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Azure Configuration Management of AWS VMs (DSC) – Part 3

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We’ve now reached the final article in this three part series covering Configuration Management in Azure automation.  In Part 1, I discussed the Inventory tool and how to onboard an AWS EC2 virtual machine to Azure.  Part 2 covered Change tracking and how to monitor changes to various resources on the AWS instance.  In this article, Part 3, I will cover Azure State configuration (DSC) and how to register an AWS VM as a DSC node to apply a desired state.

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Azure Configuration Management of AWS VMs (Change Tracking) – Part 2

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In part 1 of this series, I discussed the Inventory tool that is a part of Azure Automation’s config management and how to on-board an AWS VM for management.  In this article, I will cover Change Tracking.  With Inventory, you get a report on the Windows files, registry and services, as well installed software for the machines being monitored.  However, Change Tracking takes it a step further and provides a notification whenever there is a change to anything that’s being tracked on the machine.  It also provides the capability to perform queries against the change logs.  Let’s take a look and see how it works.

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Azure Configuration Management of AWS VMs (Inventory) – Part 1

by Richard BurrsLeave a Comment on Azure Configuration Management of AWS VMs (Inventory) – Part 1

                   

One of the first questions asked whenever a system or application goes down is “what changed recently”.  Ill-planned or unplanned changes are often the underlying cause of failures.  And if you live on the Operations side of the IT fence like me, a large portion of your existence is dedicated to mitigating the negative impact of these age accelerating events.

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