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The Microsoft Azure Cobalt 200 is out, using 132 Arm Neoverse V3 cores for a next-generation TSMC 3nm compute option in Azure
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At Hot Chips 2025, Microsoft went into its Azure Hardware Security that it uses to help keep its cloud services secure
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At SC24 we saw the custom 96 core AMD MI300C HBM3 CPU and four-socket system powering the Microsoft Azure HBv5 instances
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We saw the Cisco 8102-DPU a 12.8T switch that can house up to eight AMD Pensando DPUs for 1.6T of programmable service acceleration
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Microsoft Azure NVIDIA GB200 systems are huge, with two thirds of the aisle space being dedicated to cooling the NVIDIA rack
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We learned more about the Microsoft Maia 100 which is the company’s AI accelerator to run OpenAI models at lower costs
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The Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100 is a new 128 core Arm Neoverse N2 processor designed for Microsoft’s cloud-native compute
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At SC23, the Microsoft Azure Eagle supercomputer made its debut as a Top 3 system and it will shift access to enormous HPC and AI compute
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Post Syndicated from Rapid7 original https://blog.rapid7.com/2023/11/08/setup-of-discovery-connection-azure/
By: fuzzy borders
Are you having trouble trying to get your Azure assets into your InsightVM security console? In this blog post, we wanted to bring additional insight into leveraging the Azure Discovery Connection with InsightVM.
This blog post is brought to you by the Fuzzy Borders project, whose members come from different teams across Rapid7. Our goal is to find answers for requests that may fall into gray (fuzzy) areas. Our past work includes example API calls and SQL queries for InsightVM Security Consoles.
We hope this blog will help you get started with assessing your Azure virtual machines in InsightVM.
There are 3 main areas of configuration: Azure App Registration, IAM Subscription, and InsightVM Discovery Connection configuration.
Here is the overview of the steps:
Azure Configuration
InsightVM Discovery Connection Configuration
Prerequisite: Allow outbound traffic to Azure from the InsightVM console server.
*The Azure Site should be dedicated to this discovery connection only.
Please keep note of the following items:
Application ID
Directory ID (a.k.a Tenant ID)
Value for the certificate Secret.
Configure Azure
We need to establish trust between Rapid7 and Azure. Click on “App registrations”
Click: New registration
Enter a display name for the application and click Register at the bottom. In this example we use “FuzzyDiscovery”
We leave default values. Once you click Register it will return the Application ID, and Directory ID (a.k.a Tenant ID) that will be required in later steps.
Tip:
Either take a screenshot or copy and paste both the Application and Directory ID to a secure location to reference later.
Generate and Save the Secret Value
Click on Certificates & Secrets, click: Client Secrets, and add New Client Secret
Important Note: We require the generated Secret Certificate Value, not the Secret ID.
Configure API Permissions
Click on “Add a Permission” Search and Select: “Directory.Read.All”, and click Grant and Consent
Subscription Access
Click Home, and click Subscription, to set up our IAM role.
In the Subscriptions page, click Access Control (IAM), and click Add Role Assignment under “Grant access to this resource”
Select the Reader role
Enter the member created earlier. (Example: FuzzyDiscovery)
Configure Console
Prerequisite: Allow outbound access to Azure https://docs.rapid7.com/nexpose/creating-and-managing-dynamic-discovery-connections/#preparing-insightvm
Create a dedicated new Site as a Destination for your Azure assets https://docs.rapid7.com/nexpose/creating-and-managing-dynamic-discovery-connections/#adding-a-microsoft-azure-connection
Create Azure Discovery Connection
Navigate to Administration – click: Discovery Connections
From Azure App Registration fill out:
Tenant ID
Application ID
Application Security Certificate Value previously generated in Azure
Please note: In the case the secret was not saved previously, a new secret will have to be generated, and the previously generated secret can be revoked.
Troubleshooting Tips:
In the InsightVM console logs, review the eso.log for any errors and provide logs to support via a case.