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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 new record set in Azure DNS

When creating a DNS zone, we define what domain we're going to hold records for. A DNS zone is created for a root domain defined with an FQDN. We can add additional subdomains and add records to hold information on other resources on the same domain.

Getting ready

Before you start, open the browser and go to the Azure portal via 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 DNS zone.
  2. In Overview, select the option for adding a record set:
    Clicking on the Record set option to add a new record set in the DNS zone

    Figure 6.5: Adding a record set in DNS zone

  3. A new pane will open. Enter the name of the subdomain to which you want to add a record:
    Entering the name of the subdomain for the record set

    Figure 6.6: Adding a subdomain for the record

  4. We need to select the type of record we want to add. The options are A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, SRV, TXT, and PTR. The most common record type is A, so let's select that one:
    Selecting the type of record we want to add to the record set

    Figure 6.7: Selecting...