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Azure Bastion

In this article, we will discuss Azure Bastion.

Purpose

The Azure bastion is used to access the virtual machines using the Azure portal when the virtual machine is not exposed using a public IP address or RDP.

Create A Virtual Machine

First, create a virtual machine. At the time of creation, remove the 3389 (RDP) inbound rules from "Select inbound ports".

Picture showing removing the 3389 inbound port rule while creating the virtual machine

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Secondly, disassociate public IP from the virtual machine.

Picture showing disassociating the public IP address while creating the virtual machine

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Create The Bastion Host

The purpose of a bastion host is to connect the virtual machines in the virtual network. Please note that there should be only one bastion host per virtual network.

To create the bastion host, go to the "Connect" submenu inside the virtual machine. Click on the "Go to Bastion" button.

Picture showing the Go to Bastion button for connecting the virtual machine using bastion

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The following screen will appear.

Picture showing the screen with deploy bastion button

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Click on the "Deploy Bastion" button. The deployment process will start. Once the deployment is done, you will see the screen with the username and password to log in to the virtual machine using Bastion.

Picture showing the screen with username and password to login to the virtual machine using bastion

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Click on the "Connect" button and your remote desktop of the virtual machine will open.

Picture showing remote desktop of the virtual machine is displayed in Bastion

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Thursday, May 20, 2021

Updated On -	Friday, February 2, 2024

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