Check For Azure Cloud Budget Alerts

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More Info:

Because keeping the cost of your Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure under control can be vital for your organization, you have to ensure that budget exceeding alerts are created to prevent unexpected expenditure within your Azure account.

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Risk Level

High

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Address

Operational Efficiency, Security

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Compliance Standards

CBP

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Remediation

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Using Console

Sure, here are the step-by-step instructions to remediate the Azure cloud misconfiguration related to budget alerts:

1. Log in to the Azure portal.

2. In the left-hand menu, click on “Cost Management + Billing”.

3. Under “Cost Management + Billing”, click on “Cost alerts”.

4. On the “Cost alerts” page, select the alert that you want to remediate by clicking on it.

5. Click on “Edit alert rule” to modify the alert rule.

6. In the “Edit alert rule” page, modify the alert threshold, notification settings, and other parameters as needed.

7. Once you have made the necessary changes, click on “Save” to save the changes.

8. Verify that the alert has been remediated by checking the “Cost alerts” page.

That’s it! By following these simple steps, you can remediate the misconfiguration related to budget alerts in Azure cloud.

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Using CLI

To remediate Azure Cloud Budget Alerts using Azure CLI, follow these steps:

1. Open Azure CLI on your local machine or use Azure Cloud Shell.

2. Login to your Azure account using the command:

   az login
   

3. Once you are logged in, set the correct subscription using the command:

   az account set --subscription <subscription_id>
   

4. Check the current budget alerts using the command:

   az consumption budget list
   

   This command will show you all the budget alerts that are currently active in your Azure subscription.

5. To remediate the budget alert, you can either delete the alert or modify the alert to change the threshold or the notification settings.

   To delete the alert, use the command:

   az consumption budget delete --budget-name <budget_name>
   

   Replace <budget_name> with the name of the budget alert that you want to delete.

   To modify the alert, use the command:

   az consumption budget update --budget-name <budget_name> --amount <new_amount> --contact-emails <new_email_address>
   

   Replace <budget_name> with the name of the budget alert that you want to modify. Replace <new_amount> with the new threshold amount that you want to set for the alert. Replace <new_email_address> with the new email address that you want to add to the notification list.

   You can also modify other settings such as the start and end dates of the budget period, the currency, and the time zone.

6. Once you have remediated the budget alert, you can verify the changes using the command:

   az consumption budget show --budget-name <budget_name>
   

   This command will show you the details of the budget alert that you have just modified or deleted.

By following these steps, you can remediate Azure Cloud Budget Alerts using Azure CLI.

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Using Python

To remediate Azure Cloud Budget Alerts using Python, you can follow the below steps:

Step 1: Import required libraries and dependencies

import os
from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
from azure.mgmt.consumption import ConsumptionManagementClient

Step 2: Authenticate using Azure CLI credentials

credential = AzureCliCredential()
subscription_id = "<your-subscription-id>"
consumption_client = ConsumptionManagementClient(credential, subscription_id)

Step 3: Get the list of all budgets

budgets = consumption_client.budgets.list()

Step 4: Iterate through the list of budgets and disable the alerts for each budget

for budget in budgets:
    budget_id = budget.id
    budget_name = budget.name
    budget_properties = budget.properties

    # Disable the alerts for the budget
    budget_properties.notifications.enabled = False

    # Update the budget with the modified properties
    consumption_client.budgets.create_or_update(budget_id, budget_name, budget_properties)

This code will iterate through all the budgets in your Azure subscription and disable the alerts for each budget. You can schedule this code to run periodically to ensure that the alerts are always disabled for all budgets.

Note: Make sure to replace <your-subscription-id> with your actual subscription ID in the code.