PowerShell Function - Create Signature for writing Log Analytics data

When writing data to Log Analytics, data needs to be signed.

In a previous post (PowerShell Function - Write Data to Log Analytics | Laurie Rhodes' Info ) I showed how submit data to a workspace using Powershell and APIs.  This function is used to get the signature for the data being posted.

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PowerShell Function - Write Data to Log Analytics

This example uses PowerShell to write a JSON data file into Log Analytics (and Microsoft Sentinel).

Note this uses a second function "Get-Signature" for signing the data being written to the workspace.  That function can be viewed here:

PowerShell Function - Create Signature for writing Log Analytics data | Laurie Rhodes' Info

 

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Azure’s YAML provisioning templates

Azure’s ARM templates have been a rite of passage for all Azure engineers.  No one who has been working with the cloud at any depth will be without late-night stories of frustration.  The Azure Resource Manager is a service that accepts specially constructed JSON templates and uses those templates to provision each object represented within.

Enabling Azure Point-to-site-VPN

Using Azure's Point-to-site vpn avoids having to expose ssh or winrm ports to the internet to get onto the systems.

Before a Point-to-site VPN can be established, a Virtual Network Gateway must be created.  This will be associated with the Virtual Network that will be accessible.

Access to the network will be controlled by certificates.