azure-vnet-peering

Demonstration of configuring peering between two VNets in Azure

Getting Started

An Azure RM template is included in infrastructure/ to create the environment:

Using Azure PowerShell, do the following to provision the resources:

.\startup.ps1

Alternatively, you can perform a one-click deploy with the following button:

Following Along

1. Create a Linux VM with password authentication in a new VNet called dev. The VNet can be in a different region although peering data transfer costs are higher than if VNets are in the same region.

2. Initiate a peering connection from the shared-vnet VNet with the dev VNet. Observe the status of the peering is Initiated. The peering connection cannot be used until the status is Connected.

3. Initiate a peering connection from the dev_ VNet with the shared-vnet VNet. Observe the status of the peering is Connected. The peering connection cannot be used until the status is Connected.

4. Use the serial console of the VM in the dev VNet to connect the the VM in the shared VNet using a private IP address:

   ssh 10.0.0.100

   This confirms the peering connection allows traffic between VNets using Azure's private backbone network (not the public internet).

Tearing Down

When finished, remove the Azure resources with:

.\teardown.ps1