configure static/public ip for azure mysql - azure

Azure has provided the access to the mysql instance as the domain name as
X.mysql.database.azure.com
I am able to connect it properly. But I need to get the public/static ip address which we can use to access this instance.
Thank you.

No. You cannot make a static IP address assignment for your Azure SQL Server or Azure Sql Database.
You have to workaround your requirement for static IP address assignment to work with the DNS Name (x.database.windows.net).

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How to connect to an Azure SQL Server using the PrivateLink IP

I have an Azure logical SQL server to which I added a Private Link, the NIC is attached to an existing vnet\subnet. Our company's VPN is linked to that vnet and I can see other devices on the private link's subnet but not the SQL Server.
The SQL Server is reachable on the public URL (temporarily for testing) but trying to ping or tracert the server with the private IP fails, I can ping and tracert to other VMs on the same subnet.
I'm not using a custom DNS zone because it's imperative that we configure it with the IP and I haven't made any changes to our company DNS (I'm expecting not to have to).
Other than creating the private link and attaching it to the SQL Server, what else needs to be done? What am I missing?
I'am working on the same Issue. It's still not solved yet but there are some steps you need to do.
For the Connectivity it's required to add a DNS, especially if you want to connect from the On-Prem. Azure has a default DNS-Solution for Azure-Resources. The Problem is: From On-Prem you can't access the default Azure-DNS-Service.
So you have to configure a DNS-Zone (in Azure or On-Prem).

How to connect to Azure pass DB from a secure network

I would like to connect to Azure SQL server from a Window server via SSMS. In the “set server firewall” from Azure, I have given my server IP ( from the system I would like to connect). I need to know the destination IP adders of the Azure DB Server. From Azure portal the location is showing central US . To allow firewall I need to know the destination IP address.
My questions are:
1. As Central US could have multiple IP addresses, do I need to provide all IPs to my Firewall team?
2. How can I know the destination IP address ( i.e. Azure) so that I can provide that to my firewall team?
Note: From SQL server management studio, the tcp default port for SQL is enabled and services are running fine.
Hope I have explained it correctly.Thanks
No. You cannot get a static IP address assignment for your Azure SQL Database. Moreover, what you refer (mysqlserverdatabase.mysql.database.azure.com designates your Azure SQL Database Server, not a single Database. This is a logical server, in which you can put up to 149 Databases (150 with the Master DB).
You have to workaround your requirement for static IP address assingment to work with the DNS Name (mysqlserverdatabase.mysql.database.azure.com).
Otherwise if your company firewall can't work with the DNS Name ,you need to set the server connection policy to Proxy as documented in Azure SQL Connectivity Architecture. This allows the database gateway to proxy all traffic between the client and the DB server. The gateways all have static IP addresses, which are listed in the above document.
If you have setup a VNet in Azure, checkout VNet Service Endpoints to connect Azure SQL.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/blog/vnet-service-endpoints-for-azure-sql-database-now-generally-available/

How to use SSMS to connect to a SQL db without firewall rule?

I'm aware of the Microsoft documentation here. And have created both server-level and database-level firewall rules for accessing an Azure SQL db.
I'm now at a coffee shop using SQL Server Mgmt. Studio to work on an Azure SQL db, but DO NOT want to accept the coffee shop's IP address as a whitelisted IP.
How can I access my Azure SQL Server without whitelisting every IP address I wish to connect from? Is there some type of Azure proxy to use?
Thank you
Short answer is that you can not connect from an IP address that isn’t whitelisted.
AFAIK, there isn’t a proxy available for such scenario.
As a workaround,
you can add and remove the IP from whitelist later or
have a VM (on Azure or elsewhere) with SSMS that is able to connect to your DB and you could remote into that.
Thanks for the offer #AlbertoMorillo. I decided to go with:
curl ifconfig.me to determine IP address, then
EXECUTE sp_set_database_firewall_rule
#name = N'name_your_rule',
#start_ip_address = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx', #end_ip_address = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'
to create the rule, then
EXECUTE sp_delete_database_firewall_rule N'name_your_rule'; when I'm finished.

Associate static IP to a Azure SQL server/database

I need to associate a public static IP address to points to an Azure SQL server, the server only has DNS name but doesn’t have IP address. I already tried Azure Load Balancer, Trafic Manager and DNS, and in any of the services there is an option to associate a static IP that point to the Data Base Name, for example the DB name is: testnetmarksrv.database.windows.net
Any options…?
This architecture provides the answer Azure SQL Database gateway IP addresses .
The table with the Public IP addresses for each region is what you will need to use for your firewall configuration with the Public IP address of the gateway as the destination address on your firewall and also allowing traffic outbound on port 1433 as this is the only port that the gateway will listen on.
I performed a couple of test to ensure that mydatabase.windows.net resolves to the IP address displayed in the table and it seem to have worked for me. I dont know if this is the official record Microsoft has for listing the public IP addresses for their IP addresses as I could not see some of the newer data centers on that list. The other thing that you will need to do is to set your Azure SQL Datase connection to Proxy mode. The following powershell will set that.
Get SQL Server ID
$sqlserverid=(Get-AzSqlServer -ServerName sql-server-name -ResourceGroupName sql-server-group).ResourceId
Set URI
$id="$sqlserverid/connectionPolicies/Default"
Get current connection policy
(Get-AzResource -ResourceId $id).Properties.connectionType
Update connection policy
Set-AzResource -ResourceId $id -Properties #{"connectionType" = "Proxy"} -f
I am not sure about why you have a requirement to limit outbound SQL traffic but will urge you to also have a look at restricting inbound connections to your Azure SQL Databases.
This should be done on the Azure SQL Server that your Azure SQL Database lives on. Below are some resources to help to configure a Azure SQL Server firewall rule/s and provides a number of methods to set firewall rules including through the protal, through SQL and through the commandline.
Azure SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouse IP firewall rules
Hope this helps!
No. You cannot get a static IP address assignment for your Azure SQL Database. Moreover, what you refer (testnetmarksrv.database.windows.net) designates your Azure SQL Database Server, not a single Database. This is a logical server, in which you can put up to 149 Databases (150 with the Master DB).
You have to workaround your requirement for static IP address assingment to work with the DNS Name (testnetmarksrv.database.windows.net).
You need to set the server connection policy to Proxy as documented in Azure SQL Connectivity Architecture. This allows the database gateway to proxy all traffic between the client and the DB server. The gateways all have static IP addresses, which are listed in the above document.
Currently most regions default to the Proxy connection policy if the connection comes from outside Azure, but this is changing on 2nd Jan 2019, so make sure to explicitly set the policy if you require static IP addresses.

Unable to access SQL Azure database using IP address?

Because of my machine IP gets changed dynamically (get ip using website whatismyip.com ) I could not able to access and set Server-Level Firewall Rules to sql azure database.
I tried to add range also 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 but it is not working.
Is there any work around to access SQL Azure?
getting error:
I wrote a post a while ago on how to access the SQL Azure instance using point-to-site VPN provided by Azure Virtual Network. It does not require anything to be open on the SQL Azure side. Here is a link to it: http://rtumaykin-it.blogspot.com/2015/01/using-linux-iptables-port-forwarding.html
Here is how to create a Virtual network and VPN: https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/vpn-gateway-point-to-site-create/
Hope this solution can help.
SQL Azure requires you to add your public IP address to be added to restriction so that you can access it. Go to whatismyip.com , fetch the address you get there and paste it in the Azure Management portal to the allowed IP List.

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