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Two Azure IP Addresses You Need to Know About

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 by Travis Roberts

This video goes over two Azure IP addresses used for Azure VM’s.  The WireServer IP of 168.63.129.16 and the Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) IP address 169.254.169.254.  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.  After that, I use the IMDS REST Endpoint to pull metadata including the Azure environment and scheduled events.

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Posted in Azure, PowerShellTagged 168.63.129.16, 169.254.169.254, api, Azure, Azure Instance Metadata Service, Azure IP, Azure VM, DNS, IMDS, Instance Metadata Service, IP, Linux, REST, virtual machine, VM, windows, WireserverLeave a comment
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