PowerShell Script to disable Public Network Access for Azure Relay

Scenario: PowerShell script to disable Public Network access for Azure Relay

In today’s azure world, it is always better to do automations rather than do a Manual work. It becomes a headache for all of us to navigate to Azure Portal

Here is the simple way to disable Public Network access by using PowerShell script.

Solution:

Connect-AzAccount Set-AzContext -SubscriptionId "<Sub ID>" $accessToken = $(Get-AzAccessToken).Token $body = '{"location": "xxxxxx","properties": {"publicNetworkAccess": "Disabled","defaultAction": "Deny","virtualNetworkRules": [],"ipRules": []}}' | ConvertTo-Json $obj = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $body $uri = 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<Sub ID>/resourceGroups/<RG>/providers/Microsoft.Relay/namespaces/<NS>/networkrulesets/default?api-version=2021-11-01' Invoke-RestMethod -Method PUT -Uri $uri -Headers @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $accessToken" } -Body $obj -ContentType "application/json"

Please find below steps on how to run the PowerShell script to disable Public Network access for Azure Relay.

Step 1: Login to Azure portal

Step 2: Open Azure PowerShell terminal and connect to your Azure account using any of options mentioned in Authentication Methods

Step 3: Just add the Resource Group name and Subscription Id and Relay namespace.

Step 4: Run the above commands to enable Public Network access for Azure Relay

Reference Links: -

Network security for Azure Relay - Azure Relay | Microsoft Learn

Happy Learning :smile:

Published on: December 19, 2023

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