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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

Creating a Private Link endpoint

Private Link allows us to connect to PaaS services over a secure network. As these services are usually exposed over the internet, this gives us a more secure method of access. There are two components available to make a secure connection—a Private Link endpoint and a Private Link service. Let's start by creating a Private Link endpoint first.

Getting ready

We need to create a service that will be associated with the Private Link endpoint:

  1. Open the browser and go to the Azure portal via https://portal.azure.com. Select the option to create a new service. Search for SQL Server (logical server) and select the Create new option.
  2. In the new pane, we must provide information in the Subscription, Resource group, Server name (must be a unique FQDN), and Location fields. Finally, we must provide credentials for the administrator login before selecting Review + create:
    Associating a new service with a private endpoint in the Basics pane of the Create SQL Database Server window

Figure 9.22: Associating a new service with a Private...