Azure Firewall and Service Endpoints

In my recent blog series Private Link reality bites I briefly mentioned the possibility of inspecting Service Endpoints with Azure Firewall, and many have asked for more details on that configuration. Here we go! First things first: what the heck am I talking about? Most Azure services such as Azure Storage, Azure SQL and many … Continue reading Azure Firewall and Service Endpoints

Private Link reality bites – service endpoints vs private link

Welcome to the sixth post in the Private Link Reality Bites series! Before we begin, let me recap the existing episodes of the series: Private Link reality bite #1: endpoints are an illusion (control plane vs data plane) Private Link reality bite #2: your routes might be lying (routing in virtual network gateways) Private Link reality bite #3: what’s … Continue reading Private Link reality bites – service endpoints vs private link

Private Link reality bites – Private endpoints are an illusion

Welcome to this new series of blog posts in which I will be explaining some not-so-well-known facts about Azure Private Link and some associated technologies! This idea is born from the fact that I have been helping some colleagues and customers lately with some questions around Private Link, and that has made me realize that … Continue reading Private Link reality bites – Private endpoints are an illusion

DRY Terraform code for Private Link and DNS

After last week’s almost-philosophical post on network complexity, let’s move on to more mundane tasks. Today I will focus on how to write efficient Terraform code to connect private endpoints and DNS, without having to copy/paste literally hundreds of lines. First things first: what the heck am I talking about? Private endpoints are a way … Continue reading DRY Terraform code for Private Link and DNS