Unanswered Questions
1,557 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How to get what IP Address Ranges used by Visual Studio Online Load Testing Agents?
I need to setup IP Whitelisting in an environment that I need to run some Visual Studio Online Load Tests on. I was able to find some documentation as to what IP Addresses Visual Studio Online ...
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Catastrophic Azure App Service outage after an automatic Azure platform upgrade
A relatively simple Azure App Service (currently .net 4.6.2, against Azure SQL) has been running for over 18 months. It is rock solid. I rarely think about this site and have not released an update ...
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Error creating Letsencrypt certificate from Azure web site extension
Our web app running on Azure has the Azure Let's Encrypt 0.9.6 extension installed.
Launching the extension (https://********-website-stage.scm.azurewebsites.net/letsencrypt/) is no problem and we get ...
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`ls` command hangs indefinitely in some directory in an azure File Storage share
I have an azure File Storage share mounted in a Ubuntu 16.04 VM following this how-to. Everything seems to work fine. So I run some process that produces a lot of data, e.g. 10k files for each run, ...
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of using ETag vs LastModified as a CDN cache validator?
I'm reading this article on Azure CDN. I can either control caching with:
An ETag
Last Modified
Default heuristics
What are the benefits and drawbacks of the first two choices? Does it matter?
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IIS application request routing changes 206 partial content to 200
I've setup a reverse proxy server in an azure cloud service using IIS rewrite rules and the Application Request Routing module (according to the instructions here. Everything is working well except ...
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ARR reverse proxy to Azure Website inside Azure Cloud Service
I am trying to rewrite www.contoso.com/blog/ to a wordpress Azure Website (contosoblog.azurewebsites.net). I have completely configured all inbound and outbound rules, and have tested them locally on ...
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How to reset and persist the hostname and FQDN of an Windows Azure Centos instance?
How does one reset a hostname and domain name (FQDN) to localhost.localdomain on a Centos 6.2 Azure Instance? I've tried editing /etc/sysconfig/network, /etc/sysctl.conf, setting the hostname manually,...
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Not able to run Azure Data Pipeline
I am trying to implement my first MLOps on Microsoft Azure. I am following their official document here:
MlOps using Azure ML and Azure pipelines
I have followed all their steps till Data pipeline. ...
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AADSTS650052: The app needs access to a service (\"http://rts.powerapps.com\")
I'm trying to debug a RapidCMS site locally. I use AAD to authenticate the user against my domain. For no apparent reason I am now receiving this error when launching my app:
Microsoft
Sign in
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How do I use let's encrypt with an Azure Storage Static Site/Azure CDN
i am working on hosting a static site in Azure Blob Storage. With an azure cdn it is possible to have a custom hostname and SSL, which suits my needs.
I would like to use let's encrypt and make it ...
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No connection to Azure Windows VM after reboot
We have a Windows Server on Azure, running flawless in the past year. After a Microsoft scheduled reboot/advisor recommendation, we lost access to this VM.
'Connect' (RDP) button on Azure portal does ...
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Azure App Service on Linux or Windows
I want to run a Node.js API on an Azure App Service.
I have the options of Azure App Service on Linux or Windows.
What are the arguments for choosing one over the other?
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Configured Azure Backup sends me a health check report every 15 minutes
I configured my SQL Server 2014 database to back up to an Azure storage account. I also enabled email notifications via
EXEC msdb.smart_admin.sp_set_parameter
@parameter_name = '...
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Azure VPN Keeps Dropping Connection And Won't Come Back Up
I have a site-to-site network setup in Azure to allow my servers in Azure connect to some local resources. The gateway is setup with static routing (policy based). If the connection is inactive for ...
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Why am I getting "RESTORE DATABASE TERMINATED ABNORMALLY" (Error 3013) when restoring from Azure Blob Storage to SQL Server 2014
Our production database server is backing up its databases nightly to Azure Blob Storage, using the BACKUP TO URL command in SQL Server 2014 Standard. I'm now attempting to restore those backups to a ...
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How can I provide services to an internal air-gapped extranet
Background - "Extranet"
We have about a dozen users that are on what I would call an Extranet. It is an air-gapped LAN that is physically in the same location as our primary LAN. We share ...
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Ping flood from Azure VM to On-Premise Infrastructure
I have deployed a number of Azure subscriptions now with site to site VPN connectivity back to on-premise networks. In one scenario with a client, they have reported that on a regular basis ICMP ...
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Trim Azure VHD size in Windows 2008
I have an azure virtual machine and due to a broken backup script, it has previously used the entire 127GB of space. My virtual machine is now only using 20GB however I'm still being charged for the ...
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Azure backup folder exclusion
I tried to find a way to do it, but I am not sure if it's possible or not.
Using Recovery services on Azure, I installed the Microsoft Azure Backup Agent on an IIS server.
We have multiple websites ...
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Change Windows from KMS client to Azure AD activation?
Is there a known way to change existing Windows 10/11 devices from KMS client activation to Azure AD Education A3 / A5 or Enterprise E3 / E5 license activation?
Apparently when Windows 10/11 devices ...
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Options to improve container volume mount's SMB metadata operations performance
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Are there any ways to improve metadata operation performance between a Linux based container running under Azure App Service and a mounted volume hosted in Azure Files?
Context
I recently ...
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MySQL - Select queries 10x slower on Azure VM vs on-prem VM
We have been working on a project to migrate a MySQL database from an on-premise Linux server to a Windows VM on Azure (IaaS). (There's a specific reason because of which we have gone with the IaaS ...
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Azure SQL bacpac import job stuck - timeout on it?
Got some issues with a stuck azure sql bacpac import preventing me from importing the bacpac again to the database with the same name.
