSSH Server
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

# Install the OpenSSH Client

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0

# Install the OpenSSH Server

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0

Install Azure Stack PowerShell

Azure Stack compatible Azure PowerShell modules are required to work with Azure Stack. PowerShell commands for Azure Stack are installed through the PowerShell gallery, you can run the following commands to install it: (Make sure there are no other Azure PowerShell Modules installed, if there are, the commands will remove them). If you also install Visual Studio, install Visual Studio first before you install the Azure Stack PowerShell.

# Trust the PowerShell Gallery
Set-PSRepository -Name "PSGallery" -InstallationPolicy Trusted

# Remove Existing Azure PowerShell Modules
Get-Module -ListAvailable | where-Object {$_.Name -like “Azure*”} | Uninstall-Module

# Install the AzureRM.Bootstrapper module. Select Yes when prompted to install NuGet
Install-Module -Name AzureRm.BootStrapper

# Install and import the API Version Profile required by Azure Stack into the current PowerShell session.
Use-AzureRmProfile -Profile 2017-03-09-profile -Force

#Install Azure Stack Module
Install-Module -Name AzureStack -RequiredVersion 1.2.11

# Verify Installation
Get-Module -ListAvailable | where-Object {$_.Name -like "Azure*"}

# Trust the PowerShell Gallery

Set-PSRepository -Name "PSGallery" -InstallationPolicy Trusted

# Remove Existing Azure PowerShell Modules

Get-Module -ListAvailable | where-Object {$_.Name -like “Azure*”} | Uninstall-Module

# Install the AzureRM.Bootstrapper module. Select Yes when prompted to install NuGet

Install-Module -Name AzureRm.BootStrapper

# Install and import the API Version Profile required by Azure Stack into the current PowerShell session.

Use-AzureRmProfile -Profile 2017-03-09-profile -Force

#Install Azure Stack Module

Install-Module -Name AzureStack -RequiredVersion 1.2.11

# Verify Installation

Get-Module -ListAvailable | where-Object {$_.Name -like "Azure*"}

If you need to install it on a machine which does not have access to the internet. check outthe offical Microsoft page: Install PowerShell for Azure Stack

Install Azure Stack tools

AzureStack-Tools is a GitHub repository that hosts PowerShell modules that you can use to manage and deploy resources to Azure Stack. This brings you several functionalities for Azure Stack management:

Deployment of Azure Stack – Helps prepare for Azure Stack deployment.
Resource Manager policy for Azure Stack – Constrains Azure subscription to the capabilities available in the Azure Stack.
Connecting to Azure Stack – Connect to an Azure Stack instance from your personal computer/laptop.
Setting up Identity for Azure Stack – Create and manage identity related objects and configurations for Azure Stack
Azure Stack Service Administration – Manage plans and subscriptions in Azure Stack.
Azure Stack Compute Administration – Manage compute (VM) service in Azure Stack.
AzureRM Template validator – Validate Azure ARM Template Capabilities
Azure Stack Infrastructure Administration – Manage Azure Stack Infrastructure

You can get the Azure Stack tools from GitHub:

# Change directory to the root directory
cd \

# Download the tools archive
Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/Azure/AzureStack-Tools/archive/master.zip -OutFile master.zip

# Expand the downloaded files
Expand-Archive master.zip -DestinationPath . -Force

# Change to the tools directory
cd AzureStack-Tools-master

# Change directory to the root directory

cd \

# Download the tools archive

Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/Azure/AzureStack-Tools/archive/master.zip -OutFile master.zip

# Expand the downloaded files

Expand-Archive master.zip -DestinationPath . -Force

# Change to the tools directory

cd AzureStack-Tools-master

You can directly open that folder in Visual Studio Code:

code C:\AzureStack-Tools-master

1	code C:\AzureStack-Tools-master

Configure Azure Stack PowerShell environment

As an Azure Stack user, you can configure your Azure Stack PowerShell environment. After you configure, you can use PowerShell to manage Azure Stack resources such as subscribe to offers, create virtual machines, deploy Azure Resource Manager templates, etc.

