Category Archives: Azure

Fixing invalid SamAccountName in Azure AD Domain Services

Azure AD user had been initially created with a typo on his name. All the attributes had since then been fixed or so it looked like. Everything else worked fine, but this particular user could not log-on to Azure AD … Continue reading

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Using Azure.Storage module from Azure PowerShell function

I was building a simple tool to automate some uploads to Azure Blob Storage in Azure Functions. Decided to use PowerShell for that, since well, sounds like a job for PowerShell! Getting the script to work on my computer was … Continue reading

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Site-to-site VPN with Meraki and Azure

After setting up point-to-site VPNs on Azure, I thought I’d just throw in quickly also a site-to-site connection between the office Meraki MX device and the Azure VPN gateway. Turned out it was not so straightforward. The VPN gateway on … Continue reading

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Get SSL cert in PFX format using OpenSSL

Steps for getting SSL certificate in pfx format (suitable for Azure for example) Upload CSR, get the Certificate and save it local file. Get the intermediate certificates (if needed). Concatenate the intermedia certs to one file: Export:

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Azure, add IP address to cloud service

Azure now supports multiple IP addresses per cloud service. This means you can for example host multiple web sites, each running in different IP address on one cloud service (1..n virtual machines). Right now it seems to be be possible … Continue reading

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Azure CLI tools, Credentials have expired, please reauthenticate

After installing Azure CLI tools and trying to use them on the first time on Windows, I started getting “Credentials have expired, please reauthenticate Detailed error message from ADAL is as follows: Error: Entry not found in cache.” error message. … Continue reading

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Enable debug log in Azure Storage Emulator

Azure Storage Emulator has logging capability but this is not enabled by default and it does not seem to be available via user interface. In order to enable the log, Head to the Storage Emulator data directory, which is located … Continue reading

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Create self-signed SSL certificate for Azure

Creating a self-signed certificate is simple – when you know the correct commands. First create the sertificate and private key (specify some password, remember it) Next combine the cert and private key to PFX: Now this should be good enough … Continue reading

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