Enabling and configuring JIT access on a virtual machine
Operating systems, in our case virtual machines, use networks and ports to communicate. To establish communication, ports need to be accessible. Open, accessible ports are a serious security problem, while closed ports make communication impossible. The problem is, how do we enable communication while staying secure? To solve the problem and to have the best of both solutions, JIT virtual machine access makes ports accessible per request, for a predefined time range.
In this recipe, you will learn how to enable and configure JIT virtual machine access.
Getting ready
Open a web browser and navigate to https://portal.azure.com.
How to do it…
To enable and configure JIT virtual machine access, complete the following steps:
- In the Azure portal, open Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
- On the left-hand menu, click Workload protections.
- Under the Advanced protection section, click on the Just-in...