For an Azure Stack deployment which is using Azure Active Directory (AAD) as an Identity provider, you can use the following commands:

# Navigate to the downloaded folder and import the **Connect** PowerShell module
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Import-Module .\Connect\AzureStack.Connect.psm1

# For Azure Stack development kit, this value is set to https://management.local.azurestack.external. For a real Azure Stack solution this will be https://maangement.-region-.-fqdn-
$ArmEndpoint = "&lt;Resource Manager endpoint for your environment&gt;"

# For Azure Stack development kit, this value is set to https://graph.windows.net/.
$GraphAudience = "&lt;GraphAudience endpoint for your environment&gt;"

# Register an AzureRM environment that targets your Azure Stack instance
Add-AzureRMEnvironment `
-Name "AzureStackUser" `
-ArmEndpoint $ArmEndpoint

# Set the GraphEndpointResourceId value
Set-AzureRmEnvironment `
-Name "AzureStackUser" `
-GraphAudience $GraphAudience

# Get the Active Directory tenantId that is used to deploy Azure Stack
$TenantID = Get-AzsDirectoryTenantId `
-AADTenantName "&lt;myDirectoryTenantName&gt;.onmicrosoft.com" `
-EnvironmentName "AzureStackUser"

# Sign in to your environment
Login-AzureRmAccount `
-EnvironmentName "AzureStackUser" `
-TenantId $TenantID

# Navigate to the downloaded folder and import the **Connect** PowerShell module

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Import-Module .\Connect\AzureStack.Connect.psm1

# For Azure Stack development kit, this value is set to https://management.local.azurestack.external. For a real Azure Stack solution this will be https://maangement.-region-.-fqdn-

$ArmEndpoint = "<Resource Manager endpoint for your environment>"

# For Azure Stack development kit, this value is set to https://graph.windows.net/.

$GraphAudience = "<GraphAudience endpoint for your environment>"

# Register an AzureRM environment that targets your Azure Stack instance

Add-AzureRMEnvironment `

-Name "AzureStackUser" `

-ArmEndpoint $ArmEndpoint

# Set the GraphEndpointResourceId value

Set-AzureRmEnvironment `

-Name "AzureStackUser" `

-GraphAudience $GraphAudience

# Get the Active Directory tenantId that is used to deploy Azure Stack

$TenantID = Get-AzsDirectoryTenantId `

-AADTenantName "<myDirectoryTenantName>.onmicrosoft.com" `

-EnvironmentName "AzureStackUser"

# Sign in to your environment

-EnvironmentName "AzureStackUser" `

-TenantId $TenantID

Install and configure CLI for use with Azure Stack

You can also use the Azure CLI 2.0 to manage Azure Stack.

Install Azure CLI on Windows using MSI

To install the CLI on Windows and use it in the Windows command-line, download and run the Azure CLI Installer (MSI).

Install with apt-get for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (WSL)

Open the Bash shell.
Modify your sources list.
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ wheezy main" | \ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list
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echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ wheezy main" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list

Run the following sudo commands:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver packages.microsoft.com --recv-keys 52E16F86FEE04B979B07E28DB02C46DF417A0893
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install azure-cli

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver packages.microsoft.com --recv-keys 52E16F86FEE04B979B07E28DB02C46DF417A0893

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install azure-cli

Run the CLI from the command prompt with the az command.

