Hands-On Networking with Azure

Mohamed Wali

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781788993944
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Ciencia de la computación
• Subtopic: Aplicaciones empresariales

A step-by-step guide to get you up and running with Azure Networking Services and help you build solutions that leverage effective design patterns

Key Features

• Learn best practices for designing and implementing Azure Networking for Azure VMs
• Figure out the hidden secrets to designing a cost-effective environment
• Plan, design, and implement various connectivity scenarios in Azure

Book Description

Microsoft Azure networking is one of the most valuable and important offerings in Azure. No matter what solution you are building for the cloud, you'll fi nd a compelling use for it. This book will get you up to speed quickly on Microsoft Azure Networking by teaching you how to use different networking services.

By reading this book, you will develop a strong networking foundation for Azure virtual machines and for expanding your on-premise environment to Azure. Hands-On Networking with Azure starts with an introduction to Microsoft Azure networking and creating Azure Virtual Networks with subnets of different types within them. The book helps you understand the architecture of Azure networks. You will then learn the best practices for designing both Windows- and Linux-based Azure VM networks. You will also learn to expand your networks into Azure and how to use Azure DNS. Moreover, you will master best practices for dealing with Azure Load Balancer and the solutions they offer in different scenarios.

Finally, we will demonstrate how the Azure Application Gateway works, offering various layer-7 load balancing capabilities for applications. By the end of this book, you will be able to architect your networking solutions for Azure.

What you will learn

• Understand Azure networking and use the right networking service to fulfill your needs
• Design Azure Networks for Azure VMs according to best practices
• Span your environment with Azure networking solutions
• Learn to use Azure DNS
• Implement Azure Load Balancer for highly available environments
• Distribute user traffic across the world via the Azure Traffic Manager
• Control your application delivery with Azure Application Gateway

Who this book is for

This book is for developers, IT professionals, and database admins who have prior experience of working on Microsoft Azure and want to make the most out of Azure Networking Services.

Azure Virtual Networks 101

Introduction

This chapter introduces Azure Virtual Networks, differences between the Azure Service Management and Azure Resource Manager models, and some key points that will help you to design your solution. We will also cover Azure Virtual Network subnet types and in which scenarios these subnets would be used. Finally, you will learn how to automate all the manual tasks that have been implemented throughout the chapter.

Learning outcomes

The following topics will be covered:

• Introduction to Microsoft Azure Networks
• Azure terminologies
• Azure Service Management (ASM) versus the Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
  model
• Azure Virtual Network (VNet)
• Automating your tasks

Technical requirements

To go through the book smoothly, you need to have the following:

• An Azure subscription: You can sign up for a trial from the following link https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
• PowerShell: Make sure you have PowerShell V3, by running the following cmdlet to check the version $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
• Azure PowerShell module: You can download it from the following link https://www.microsoft.com/web/handlers/webpi.ashx/getinstaller/WindowsAzurePowershellGet.3f.3f.3fnew.appids
• Azure CLI 2.0: You can download it for your OS from the following links:
  • Windows: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-windows?view=azure-cli-latest
  • Linux: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?view=azure-cli-latest
  • Mac: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-macos?view=azure-cli-latest

Introduction to Microsoft Azure Networks

One of the major facts in our life is networking. In the beginning, human beings used to make networks communicate with each other to fulfill their needs. That's why when the computer revolution took place, networks were a very important piece of the puzzle to let computers communicate with each other.

Through the whole of the IT revolution, networks used to be an indispensable part of every IT environment to have a properly functioning environment. It is no surprise that networking is a vital part of cloud from many aspects, starting from the remote connection to your Azure VMs, to spanning your environment across on-premises and Azure. You will notice that networks are used with almost all Azure services, this includes, but is not limited to Azure VMs, Azure SQL Databases, Azure Web Apps, and so on.

At the time of writing, Microsoft Azure is generally available in 36 regions, with plans announced for six additional regions, as shown in the following table:

Region	Status	Location
East US	Generally available	Virginia
East US 2	Generally available	Virginia
Central US	Generally available	Iowa
North Central US	Generally available	Illinois
South Central US	Generally available	Texas
West Central US	Generally available	West Central US
West US	Generally available	California
West US 2	Generally available	West US 2
US Gov Virginia	Generally available	Virginia
US Gov Iowa	Generally available	Iowa
US DoD East	Generally available	Virginia
US DoD Central	Generally available	Iowa
US Gov Arizona	Generally available	Arizona
US Gov Texas	Generally available	Texas
Canada East	Generally available	Quebec City
Canada Central	Generally available	Toronto
Brazil South	Generally available	Sao Paulo State
North Europe	Generally available	Ireland
West Europe	Generally available	Netherlands
UK West	Generally available	Cardiff
UK South	Generally available	London
Germany Central	Generally available	Frankfurt
Germany Northeast	Generally available	Magdeburg
France Central	Coming soon	Paris
France South	Coming soon	Marseille
Southeast Asia	Generally available	Singapore
East Asia	Generally available	Hong Kong
Australia East	Generally available	New South Wales
Australia Southeast	Generally available	Victoria ...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright and Credits
• Dedication
• Packt Upsell
• Contributors
• Preface
• Azure Virtual Networks 101
• Delving into Azure Virtual Networks
• Azure Network for VMs
• Network Connectivity Scenarios in Azure
• Azure DNS
• Azure Load Balancers
• Azure Traffic Manager
• Azure Application Gateway
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