Azure-docs: What does the "systemId" correspond to?

[blueelvis]

Could you please tell me how these are related to a particular NSG? How is this generated and how this can be queried for? Under what conditions can this be different?

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• Content: Introduction to flow logging for network security groups with Azure Network Watcher
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[TravisCragg-MSFT]

@blueelvis The SystemID is the ID of a NSG. This is not the easiest thing to obtain, I was able to find it by going to Resources.Azure.com and navigating to the NSG. Under "Properties" -> "ResourceGUID" was the SystemID

In Powershell, the Resource GUID can be obtained by getting a NSG and selecting the "ResourceGUID" property.

Get-AzureRmNetworkSecurityGroup -name "NSG Name" -ResourceGroupName "RG Name" | select ResourceGUID

The GUID is generated by Azure when you create a NSG. It is not something that you can control. The only reason that this would be different is if the log is coming from a different NSG.

[blueelvis]

@TravisCragg-MSFT - Thanks for that information! If we already have a Resource ID in the NSG Log, why do we have the systemID as well in the log entry?

[TravisCragg-MSFT]

@blueelvis I am unsure, but it is likely that this is how it is recorded, and they give all available information in these records.

[TravisCragg-MSFT]

@blueelvis We will now proceed to close this thread. If there are further questions regarding this matter, please tag me in your reply. We will gladly continue the discussion and we will reopen the issue.

[blueelvis]

@TravisCragg-MSFT -- Thanks a lot for the explanation!