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Azure Networking Cookbook, Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Mustafa Toroman
Book Image

Azure Networking Cookbook, Second Edition - Second Edition

By: Mustafa Toroman

Overview of this book

Azure's networking services enable organizations to manage their networks effectively. With the Azure Networking Cookbook, you’ll see how Azure paves the way for an enterprise to achieve reliable performance and secure connectivity. This updated second edition will take you through the latest networking features in Azure. The book starts with an introduction to Azure networking, covering basics such as creating Azure virtual networks, designing address spaces, and creating subnets. You’ll create and manage network security groups, application security groups, and IP addresses in Azure using easy-to-follow recipes. As you progress through the book, you’ll explore various aspects such as DNS and routing, load balancers, Traffic Manager, and site-to-site, point-to-site, and VNet-to-VNet connections. This cookbook covers all the functions crucial to understanding cloud networking practices and being able to plan, implement, and secure your network infrastructure with Azure. You’ll not only upscale your current environment but also get well-versed with monitoring, diagnosing, and ensuring secure connectivity. The book will help you grasp best practices as you learn how to create a robust environment. By the end of this Azure cookbook, you’ll have gained hands-on experience developing cost-effective solutions that can facilitate efficient connectivity in your organization.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Index

Configuring HTTP settings

HTTP settings in application gateways are used for validation and various traffic settings. Their main purpose is to ensure that requests are directed to the appropriate backend pool. Some other HTTP settings are also included, such as affinity or connection draining. Override settings are also part of HTTP settings—these will allow you to redirect if an incomplete or incorrect request is sent.

Getting ready

Before you start, open the browser and go to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.

How to do it...

In order to add HTTP settings to our application gateway, we must do the following:

  1. In the Azure portal, locate the previously created application gateway.
  2. In the Application gateway pane, under Settings, select HTTP settings. Select Add to add a new HTTP setting or select an existing one to edit:
    Adding a new HTTP setting in the Application gateway pane

    Figure 12.14: Locating HTTP settings in the Application gateway pane

  3. In the new pane, first, we need to provide a name...