Connect to Azure Stack using the Azure CLI

If you are using Public Certificates for your Azure Stack, this is pretty staight forward, if you are using the Azure Stack Development Kit or an Internal CA, make sure your client trusts the Azure Stack CA root Certificate. You can find more here: Install and configure CLI for use with Azure Stack

Register as a cloud administrative environement:

To register the cloud administrative environment, use:

az cloud register \
-n AzureStackAdmin \
--endpoint-resource-manager "https://adminmanagement.-region-.FQDN-" \
--suffix-storage-endpoint "-region-.FQDN-" \
--suffix-keyvault-dns ".adminvault.-region-.FQDN-" \
--endpoint-active-directory-graph-resource-id "https://graph.windows.net/" \
--endpoint-vm-image-alias-doc &lt;URI of the document which contains virtual machine image aliases&gt;

az cloud register \

-n AzureStackAdmin \

--endpoint-resource-manager "https://adminmanagement.-region-.FQDN-" \

--suffix-storage-endpoint "-region-.FQDN-" \

--suffix-keyvault-dns ".adminvault.-region-.FQDN-" \

--endpoint-active-directory-graph-resource-id "https://graph.windows.net/" \

--endpoint-vm-image-alias-doc <URI of the document which contains virtual machine image aliases>

Set the active environment by using the following commands.
az cloud set \ -n AzureStackAdmin
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az cloud set \
-n AzureStackAdmin
Update your environment configuration to use the Azure Stack specific API version profile. To update the configuration, run the following command:
az cloud update \ --profile 2017-03-09-profile
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az cloud update \
--profile 2017-03-09-profile

Sign in to your Azure Stack environment by using the az login command. You can sign in to the Azure Stack environment either as a user or as a service principal.

az login \
-u &lt;Active directory global administrator or user account. For example: username@&lt;aadtenant&gt;.onmicrosoft.com&gt; \
--tenant &lt;Azure Active Directory Tenant name. For example: myazurestack.onmicrosoft.com&gt;

az login \

-u <Active directory global administrator or user account. For example: username@<aadtenant>.onmicrosoft.com> \

--tenant <Azure Active Directory Tenant name. For example: myazurestack.onmicrosoft.com>

Register the user environment, use:

To register the user environment, use:

az cloud register \
-n AzureStackUser \
--endpoint-resource-manager "https://management.local.azurestack.external" \
--suffix-storage-endpoint "local.azurestack.external" \
--suffix-keyvault-dns ".vault.local.azurestack.external" \
--endpoint-active-directory-graph-resource-id "https://graph.windows.net/" \
--endpoint-vm-image-alias-doc &lt;URI of the document which contains virtual machine image aliases&gt;

az cloud register \

-n AzureStackUser \

--endpoint-resource-manager "https://management.local.azurestack.external" \

--suffix-storage-endpoint "local.azurestack.external" \

--suffix-keyvault-dns ".vault.local.azurestack.external" \

--endpoint-active-directory-graph-resource-id "https://graph.windows.net/" \

--endpoint-vm-image-alias-doc <URI of the document which contains virtual machine image aliases>

Set the active environment by using the following commands.
az cloud set \ -n AzureStackUser
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az cloud set \
-n AzureStackUser
Update your environment configuration to use the Azure Stack specific API version profile. To update the configuration, run the following command:
az cloud update \ --profile 2017-03-09-profile
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az cloud update \
--profile 2017-03-09-profile

Sign in to your Azure Stack environment by using the az login command. You can sign in to the Azure Stack environment either as a user or as a service principal.

az login \
-u &lt;Active directory global administrator or user account. For example: username@&lt;aadtenant&gt;.onmicrosoft.com&gt; \
--tenant &lt;Azure Active Directory Tenant name. For example: myazurestack.onmicrosoft.com&gt;

az login \

-u <Active directory global administrator or user account. For example: username@<aadtenant>.onmicrosoft.com> \

--tenant <Azure Active Directory Tenant name. For example: myazurestack.onmicrosoft.com>

Install the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer

To access and manage Azure Stack Storage Accounts you can also use the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer tool. Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer (Preview) is a standalone app from Microsoft that allows you to easily work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS and Linux.

