Programmatic Connection to Bastion Server Without Username and Password

Question

Dear Microsoft Support,

I am currently working on automating our connections to a Bastion Server and am looking for a way to connect programmatically without having to manually input the username and password each time. Specifically, I would like to know:

Is it possible to establish a connection to a Bastion Server programmatically without typing the username and password?

If so, what are the recommended methods or best practices for achieving this? Are there any specific APIs, provided by Microsoft that facilitate this kind of connection?

What security considerations should we be aware of when implementing such a solution?

Currently using this method

Get Bastion Shareable link

Thank you for your assistance.

Answer 1

@Ganesh R

I understand you want to know if there is any programmatic way to connect to VM using Azure Bastion without entering the username password. And you are already using the Get Bastion Shareable link.I think you can explore the option of using az network bastion tunnel command to connect to your Azure VM and VS code using Remote SSH extension. You can refer to this tutorial here for more information on implementation.

Additional Reference:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/connect-vm-native-client-windows#tunnel-IP

If this does not satisfy you requirement, it will help if you could file feedback item with your use case for this request on our feedback portal here

Hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any additional questions. Thank you!

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