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      Set up your Microsoft Azure integration

      Learn how to add list of your running Azure instances and include them on your Autobahn Fit

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      Autobahn Fit's integration with Azure

      Required preparation on the Azure side

      Integrate your Microsoft Azure with Autobahn Fit

      Enable or disable your integration

      Update your Azure Integration configuration

      View your Azure assets on the Assets page

      Autobahn Fit’s integration with Azure

      When initiating a scan, Autobahn seamlessly uncovers external assets associated with your organization. By integrating with Azure, you empower Autobahn to extend its discovery to any active instance(s) hosted on the platform. This enables Autobahn to comprehensively scan these assets as well.

      Required preparation on the Azure side

      To enable this integration, there are credentials that you need to input in the Integrations page on Autobahn Fit app.

      1. Tenant ID (Directory ID)

      2. Client ID (Application Client ID)

      3. Client Secret

      Aside from that, you also need to set the role of the application and members that are allowed to access the integration.

      Please note that the person doing the integration must have access to your organization's Subscriptions on Azure to be able to run the step "Set Role and Members".

      Get Tenant ID

      1 - Log in to the Azure portal.

      2 - Navigate to Settings/ Directories and Subscriptions.

      3 - Copy the Directory ID on this page. This Directory ID is needed for the Tenant ID field in the Integrations page on Autobahn Fit app

      Get Client ID

      1 - To get Client ID, you first need to register a new client. Search for Application Registration.

      2 - Register a new application by clicking the + New registration button.

      3 - Fill all the mandatory fields and click the Register button.

      4 - After creating a new application, navigate to that application. In the Overview page, copy the Application (client) ID. This ID is needed for Client ID field in the Integrations page on Autobahn Fit app.

       

      Get Client Secret

      1 - To generate a Client Secret, navigate to the Certificates & secrets page.

      2 - Create a new secret by navigating to Client secrets tab and click the + New client secret button.

      3 - Fill the name it and set the expiry date.

      4 - Copy and save the Value ID in a safe place immediately. This Value ID should be added into the Client Secret field in Integrations page on Autobahn Fit app.

      After leaving this page, the secret value will be hidden and cannot be accessed again

      Set roles and members

      You need to set the role of the application and members that are allowed to access the integration. To do that:

      1 - Navigate to Subscriptions and give the created application from the previous steps privileges to access the corresponding instance.

      2 - Click on the created subscription and navigate to Access Control (IAM).

      • In the Role tab, choose Reader as the reader as the designated role.

      • In the Members tab, Assign access to: User, group, or service principal.

      • In the Review + assign tab, click review + assign to give the privilege to the application.

      Integrate your Microsoft Azure with Autobahn Fit

      After you prepare the prerequisites to integrate your Microsoft Azure account with Autobahn Fit app, you can log into your Autobahn Fit account and open the integrations page.

      On the Integrations page, open the Microsoft Azure integration page by clicking the Configure button on the Microsoft Azure card. You need to input the credentials on this page:

      1 - Input the integration label on the Label field.

      2 - Input your Azure Tenant ID in the Tenant ID field.

      3 - Input your Azure Client ID in the Client ID field.

      4 - Input your Azure Client Secret in the Client Secret field.

      5 - After you fill all the fields to save the credentials click the Save button.

      And you're all set! Your asset information will be added into the Asset Inventory page on your Autobahn Fit account. This process will take approximately one hour, depending the number of your asset.

      Enable or disable your integration

      After you integrate your Azure account, you can enable or disable the integration. Disabling your integration will keep the credentials and the previously pulled data in our platform, but will stop the automatic data collection.

      1 - Navigate to the Integrations page.

      2 - Switch off the toggle on the top right of the Microsoft Azure card.

      Update your Azure integration configuration

      You can change your previously added credentials by:

      1 - Navigate to the Integrations page.

      2 - Click the Edit button on the bottom of the Microsoft Azure Software card. 

      3 - You will be directed to the Azure Integration page. You need to reset the credentials to be able to update the data.
      4 - After clicking the Reset button, you can add the new credentials into the fields.

      Reseting the credentials will not affect the data that has been pulled into Autobahn Fit.

      View your Azure assets on the Assets page

      After you enable the integration, the assets will appear on the Assets page. You can see the data source on the Source column.