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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 an Azure DNS zone

To start using Azure DNS, we must first create a DNS zone. A DNS zone holds a DNS record for a specific domain, and it can hold records for a single domain at a time. A DNS zone will hold DNS records for this domain and possible subdomains. DNS name servers are set up to reply to any query on a registered domain and point to a destination.

Getting ready

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

How to do it...

In order to create a new Azure DNS zone with the Azure portal, we must follow these steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, select Create a resource and choose DNS Zone under Networking services (or search for DNS Zone in the search bar).
  2. In the new pane, we must enter information for the Subscription, Resource group, and Name fields. If we select an existing resource group, the region will automatically be the same as the one for the resource group selected. Optionally, we can mark this...