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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

Downloading the VPN device configuration from Azure

After creating the Azure side of the Site-to-Site connection, we still need to configure the local VPN device. The configuration depends upon the vendor and the device type. You can see all the supported devices at https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-about-vpn-devices. In some cases, there is an option to download configuration for a VPN device directly from the Azure portal.

Getting ready

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

How to do it...

To download the VPN device configuration, we must follow these steps:

  1. Locate the Site-2-Site connection in the Azure portal. The Overview pane will be opened by default.
  2. Select the Download configuration option from the top of the pane:
    Clicking the Download configuration button in the Overview pane

    Figure 8.5: Site-2-Site connection overview in the Azure portal

  3. A new pane will open, and you will see that all the options in the pane are predefined:
    An overview of the Download configuration page

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