Fixing Azure CLI Storage Account Whitelisting Error: ‘IPs does not appear to be an IPv4 or IPv6 network

This blog explains an error that occurs when whitelisting IPs on a storage account using an Azure CLI script. The script attempts to pass the IPs as a space-separated string and apply them through the CLI. However, it fails with an error indicating that the IP format is incorrect. This post explains the issue and provides the steps to fix it.

Pre-requites:

• Azure Storage account
• The $ipList parameter accepts a semicolon-separated list of IP addresses

How to Extract Certificates and Keys from a PFX File in Windows Using WSL

A Personal Information Exchange (PFX) is a cryptographic file format used to store and protect sensitive information such as certificates, private keys, and secrets. In this blog, I’ll explain how to extract the certificates and private keys from PFX using OpenSSL in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Prerequisites:

1. WSL
2. PFX file with certificate and private key

• Open WSL and run sudo apt update to refresh the list of available packages and their versions.
• Run sudo apt install openssl to install OpenSSL in WSL.