Accelerated networking vm remediation

Using Console

Using CLI

To enable Accelerated Networking for Virtual Machines in Azure using Azure CLI, follow the below steps:

Open the Azure CLI in your terminal or Azure Cloud Shell.
Run the following command to check if Accelerated Networking is already enabled for the VM:
```
az vm show -g <resource-group-name> -n <vm-name> --query networkProfile.networkInterface.id
```
Once you have verified that Accelerated Networking is not enabled, run the following command to enable it:
```
az vm accerated-networking enable -g <resource-group-name> -n <vm-name>
```
Wait for a few minutes for the changes to take effect.
Run the following command to verify that Accelerated Networking is enabled for the VM:
```
az vm show -g <resource-group-name> -n <vm-name> --query "networkProfile.networkInterfaces[0].enableAcceleratedNetworking"
```
If the output is “true”, then Accelerated Networking has been successfully enabled for the VM.

That’s it! You have successfully remediated the misconfiguration by enabling Accelerated Networking for Virtual Machines in Azure using Azure CLI.

Using Python

To remediate the misconfiguration of enabling Accelerated Networking for Virtual Machines in Azure using Python, you can use the Azure Python SDK. Here are the steps to follow:

Install the Azure Python SDK by running the following command in your terminal:

pip install azure-mgmt-compute

Authenticate with Azure by creating a Service Principal and assigning it the Contributor role for the subscription. You can do this using the Azure CLI or the Azure Portal.
Import the necessary modules in your Python script:

from azure.common.credentials import ServicePrincipalCredentials
from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

Set the credentials for the Service Principal:

TENANT_ID = '<your-tenant-id>'
CLIENT_ID = '<your-client-id>'
CLIENT_SECRET = '<your-client-secret>'
SUBSCRIPTION_ID = '<your-subscription-id>'

credentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(
    client_id=CLIENT_ID,
    secret=CLIENT_SECRET,
    tenant=TENANT_ID
)

Create a ComputeManagementClient object using the credentials:

compute_client = ComputeManagementClient(
    credentials=credentials,
    subscription_id=SUBSCRIPTION_ID
)

Get a list of all the virtual machines in the subscription:

vm_list = compute_client.virtual_machines.list_all()

For each virtual machine, check if Accelerated Networking is already enabled. If not, enable it:

for vm in vm_list:
    if vm.network_profile.network_interfaces:
        for nic in vm.network_profile.network_interfaces:
            nic_obj = compute_client.network_interfaces.get(
                nic.id.split('/')[4],
                nic.id.split('/')[8]
            )
            if not nic_obj.enable_accelerated_networking:
                nic_obj.enable_accelerated_networking = True
                compute_client.network_interfaces.create_or_update(
                    nic.id.split('/')[4],
                    nic.id.split('/')[8],
                    nic_obj
                )

Save and run the Python script. This will enable Accelerated Networking for all the virtual machines in the subscription that do not have it enabled.

Note: Make sure to test this in a non-production environment before implementing it in a production environment.

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