Onboard an Azure Account
In Tenable Cloud Security, you can connect your Microsoft Azure cloud account using a service principal. In Microsoft Azure, a service principal is an entity that requires access to the resources secured by an Azure Active Directory tenant.
Before you begin:
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Ensure you have the following Azure values:
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Client ID
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Secret value
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Tenant ID
For more information, see Create an Azure Service Principal Role.
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To connect an Azure subscription with a service principal:
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In the left navigation bar, click
> Connection > Azure subscription.
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In the Choose a workflow to discover Azure subscriptions section, click Service principal (recommended).
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Click Continue.
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In the Discover Azure subscription(s) section, enter your Client ID, Secret value, and Tenant ID.
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Click Continue.
Tenable Cloud Security connects to your Microsoft Azure account using the specified credentials, and displays the list of subscriptions.
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In the Choose Azure subscription(s) section, select the required subscriptions.
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Click Continue.
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For the selected subscriptions, in the Choose resource group(s) section, do one of the following:
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To select all available resource groups, click All (recommended).
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To select specific resource groups, click Specific, and select a resource group in the list.
Tip: You can search for specific resource groups, and filter the list by subscriptions.
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Click Continue.
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(Optional) In the Choose projects to add the Azure project(s) to section, create or select a project for the Azure subscription.
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To create a new project for your Azure account, click Add a project. For more information, see Create a Project.
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Select a project from the list.
Tip: You can also search for specific projects.
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Click Connect Cloud Account.
On the Projects & Connections page, you can view the Azure project with the connected Azure account and view the selected VPCs.