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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 hub (in Virtual WAN)

Hubs are used as regional connection points. They contain multiple service endpoints that enable connectivity between different networks and services. They're the core of networking for each region.

Getting ready

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

How to do it…

  1. In the Azure portal, locate the previously created virtual WAN.
  2. In the Virtual WAN pane, select Hubs under the Connectivity section. Select the option to add a new hub:
    Clicking on the New Hub option to add a new hub

    Figure 9.7: Adding a new hub

  3. In the new pane, we need to provide information in the Region, Name (for the new hub), and Hub private address space fields. Subscription and Resource group are grayed out as they use the same options as Virtual WAN:
    Providing various information in the Basics pane of the Create virtual hub window

    Figure 9.8: Information for the new virtual hub

  4. The next three steps are optional, and we can choose any or all of them. The first step is to configure a Site-to-Site gateway. If we enable this...