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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

Creating a virtual network gateway with PowerShell

Creating a virtual network gateway is possible with PowerShell. Again, this helps automate processes. For example, if we start creating a virtual network gateway using a portal and notice that our virtual network isn't listed, it's probably because it's missing a gateway subnet. So, we must abandon the process, go back, create the gateway subnet, and start creating the virtual network gateway. Using PowerShell, we can ensure that all the requisite resources are present before starting, and then continue with the creation of the virtual network gateway.

Getting ready

Open the PowerShell console and make sure that you are connected to your Azure subscription.

How to do it…

To create a new virtual network gateway, execute the following script:

$vnet = Get-AzVirtualNetwork -ResourceGroupName 'Packt-Networking-Script' -Name 'Packt-Script'
Add-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name &apos...