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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

Changing a route

Route requirements may change over time. In such cases, we can either remove the route or edit it, depending on our needs. If a route needs to be adjusted, we can select the option to change the route and apply the new traffic flow at any time.

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 change the existing route, we need to do the following:

  1. In the Azure portal, locate Route table.
  2. Under Settings, select Routes and select the route you want to change from the list of available routes:
    Selecting the route that we want to change

    Figure 6.24: Changing an available route

  3. A new pane will open. We can change the Address prefix (for the destination IP range) and Next hop type settings. If the Next hop type option is a virtual appliance, an option for Next hop address will be available:
    Editing the route by changing Address prefix and Next hop type

Figure 6.25: Option for Next hop address

How it works...

The requirements for a route may change over...