Hands-on exercise 3 – enabling NSG flow logs

Here are the exercises that we will complete in this exercise:

• Task 1: Enable an NSG flow log
• Task 2: Download and review the flow log

Let us go through the steps to accomplish these tasks.

Task 1 – enable an NSG flow log

The steps are:

1. In the Azure portal, in the Search resources, services, and docs textbox at the top of the Azure portal page, type network watcher. Select Network Watcher from the search results.
2. On the left page, in the Logs section, select Flow logs.
3. In Network Watcher | Flow logs, select + Create.
4. In the Create a flow log window, in the Basics tab, configure the following:
   • Subscription: Select your Azure subscription, the subscription of your VM, and its NSG
   • Click on + Select resource

Figure 11.30 – Click to select the NSG resources to monitor

5. In the Select network security group window, select the following NSGs –...