{"id":1782,"date":"2020-07-25T16:01:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T21:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2023-03-23T07:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:01:16","slug":"two-azure-ip-addresses-you-need-to-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/staging2\/two-azure-ip-addresses-you-need-to-know-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Azure IP Addresses You Need to Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"195\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Network.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1784\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This video goes over two Azure IP addresses used for Azure VM\u2019s.&nbsp; The WireServer IP of 168.63.129.16 and the Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) IP address 169.254.169.254.&nbsp; In the video, I go over what each is used for and then give a demonstration on using the WireServer IP address to  query DNS.&nbsp; After that, I use the IMDS REST Endpoint to pull metadata including the Azure environment and scheduled events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Two Azure IP Addresses You Need to Know About\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EwLJI2qy-80?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>PowerShell Commands<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>IMDS Overview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$metadata = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{\"Metadata\"=\"true\"} -Method GET -Uri http:\/\/169.254.169.254\/metadata\/instance?api-version=2019-06-01$metadata | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 99<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Get the OS SKU:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{\"Metadata\"=\"true\"} -Method GET -Uri \"http:\/\/169.254.169.254\/metadata\/instance\/compute\/sku?api-version=2017-08-01&amp;format=text\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p> Get Scheduled Events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{\"Metadata\"=\"true\"} -Method Get -Uri http:\/\/169.254.169.254\/metadata\/scheduledevents?api-version=2019-08-01 | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 99<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4>Referenced Videos<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Azure Files SMB Access On-premises with Private Endpoints:<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/azure-files-smb-access-on-premises-with-private-endpoints\/\">https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/azure-files-smb-access-on-premises-with-private-endpoints\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to use Postman and PowerShell to Query API Data<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/how-to-use-postman-and-powershell-to-query-api-data\/\">https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/how-to-use-postman-and-powershell-to-query-api-data\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video goes over two Azure IP addresses used for Azure VM\u2019s.&nbsp; The WireServer IP of 168.63.129.16 and the Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) IP address 169.254.169.254.&nbsp; In the video, I go over what each is used for and then give a demonstration on using the WireServer IP address to query DNS.&nbsp; After that, I &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/staging2\/two-azure-ip-addresses-you-need-to-know-about\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Two Azure IP Addresses You Need to Know About<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[2,170],"tags":[41,790,240,9,792,791,619,307,789,788,785,510,787,27,26,122,786],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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