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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

Adding a Site-to-Site connection (in a virtual hub)

After a virtual hub is created and the Site-to-Site SKU is defined inside the hub, we can proceed to create a Site-to-Site connection. For this, we need to apply the appropriate connection settings and provide configuration details.

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 create a Site-to-Site connection in a virtual hub (under a virtual WAN), we must take the following steps:

  1. Find the virtual WAN and locate the previously created virtual hub under Hubs in the Connectivity section. Select that hub:
    Selecting the previously created hub in the Connectivity section

    Figure 9.14: Selecting the previously created hub in the Connectivity section

  2. In the Virtual HUB pane, go to the VPN (Site to site) settings under Connectivity. Select the Create new VPN site option:
    Selecting the Create new VPN site option from the VPN (Site to site) settings

    Figure 9.15: Selecting the Create new VPN site option in the Virtual HUB pane

  3. A new pane will appear. Subscription...