I have an Azure VPN client that I use for connecting to a web server using RDP and to an Azure SQL Server instance using SSMS. The problem is, I cannot connect to both at the same time.
When I go to the Networking properties of the VPN connection, then select the properties of TCP/IPv4, if I select "Use default gateway on remote network", I am able to connect to RDP, but not SQL Server. If "Use default gateway on remote network" is not selected, I am able to connect to SQL Server, but not RDP.
What can I do to be able to connect to both at the same time?
As far as I know. By default, once a successful VPN connection creates, the highest priority entry will be added automatically in the local machine route table. When you select Use default gateway on remote network, data that can not be sent on the local network is forwarded to the dial-up network when you are connected to a local network and a dial-up network simultaneously. The local network prefers to select a VPN connection route. The connection to a local network is disconnected automatically by default. So you could RDP to the web server via the private VPN connection in the dial-up network. You could not access the Azure SQL server since the traffic from the dial-up network is not allowed in the firewall of Azure SQL server firewall. In this scenario, you could check if the outgoing traffic to the Internet from your dial-up network is blocking.
When you un-select Use default gateway on remote network, usually default gateway of the PPP adaptor will be empty. In this scenario, you cannot connect to resources on the remote network because you have disabled the Use Default Gateway on Remote Network setting in the VPN TCP/IP configuration. You could add routes for the desired VPN subnets. Refer to this paragraph Configuring Split Tunnel for Windows
You could use route print on the local machine to check the route entry. Compare the route table in the two situations. More details you could get from this DOC.
It sounds to me like you need to configure a service endpoint on your vnet to allow traffic to route through to your Azure SQL database.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-vnet-service-endpoint-rule-overview
Try the link above for help configuring it.
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I’m having a very specific issue with Azure and I couldn’t find any solution on the web.
So, we are little by little migrating our client’s infrastructure to Azure and we are starting with our Workers (webjobs).
These webjobs need to consume data present on a AWS SQL Server instance.
We already have checked that the App Service Plan’s Outbound IPs are whitelisted and that the SQL server is listening on TCP port 1433.
An evidence of that is the fact that we are able to communicate with the SQL Server instance through the Azure Debug Console:
But when we run the WebApp, the worker cannot find and connect to the same DB:
Does anyone have a clue of how I can solve this issue? It would be very appreciated!
Well, as you demonstrated by the first image, the SQL Server instance is configured correctly.
The worker Outbound IP address is definetely the same as the App Service Plan's machine.
Based on that, can you then please check if the Connection string you are setting have 'tcp:' before the IP Address?
Sometimes you need to force it, otherwise IIS can choose other ways to connect to your SQL server (like UDP for instance).
I want to connect to the database which is on Amazon AWS VM from azure website.
It is giving error "not accessible"
Any configuration I have to made in AWS VM
You need to setup a security group and open up inbound and outbound ports in AWS.
Only after your sql server port is opened you can connect to your sserver from Azure.
If you are using MySql which uses 3306 port by default (you need to change this for security reasons), you need to open up 3306 to recieve and throw bytes.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-network-security.html
Have you checked your network firewall settings in both azure and aws? I suspect that's your issue. Create exceptions for the proper IP addresses.
We are building a client solution that will be hosted on servers in a data-centre. It consists of several servers all related to providing the client solution. There is no internal network to protect but for some reason our UAT environment has the notion of a DMZ in the server diagram.
We have an IIS box which will have a public IP. Then we have two servers DB(Sql Server) and APP that are only on the internal lan with no public IPs. You can only RDP to these servers via VPN. Our IIS server needs sql access so port 1433 is open from IIS box(DMZ) to the sql server. We are also opening several ports from the IIS server to the APP server which hosts WCF services.
My understanding was that a DMZ was meant to protect internal private networks and that these networks should not be accessible from the DMZ but we are now opening up ports to both our APP and DB servers so they are accessible from the DMZ. In the end most of our servers are accessible from the IIS server via certain ports.
We originally wanted to setup our SQL server for AD authentication only but since our IIS server is in the DMZ and has no AD access we will be forced to enable mixed mode authentication in SQL server. This might be another security issue in it's own since we are now forced to store passwords somewhere on the IIS server to be able to auth against sql server.
Are we not perhaps missing the idea of a DMZ?
So with a system where you have a DMZ, there is also a firewall involved.
So your system should look like this I think:
SQL-server hosting internal data
Other servers needed for the company
---- firewall ----
SQL-server hosting data for web solution
AD-server (if needed)
Web-server
FTP-server (could be on the web server also)
With this setup you don't expose company-sensitive database to the outside world and you also don't open up a port in the firewall making it possible for attackers to (maybe) get access to the internal database which has company sensitive data...
Just my suggestion based on the information provided.
I am setting up a system that runs on Azure but needs to access an on-premises SQL Server. I've built it out as detailed in this article. This calls for me opening port 1433 to the world which looks like a serious security problem. Is there any way to open that port and still have it secure (I know that I can have complex user ids and passwords and everything, but is there a better way to secure SQL Server)
The connection between your on-premises DB and Windows Azure Connect will be secure by default via the IPSEC protocol
"Windows Azure Connect uses industry-standard end-to-end IPSEC
protocol to establish secure connections between on-premise machines
and roles in the cloud. Unlike a traditional Virtual Private Network
(VPN), which establishes secure connectivity at gateway level, Windows
Azure Connect offers more granular control by establishing secure
connections at a machine and role level."
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/usisvde/archive/2012/03/14/windows-azure-security-best-practices-part-6-how-azure-services-extends-your-app-security.aspx
Your DB won't be publicly available, only VM's on the Azure Connect will be able to see it.
Your traditional firewall and on-premises security policies and procedures will still hide your DB in your Enterprise Environment, all you are doing is giving Windows Azure VM (Roles) the ability to see it.
I saw the comment discussion on #user728584's answer about opening port 1433. Port 1433 has nothing to do with Azure Connect, which is essentially a VPN tunnel between on-prem boxes and a collection of Windows Azure role instances. Azure Connect requires an agent to be installed on any on-prem server you're adding to the Connect Group and doesn't require an inbound port to be opened. In your case, you'd add the agent to your SQL Server box, which would then be part of the connect group and accessible directly from your Windows Azure Role instances (for the roles you add to the group). The Connect Agent then establishes the tunnel.
The Connect Agent has a special key baked in, generated for you, making it unique. But even if someone somehow obtained the installer for your specific Connect Agent, it wouldn't help at all, as you still need to add that node to the Connect Group. So, this is a secure setup.
I am making some application and I need to connect to database which is on Amazon server.
It works fine from local but I need direct access to database without ssl tunneling.
On AWS console 3306 port is opened