If you are running the Azure Stack Development Kit, you should again have a look how you get the certificates implace, you can find that here: Connect Storage Explorer to an Azure Stack subscription

Install the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer
After Storage Explorer restarts, select the Edit menu, and then ensure that Target Azure Stack is selected. If it is not selected, select it, and then restart Storage Explorer for the change to take effect. This configuration is required for compatibility with your Azure Stack environment.
To connect to the Azure Stack account, select Add an account.
In the Connect to Azure Storage dialog box, under Azure environment, select Use Azure Stack Environment, and then click Next.
To sign in with the Azure Stack account that’s associated with at least one active Azure Stack subscription, fill in the Sign in to Azure Stack Environment dialog box.
The details for each field are as follows:Environment name: The field can be customized by user.
ARM resource endpoint: The samples of Azure Resource Manager resource endpoints:For cloud operator:
https://adminmanagement.-region-.-FQDN-
For tenant:
https://management.-region-.-FQDN-
Tenant Id: Optional. The value is given only when the directory must be specified.

This should help you quickly setup an Azure Stack Cloud Operator Workstation. What other tools do you need to manage and operator your Azure Stack? leave a comment.

If you want to know more about the responsibilities and toolset of a Azure Stack Operator, check out my blog post at the Microsoft IT OpsTalk blog.

Dec182017December 18, 2017January 12, 20190 Commentby Thomas Maurer

Install and Configure OpenSSH Server on Windows 10 and Windows Server 1709

Posted in Cloud, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, PowerShell, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Server, Windows Server 1709, Work

A couple of weeks ago I already wrote about how OpenSSH is now available on Windows 10. In this blog post I will cover how to install and configure OpenSSH Server on Windows 10 and Windows Server 1709.

Today, OpenSSH Client and Server on Windows are still in Beta, so they should only be used in secure test environments and not in production.

First you have to install the OpenSSH feature on your Windows machine. Remember that it needs to be the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709) or Windows Server version 1709 or higher.

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

# Install the OpenSSH Server
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0

# Install the OpenSSHUtils helper module, which is needed to fix the ACL for ths host keys.
Install-Module -Force OpenSSHUtils

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

# Install the OpenSSH Server

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0

# Install the OpenSSHUtils helper module, which is needed to fix the ACL for ths host keys.

Install-Module -Force OpenSSHUtils

On Windows 10 you can also use the UI to install it.

After the installation you can find the OpenSSH Server files and some more configuration options under C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH

Now you need to configure the OpenSSH Server (sshd)

To enable authentication into an SSH server on Windows, you first have to generate host keys and repair the ACL on the host keys.

Start-Service ssh-agent

cd C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH

# Generate Key
.\ssh-keygen -A

# Add Key
.\ssh-add ssh_host_ed25519_key

# Repair SSH Host Key Permissions
Repair-SshdHostKeyPermission -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh_host_ed25519_key

# Open firewall port
New-NetFirewallRule -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 22 -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -DisplayName SSH
# Concider to configure the Profile for the Firewall rule

Start-Service ssh-agent

cd C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH

# Generate Key

.\ssh-keygen -A

# Add Key

.\ssh-add ssh_host_ed25519_key

# Repair SSH Host Key Permissions

Repair-SshdHostKeyPermission -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh_host_ed25519_key

# Open firewall port

New-NetFirewallRule -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 22 -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -DisplayName SSH

# Concider to configure the Profile for the Firewall rule

Now you should be able to connect to the Windows Machine using SSH for an SSH client. Of course this can be the OpenSSH client or the SSH client which comes with the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10.

If you are running OpenSSH Server on a Windows 10 or Windows Server 1709 virtual machine in Microsoft Azure, don’t forget to also configure the Network Security Group (NSG) to allow SSH inbound access on port 22.

Also check out how you can do SSH from PowerShell: Using SSH with PowerShell

Tag: SSH

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Final Thoughts

Install and Configure OpenSSH Server on Windows 10 and Windows Server 1709

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