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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

Connecting to a virtual machine with Azure Bastion

With Azure Bastion, we can connect to a virtual machine through the browser without a public IP address and without exposing it publicly.

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 connect to a virtual machine with Azure Bastion, we must follow these steps:

  1. In the Azure portal, find the virtual machine you want to connect to. The virtual machine needs to be on the same virtual network as Azure Bastion is deployed on.
  2. In the Virtual machine pane, select the Connect option under Settings. Select the BASTION tab, and on that tab, select Use Bastion:
    Clicking on Use Bastion to connect your virtual machine with Azure Bastion

    Figure 9.4: Connecting to a virtual machine with Azure Bastion

  3. Select the Open in new window option and fill in Username and Password:
Entering Username and Password details to your virtual machine to connect using Bastion

Figure 9.5: Adding a username and password for the virtual machine

The connection will open in a new...