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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 virtual network connection (in a virtual hub)

A virtual hub represents a central point in an Azure region. But to actually use this point, we need to connect virtual networks to a virtual hub. Then, we can use the virtual hub as intended.

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 virtual network 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 Virtual network connections in the Connectivity section. Select the Add connection option:
    Clicking on Add connection to add a virtual hub

    Figure 9.20: Adding a previously created virtual hub

  2. In the new pane, we need to provide information in the Connection name, Hubs, Subscription, Resource group, and Virtual network fields. Next, we need to provide Routing configuration information. We can select Yes for Propagate to none. If we select No, we need...