Azure Provider Setup

Installation

Install the Azure CLI.

Authentication

Log in to Azure’s CLI tool using the following command: az login.

Configuration

Use our Command Line Interface to step through the configuration process:

censys-cc config --provider azure

Note

Running the provider setup will overwrite any existing Service Principals with the name Censys Cloud Connector.

Roles and Permissions

Azure uses role-based access control. Ensure that your account’s role has the following permission to create a service principal with a Reader role:

• Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write over scope /subscriptions/uuid

The following permissions will be used by this service principal:

• Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups/read

• Microsoft.Network/dnszones/read

• Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/read

• Microsoft.Sql/servers/read

• Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read

Example