Managing Azure Connections
FlexNet Manager Suite
2020 R1
(On-Premises)
Connections to Microsoft Azure require three elements:
- Installation of the Azure Resource Manager (AzureRM) module.
- An Azure service principal identity that is required to have access to Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines with read permission, or you can use the built-in role Virtual machine contributor.
- Configuration of the inventory beacon to make the connection to Azure. You must specify the connection details which can be obtained from Azure Active Directory (which does not have a schedule by default).
Prerequisites
To complete this process, your chosen inventory beacon must meet the following requirements, some of which should have been fulfilled when the FlexNet Beacon software was installed:- PowerShell 5.1 or later is running on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later, or Windows 7 SP1 or later; with the PowerShell execution policy set to RemoteSigned.
- Install the Microsoft AzureRM module, version 6.8.1 or later.
- You downloaded this PowerShell module from https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/AzureRM.
- To install it on your inventory beacon use the command:
Install-Module -Name AzureRM -RequiredVersion x.x.x
. For example:Install-Module -Name AzureRM -RequiredVersion 6.13.1
- Ensure that the Windows Environment Variable PSModulePath includes the
following path:
%ProgramFiles%\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
- The FlexNet Beacon software installed on the inventory beacon must be release 13.1.1 (shipped with FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R2) or later.
- A web browser is installed and enabled on the inventory beacon.
- You must log onto the inventory beacon, and run FlexNet Beacon, using an account with administrator privileges.
To configure your first connection to Microsoft Azure:
FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)
2020 R1