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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

Integrating a virtual network with a private DNS zone

When a private DNS zone is created, it is a standalone service that doesn't do much on its own. We must integrate it with a virtual network in order to start using it. Once integrated, it will provide DNS inside the virtual network.

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 a new record to the DNS zone, we must use the following steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, locate Private DNS Zone.
  2. In Private DNS Zone, select Virtual network links and click Add:
    Clicking on the Add option to create a virtual network link

    Figure 6.3: Adding a virtual network link

  3. In the new pane, fill in Link name, then select values for the Subscription and Virtual network fields (only virtual networks in the selected subscription will be available). Alternatively, we can provide the resource ID of our virtual network, rather than selecting options from the drop-down menu:
    Adding a virtual network link by providing various details

Figure 6.4: Adding...