Ensure that Accelerated Networking feature is enabled for Azure virtual machines (VMs)

LOW

Description

Disabled accelerated networking via Azure Network Interface may increase latency.

Remediation

In Azure Console -

  1. Open the Azure Portal and go to Virtual machines.
  2. Choose the Virtual machine you wish to edit.
  3. Under Networking, Set Accelerated networking to Enabled.
  4. Select Save.

In Terraform -

  1. In the azurerm_network_interface resource, set enable_accelerated_networking to true.

References:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/accelerated-networking-overview
https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/network_interface#enable_accelerated_networking

Policy Details

Rule Reference ID: AC_AZURE_0269
CSP: Azure
Remediation Available: Yes
Resource Category: Compute
Resource Type: Virtual Machine

Frameworks