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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

Removing a reservation for a private IP address

Similar to public IP addresses, we can remove a reservation for a private IP address at any time. A private IP address is free, so additional costs aren't a factor in this case. But there are scenarios where dynamic assignment is required, and we can set it at any time.

Getting ready

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

How to do it...

To remove a reservation for a private IP address, follow these steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, locate the NIC you want to make changes for.
  2. In the Network interface pane, go to IP configurations under Settings and select the IP configuration:

    Selecting IP configuration in the Network interface pane

    Figure 4.12: Selecting the IP configuration in the Network interface pane

  3. In the new pane, under Private IP address settings, change Assignment to Dynamic:

    Setting Assignment under the Private IP address settings to Dynamic to remove an IP reservation

    Figure 4.13: Private IP address assignment set to Dynamic

  4. After these changes have been made, click Save to apply the new configuration...