Connect an Azure Subscription to Guardrails

In this guide you will connect a subscription to Guardrails.

This is the second guide in the Getting started with Azure series.

Prerequisites

Completed the previous guide: Prepare an Azure Subscription for Import to Guardrails.
Access to the Turbot Guardrails console with admin privilege.

Step 2: Select Azure Subscription

Step 3: Select location

Use the Parent Resource dropdown to select the Sandbox folder as the location to import the subscription.

Step 4: Enter details

If you forgot to save all these details when completing the first guide, you can find them in the Azure portal as follows:

Parameter	Location
Subscription ID	The Home > Subscriptions page has your Subscription ID.
Tenant ID and Client ID	The Home > App registrations page has Directory (tenant) ID and Application (client) ID.
Client Key	If you forgot to save the secret's value created earlier, go to Home > App registrations > YOUR_APP_NAME > Certificates & secrets to create a new one. Use the Value (not the Secret ID).

Select your environment (likely Global Cloud).

Select Connect.

Step 5: Observe progress

Wait for the progress bar to complete. The time this takes will depend on how many resources are in the account; it is normal for the progress bar to fluctuate in size as new types of resources are discovered.

Step 6: View Controls by State

Select Reports from the top navigation menu. Type controls into the Search reports… field to show only reports with the word "controls" in their name. Select the Controls by State report from the list.

Step 7: Configure report filters

From the filter bar, expand the Type dropdown. Then select the checkbox next to Azure to limit the report to only show Azure controls.

Bookmark the Controls by State report, you’ll need it in subsequent guides.

Step 8: View the report

Review the status of your controls for Azure. Alarm, OK, Skipped, and TBD are all common and normal states to see in your subscription.

Important
The controls in Error or Invalid states must be cleared before moving further into these guides. It takes few mins depending on various factors. We suggest to wait and report to Turbot support, in case these errors are not cleared up automatically.

Step 9: Review

In this guide you successfully imported an Azure subscription into Guardrails.

Next Steps

In the next guide we’ll see how Guardrails monitors cloud events and reacts to resource changes.