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HOW TO ADD LOCKS TO RESOURCE GROUP

Afolabi Victor — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:41:49 +0000

Resource locks protect your Azure resources from accidental deletion or modification,As an administrator, you can lock an Azure subscription, resource group, or resource to protect them from accidental user deletions and modifications. The lock overrides any user permissions. You can set locks that prevent either deletions or modifications. In the portal, these locks are called Delete and Read-only

HOW TO LOCK A RESOURCE GROUP

To do this
-we will create a resource group
-lock the resource group

HOW TO CREATE A RESOURCE GROUP

Go to azure account

search resource group

click on create

give the resource group a name
review and create

create

resource group is ready

Now the resource group is ready, lets proceed to lock it.

-open the resource group and click on lock

click "add"

give the lock a name

LOCK TYPES
READ ONLY-means authorized users can read and modify a resource, but they can't delete it.

DELETE- means authorized users can read a resource, but they can't delete or update it

FOR THIS TUTORIAL WE WILL USE THE DELETE LOCK TYPE

ADD A NOTE

CLICK "ok"

for this tutorial we will create a storage account and add to the resource group created, then we try to delete

if you dont know how to create a storage account

CLICK HERE

we created a storage account "testlockdelete2023"
Now lets try to delete

AS YOU CAN SEE THE LOCK PREVENTS THE CODE FROM DELETION

HOW TO CREATE A STORAGE ACCOUNT ON AZURE

Afolabi Victor — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 23:51:35 +0000

Azure storage is a cloud service that allows storage of unstructured data,it contains all of your Azure Storage data objects, including blobs, file shares, queues, tables, and disks. it provides a unique namespace for your Azure Storage data that's accessible from anywhere in the world over HTTP or HTTPS.

STEP 1
login your azure account

STEP 2

search for storage account

click on create storage account

STEP 3

Fill the neccessary fields
-Resource group
-Storage account name
-Set performance to Standard

click on create

STEP 4

Go to resource

storage account is ready

STEP 5
click on container
give the container a name and change access to 'BLOB' "this is to allow access from anywhere"

container is ready

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STEP 6**

for this tutorial,the love letter will be uploaded on the storage account created, to conserve time I will make use of an AI to assist you with the letter.

-Go to CHATGPT
-login or create an account

-Ask the AI to help you with the letter

-copy and paste the letter in a notepad

-then save

STEP 7
upload the love letter in the container created in the storage account

-Go to the container and click on Upload

-you can decide to drap and drop the loveletter or you browse the location of the letter

-for this tutorial we will browse the location of the file
**
-Click on browse for files**

-search for the love letter and Open

-then you upload

Now the love letter has been uploaded to the storage account

TO SHARE THE FILE UPLOADED

Click on the love letter and copy the URL

YOU ARE GOOD TO GO

I'm sure you want to see the love letter....lol

Here you go....
https://afolabi.blob.core.windows.net/afolabiloveletter/loveletter.txt

ENJOY!!!

HOW TO DEPLOY A KEY VAULT WITH KEY, SECRET AND CERTIFICATE ON AZURE

Afolabi Victor — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:43:45 +0000

Azure key vault is a cloud service used to store application secrets in a centralized cloud location in order to securely control access permissions and access loggings. these secrets are application credentials like passwords,Client application secrets,Connection strings,Access keys (Redis Cache, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Cosmos DB),SSH keys.

Key Vault service supports two types of containers: vaults and managed hardware security module(HSM) pools. Vaults support storing software and HSM-backed keys, secrets, and certificates. Managed HSM pools only support HSM-backed keys.

STEPS TO DEPLOY KEY VAULT ON AZURE

STEP 1
Login your Microsoft Azure account

STEP 2

Search for "key vault"

STEP 3

click on create

STEP 4

Fill in the boxes. Choose your subscription.
-Create/choose a resource group[mine was the marchworkload].
-Type in a unique keyvault name
-Choose a region of your choice and the pricing tier.
-Soft delete: This feature allows you to recover or permanently delete a key vault and secrets for the duration of the retention period. It is automatically enabled in a key vault.
-Days to retain deleted vaults: helps you choose between 7-90 days to recover your vault if it gets deleted by chance.
-Purge protection: It enforces mandatory retention period and prevents the permanent deleting of key vaults prior to the retention period elapsing.
Click on 'Review and create'

STEP 5

Click on Create

STEP 6

Go to Resource

STEP 7
Key vault now active

STEP 8

To create Keys
Search for 'Keys' and click on it

STEP 9
Choose a unique name
-Set an activation and expiration date
-You can choose to add a tag or not
Click on 'Create'

STEP 10
Key is created

STEP 11

To create Secrets in Key Vault,
Search for 'Secrets' and click on it,
Then click on 'Generate/Import'

STEP 12
-Choose a unique name
-Set an activation and expiration date
-You can choose to add a tag or not
Click on 'Create'

STEP 13
Secret has been created

STEP 14

To create Certificates in Key Vault,
Search for 'Certificates' and click on it,
Then click on 'Generate/Import'

STEP 15
-Method of Certificate Creation: Generate
-Create a unique name
-Subject - CN here stands for Common Name. Use any name of your choice but it must follow the required format. I used 'CN=Afolabicertificate.com'
-Fill the remaining boxes accordingly
Click on 'Create'

STEP 16

violla!!! Certificate has been created

HOW TO DEPLOY AZURE COGNITIVE SERVICES

Afolabi Victor — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 18:49:50 +0000

WHAT IS AZURE COGNITIVE SERVICE
Azure Cognitive Services brings AI within reach of every developer and data scientist. With leading models, a variety of use cases can be unlocked. All it takes is an API call to embed the ability to see, hear, speak, search, understand, and accelerate advanced decision-making into your apps.

They are available through REST APIs and client library SDKs in popular development languages,Azure Cognitive Services are artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-based services that assist developers in integrating cognitive intelligence into applications without needing specific AI or data science expertise.

CATEGORIES OF AZURE COGNITIVE SERVICES INCLUDE
--- Vision
--- Speech
--- Language
--- Decision
--- Azure OpenAI Service

you can deploy any of the services available based on the task you need to complete,but for the sake of this post we'll be using the language service to translate.

STEP 1.
login to your azure and search cognitive service

STEP 2

under Language, click on Create under Translator

STEP 3
Fill out the neccessary fields then review and create

go to resource

STEP 4
Now you can translate from any language you want

HOW TO CREATE A LINUX VIRTUAL MACHINE ON MICROSOFT AZURE

Afolabi Victor — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 07:21:47 +0000

STEP 1
login to your Microsoft azure account and navigate to the search resources and search "virtual machines"

STEP 2
Click on create and select azure virtual machines

STEP 3

Fill out the necessary fields, select your resource group

STEP 4
Give your virtual machine a name

Virtual Machine Name: input a name for your virtual machine
Region: select a region where the virtual machine will be located
Availability option: availability zone
Zone: select any zone of your choice
security type: standard
Image: select the base operating system you prefer

STEP 5

click on SSH public key and input any username of your choice
then click on review and create

STEP 6

download the private key file and continue

STEP 7
go to resource

STEP 8

click on your public Ip address to extend your idle timeout frame

then click save

STEP 9
go back to your virtual machine and click on connect and select SSH

STEP 10

Go to your windows search menu and search for powershell.
open your powershell

STEP 11

go to the folder you downloaded your private key and right click to copy the path of the file

paste the copied path in the private key path on your azure portal

STEP 12

copy the command to your clipboard

go to your powershell and paste the code then hit enter

Enjoy!!!!