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Expert guidance for Azure Operator Nexus development: troubleshooting, best practices, architecture, security, configuration, and deployment. Use when configuring fabric/BGP, RBAC, Key Vault, or troubleshooting bare metal.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/azure-agent-skills:azure-operator-nexusThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Operator Nexus. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Operator Nexus. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide
This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L82 | Diagnosing and fixing Nexus bare-metal, network, storage, and Kubernetes issues, including provisioning failures, connectivity, performance, pod/VM errors, and collecting diagnostic logs. |
| Best Practices | L83-L88 | Guidance on Nexus bare metal lifecycle ops, ETCD maintenance in Nexus AKS, and procedures for repairing and maintaining Nexus storage appliance components. |
| Decision Making | L89-L96 | Guidance on planning Nexus Kubernetes cluster placement and choosing compatible Nexus versions, VM SKUs, and platform SKUs based on workload, capacity, and storage support. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L97-L101 | Designing near-edge storage for Azure Operator Nexus: architecture choices, data locality, performance, capacity planning, redundancy, and integration with Nexus network/compute. |
| Limits & Quotas | L102-L114 | Limits, capacity planning, supported versions, and operational behaviors for Nexus clusters: quotas, storage sizing, node restarts, isolation domain requirements, upgrades, and log retention. |
| Security | L115-L154 | Securing Nexus: identity and RBAC, ACLs and traffic policies, SSH and break-glass access, credential/cert/key rotation, Defender/Policy, and managed identity/Key Vault integrations. |
| Configuration | L155-L220 | Configuring and operating Azure Operator Nexus clusters and network fabric: JSON templates, isolation domains, BGP/VRF/route policies, QoS, monitoring, maintenance, and Kubernetes/node settings. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L221-L225 | Configuring Network Packet Broker TAP rules in Azure Operator Nexus, including rule creation, traffic mirroring, filtering, and integration patterns for network observability. |
| Deployment | L226-L233 | Guides for upgrading and replacing Nexus fabric devices/terminal servers, running pre-validation and template-based fabric upgrades, and building/maintaining VM images for Operator Nexus. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Best practices for bare metal machine lifecycle operations in Operator Nexus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/howto-bare-metal-best-practices |
| Perform storage appliance component repairs in Nexus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/howto-storage-device-repair |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Plan resource placement for Nexus Kubernetes clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/concepts-nexus-kubernetes-placement |
| Map Operator Nexus versions to supported storage software | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/reference-near-edge-storage-supported-versions |
| Select Azure Operator Nexus Kubernetes VM SKUs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/reference-nexus-kubernetes-cluster-sku |
| Choose appropriate Azure Operator Nexus SKUs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/reference-operator-nexus-skus |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Design near-edge storage architecture for Nexus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/reference-near-edge-storage |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Configure Network Packet Broker TAP rules in Operator Nexus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/howto-configure-network-packet-broker |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Replace a terminal server in Azure Operator Nexus Network Fabric | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/howto-replace-terminal-server |
| Pre-validate and upgrade Azure Operator Nexus fabric | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/howto-upgrade-nexus-fabric |
| Use template to upgrade Azure Operator Nexus fabric | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/howto-upgrade-nexus-fabric-template |
| Upgrade Terminal Server OS in Azure Operator Nexus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/howto-upgrade-os-of-terminal-server |
| Build VM images for Azure Operator Nexus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-nexus/howto-virtual-machine-image |
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