azureipfollower

Allow access to Azure machines only from your dynamic IP, automatically.

Objective

Provide a simple way to restrict access to Azure machines (for example from your home connection), without deploying complex solutions.

Configuration

Environment variable	Details	Requirement	Example
NSG_AND_RESOURCE	Pairs of NSG and resource groups to apply the rule on separated by a space	Required	NSG1:MYGROUP1 NSG2:MYGROUP2
SLEEP_TIME	Time to wait between update iterations in seconds. The default is 5 minutes	Optional	SLEEP_TIME=500

One time setup

1. Run setup.sh and follow the instructions to generate a service principal for the docker container.
2. Save the .env file which contains all the needed login information

Deploy

1. Pull the container
   1. docker pull benhh1/azureipfollower
2. Configure the container to run with the environment variables from the .env file and from the configuration section.

Enjoy!