The file is being pulled in from an Azure storage account. I ...
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Azure Failover Cluster Backup
We have configured a failover cluster instance in Azure (iaas), and we are running SQL 2016, and we have a backup directory presented as a csv (which is a mountpoint on the c: drive, under c:\...
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Azure VM cannot access itself via its public IP
I just completed migrating an Azure VM to a new region. I did this by exporting the VM's disks to a storage account in the new region and then creating new disks based on those images and then a new ...
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Azure Linux App Service as a reverse proxy
Is it possible to configure an Azure Linux App Service as a reverse proxy? In Azure App Services running IIS you can use ARR and proxy rewrite rules, what about App Servies running Apache?
apachectl -...
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On-prem Hyper-V VM replicate to Azure
So I have a question. I'm used to replicating my VMs to azure using site recovery. Im now facing an issue with one of our clients having a very slow upload speed and needing to send the initial copy ...
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Detect privilege escalation attacks where user gains SYSTEM account privileges - Windows
We have an audit requirement from a client to be able to monitor for "User obtained SYSTEM privileges".
We are running a Windows Server 2012/2016 environment in Azure and using Azure Log Analytics ...
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Registration of Azure Resource Provider hangs indefinitely
I'm just starting to look into Azure and AKS. In order to do this, I have to enable a bunch of resource providers. I did this using the Azure CLI, like so:
az provider register -n Microsoft.Network ...
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Joining Ubuntu to Azure Active Directory - Insufficient permissions to modify computer account
Why am I being told I have insufficient permission despite my user being a member of AAD DC Administrators in Azure - Which I believe is the requirement for updating computer accounts
Followed the ...
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Has anyone had trouble deploying Azure VM using Ubuntu 18.04 after March 8th?
I have a template based deployment that deploys our dev, staging, and production environments. This template has been working just fine since mid February. When I attempted to deploy the dev site ...
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Azure planned maintenance notification disparity
We have our servers on Azure. And recently we got a mail notification for planned maintenance. But, on checking the dashboard, it shows no planned maintenance activity was planned.
However, when I ...
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Create group of ip ranges for network security groups in Azure?
Is there a way for to group several ip address ranges in Azure?
Usage example: I have a list of IP ranges from Salesforce that I want to whitelist for a bunch of NetworkSecurityGroups. Let's say ...
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Azure Cloud Services - File integrity monitoring possible?
We're hosting web apps in Azure, using cloud services rather than VMs. We've had a question recently about file integrity monitoring.
Our belief is that this isn't possible unless you're running a ...
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Set-AzureRmAutomationModule is unable to find Automation Account
I am trying to upload a custom DSC module to our Azure Automation account.
C:\Code\Epitec DSC [master ≡ +1 ~1 -1 !]> Set-AzureRmAutomationModule -Name "WindowsUpdate" -ContentLinkUri "{ContentURL}....
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Azure Storage Explorer: Error "ENOTFOUND" -- how to solve?
I use Azure blob storage for downloadable files.
It works great, but I am forced to use a commercial tool to upload files.
Below shows how azure cloud explorer chokes, where the commercial azure ...
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Windows Server 2012 default desktop size
I am using Windows Server 2012 r2 Datacentre edition running on an Azure virtual machine and I have come across a strange behaviour that hopefully someone can help me understand.
Put simply, when I ...
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File in sudoers.d/ directory became corrupt, cannot delete it? pkexec not working (Azure VM)
So I've got an Azure VM where I wanted to copy a file into an /etc/sudoers.d/ folder. Obviously I've tested the file before copying it, however something weird must have happened when transferring it ...
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Can I install Azure SDK over command line?
I am attempting to use Vagrant to provision a Windows Server box for an integrated development environment.
This environment depends on the Azure SDK.
Is there a way for me to write a script that I ...
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`azure site list` throws TypeError
Steps:
azure account download
azure account import MyFile (where MyFile is the downloaded publish file)
azure account list (output is normal and correct)
azure site list
info: ...
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Azure ASP.NET website http requests queued
We have a website deployed on Azure that has dreadful performance. When load increases, response times increase to whole minutes! CPU load is not even high, somewhere in the 40% region (we run one ...
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How to set up MS Azure VPN with the password authentication?
I'm trying to connect to the MS Azure VPN. I installed the Client certificate and got access to the VPN network.
But now I need, the system request the password when somebody is trying to connect to ...
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Move home directory on Azure Linux VM
I continue to encounter an issue moving my home directory to a new disk on a CentOS VM on Azure. On creation the server is configured to use a SSH key for authentication and the "no password" option ...
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Possibility to know who created an instance on Azure
Is it possible to know via portal or powershell which of the admins created new instances on azure or at least get alerts when something new is created?
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mongodb keep looping while trying to sync data
I'm converting my my standalone mongodb into a replica set. I've added one more member (and I want to add two more members later, and to shutdown the primary server).
My primary mongodb is running 2....
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Running New-RDSSessionDeployment Remotely
I'm trying to script the setup of a remote desktop deployment into Azure. I'm using Powershell remoting to connect to the WinRM endpoint on the VM's and execute remote Powershell. For the most part ...
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Intermediate SSL Certificates on Azure Websites
I have successfully configured an Extended-Validation Certificate on an Azure Website following this article:
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-configure-ssl-...
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private github repo in package.json breaking azure website deployment
Trying to deploy an Express app on an Azure "web site" through Github. I have a private repository in package.json dependencies:
"dependencies": {
"express: "~3.4.0",
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"private-repo": "git+...
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ServiceAutoStartProvider Not Invoked
I have an AutoStartProvider which is not getting invoked on our IIS 8.0 production environment. It works great on our IIS 7.5 development environment. I've created logging functions from the ...
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