S2S VPN Configuration To configure an S2S VPN tunnel using Azure VPN Gateway, we will use a Windows server with RRAS features installed. This will work as the equivalent of an on-premises appliance that would typically run a persistent connection with the VPN gateway. An S2S tunnel is typically designed to be persistent: Figure 17.29 […]
Category: VNet to VNet connections
Network Watcher – Monitoring and Troubleshooting Virtual Networking
Network Watcher Azure Network Watcher is a network monitoring solution that provides tools to diagnose, monitor, and view metrics and logging for resources in an Azure virtual network. This includes application gateway traffic, load balancers, and ExpressRoute circuits. Azure Network Watcher offers the following capabilities: Network Watcher will be automatically enabled when a new virtual […]
Enabling Network Watcher – Monitoring and Troubleshooting Virtual Networking
Enabling Network Watcher To enable Network Watcher in a specific region, take the following steps: Figure 18.9 – Selecting All Services Figure 18.10 – Selecting network watcher Figure 18.11 – Selecting your Network Watcher Top Tip Note that upon deploying your first VNet in an Azure region, Azure will automatically create the associated NetworkWatcher_ resource. […]
VPN troubleshoot – Monitoring and Troubleshooting Virtual Networking
VPN troubleshoot For the VPN troubleshoot demonstration, we are going to use the VPN connection that we created in the previous chapter. You can diagnose the VPN connection by taking the following steps: Figure 18.23 – VPN troubleshoot Figure 18.24 – VPN troubleshoot, Start troubleshooting Figure 18.25 – VPN troubleshoot, troubleshooting Should you have an […]
Connection troubleshoot – Monitoring and Troubleshooting Virtual Networking
Connection troubleshoot Azure Network Watcher connection troubleshoot enables you to troubleshoot network performance and connectivity issues in Azure. It provides visualization of the hop-by-hop path from source to destination, identifying issues that can potentially impact your network performance and connectivity. Azure Network Watcher connection troubleshoot provides the following features and insights: Top Tip Connection troubleshoot […]
Downloading and extracting files for labs – Practice Labs – Configuring and Managing Virtual Networking
Downloading and extracting files for labs Follow these steps to download and extract the files: Figure 19.1 – Downloading files (ZIP) Figure 19.2 – Extract All (ZIP) You have downloaded all the files you need for the labs later in the chapter. Virtual network subnetting lab This lab will guideyou through creating an Azure virtual […]
The Activity log – Monitoring Resources with Azure Monitor
The Activity log The Activity log is used for tracking configuration changes within Azure, such as the deployment of resources to a resource group, or the modification of resources, such as adding tags. The following screenshot shows an example view of an Activity log: Figure 20.2 – The Activity log As you can see, the […]
Diagnostic settings – Monitoring Resources with Azure Monitor
Diagnostic settings You can also configure diagnostic settings on different Azure resources. There are two types of diagnostic logs available in Azure Monitor: The contents of these logs are different for every Azure resource. These logs differ from guest OS-level diagnostic logs. To collect OS-level logs, an agent needs to be installed on the virtual […]
Creating a dashboard – Monitoring Resources with Azure Monitor
Creating a dashboard Azure provides the capability of building dashboards and allows you to build some quick insights for your resources: Figure 20.14 – Monitor – Pin to dashboard 2. Since we have not created a dashboard as yet, we will create a new one when saving. Click Create new, enter the following details, and […]
Creating an alert – Monitoring Resources with Azure Monitor
Creating an alert To create an alert, perform the following steps: Figure 20.22 – Creating an alert Figure 20.23 – Select a resource for alerts Figure 20.24 – Alert logic Figure 20.25 – The action group notification type Figure 20.26 – Testing your action group We have now created an alert and an action group […]