This page will take you step by step through solving challenge 8.
First we will make sure they are all reporting to our demo Log Analytics Workspace.
- To do that go to our Resource group, open the Log Analytics Workspace
- Go to Virtual Machines and put your 5 unique characters, and see if all reporting to this one
- If not, click the VM, disconnected it and re-connected to this LA WS.
- Now create a new Automation Account (here is how)
- Link the Automation Account to your Log Analytics Workspace, go to the newly created Azure Automation Account, go to update management and link the LA WS as shown below
- Enable the Azure Update Management on your VMs, on the same page (you may need to refresh it) go to "Add Azure VMs"
- Make sure you are on the correct region
- Check your VMs and click enable (see below)
Tip: If you want to enable all VMs connected to the LA WS automatically (current or current and future, to to Azure Automation Account, then click on "Update Management" on the left, click on "Manage machines" > Pick the option suitable for your environment
Note: You may need to wait sometime for the VMs to show up
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The next step is to schedule an update deployment. Open the automation account. In the left menu, select Update Management.
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Under the Machines tab. Under the Update Deployments tab, you can see the status of past scheduled deployments. Under the Deployment schedules tab, you can see a list of upcoming and completed deployments.
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Select Schedule update deployment. The New update deployment window will open, and you can specify the needed information.
Here is more information about the different options (click here)
Once you specify all settings, select Create.
Fill it up, click create - you are all set ;-)
To see the status of an update deployment, select the Update deployments tab under Update management. In progress indicates that deployment is currently running. When the deployment is completed, the status will show either “Succeeded” if each update was deployed successfully or “Partially failed” if there were errors for one or more of the updates.
To see all the details of the update deployment, click on the update deployment from available list.
The Bonus part (Optional)
How to install just a single specific update If you checked the link in the challenge you should be all set, however the link it for Linux. For Windows (very similar) also create a schedule as described above and deselect all update classifications. In the include type your KB ID you would like to install (you can get it from the missing updates tab)
First team to a screenshot of the new Alert Rules and New Action Rule wins the challenge!! Good luck!