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Internet connectivity for Azure VM updates?
We have two Windows Server 2019 VMs in Azure, and both have 1x public IP address, and 1x private ip address. The private IP address is on a VNET that has no route out to the internet. These VMs were ...
- Internet connectivity is required for Azure Update Management, Azure Update Management, acts as the management later, updates aren't distributed directly via the Azure fabric.
You need to have a route out to the internet: 0.0.0.0/0 (it's a default route that should be there, unless it has been overwritten to point to a network appliance such as Azure Firewall, or directed to some kind of proxy). Azure Virtual Machines, don't need Public IP addresses to access the internet, theoretically, if the routes for the internet are there and nothing is blocking the traffic, even without a public IP - it should work.
Internet connectivity is required for Azure Update Management, Azure Update Management, acts as the management later, updates aren't distributed directly via the Azure fabric.
You need to have a route out to the internet: 0.0.0.0/0 (it's a default route that should be there, unless it has been overwritten to point to a network appliance such as Azure Firewall, or directed to some kind of proxy). Azure Virtual Machines, don't need Public IP addresses to access the internet, theoretically, if the routes for the internet are there and nothing is blocking the traffic, even without a public IP - it should work.
You need to have a route out to the internet: 0.0.0.0/0 (it's a default route that should be there, unless it has been overwritten to point to a network appliance such as Azure Firewall, or directed to some kind of proxy). Azure Virtual Machines, don't need Public IP addresses to access the internet, theoretically, if the routes for the internet are there and nothing is blocking the traffic, even without a public IP - it should work.
- lukemurraynz thanks for sharing your knowledge!
