Adding an External IP to your Azure resources

An external IP address filter allows you to restrict which computers can access Azure resources. Each computer has an external IP address, recognised by resources on the internet.

To add a new External IP to Azure SQL Database to connect to Insol6.

1. Open an internet browser
2. Login to Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com)
3. Enter in your username and password.
4. Click on SQL server (option in ‘Recent resources’)
5. On the left list go to ‘Security’ section and click on ‘Firewalls and virtual networks’
6. Add a ‘Rule name’ for the new IP
   Your current IP address will be displayed on
7. Add the ‘Start IP’ and ‘End IP’ which is the ‘Client IP address’ listed above the entry sections.
8. Click ‘Save’

 

To add a new External IP to Azure Document Store to connect to Insol6 

1. Open an internet browser
2. Login to Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com)
3. Enter in your username and password.
4. Click on ‘MyAzuredocs’ (option in ‘Recent resources’)
5. On the left menu go to ‘Settings’ section and click on ‘Firewalls and virtual networks’
6. Click the checkbox for ‘Add your current IP address’.
7. Click ‘Save’

Note:

If you don’t have a static IP address, then you will need to perform this step each time your modem restarts and assigns you a new IP address.