Configure a Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Gateway

Deploy ExpressRoute gateways

To connect your Azure virtual network and your on-premises network via ExpressRoute, you must create a virtual network gateway first. A virtual network gateway serves two purposes: to exchange IP routes between the networks and to route network traffic.

Gateway types

When you create a virtual network gateway, you need to specify several settings. One of the required settings, ‘-GatewayType’, specifies whether the gateway is used for ExpressRoute, or VPN traffic. The two gateway types are:

  • VPN – To send encrypted traffic across the public Internet, you use the gateway type ‘VPN’. This is also referred to as a VPN gateway. Site-to-Site, Point-to-Site, and VNet-to-VNet connections all use a VPN gateway.
  • ExpressRoute – To send network traffic on a private connection, you use the gateway type ‘ExpressRoute’. This is also referred to as an ExpressRoute gateway and is the type of gateway used when configuring ExpressRoute.

Each virtual network can have only one virtual network gateway per gateway type. For example, you can have one virtual network gateway that uses -GatewayType VPN, and one that uses -GatewayType ExpressRoute.

In this exercise, you will:

  • Task 1: Create the VNet and gateway subnet
  • Task 2: Create the virtual network gateway

Prerequisites for this labs : Azure Account 

Task 1: Create the VNet and gateway subnet

  • On any Azure Portal page, in Search resources, services and docs, enter virtual network, and then select Virtual networks from the results.
  • On the Virtual networks page, select +Create.
  • On the Create virtual networks pane, on the Basics tab, use the information in the following table to create the VNet:
SettingValue
Virtual Network NameCoreServicesVNet
Resource GroupExceedlabsResourceGroup
LocationEast US
  • Select Next : IP addresses.
  • On the IP Addresses tab, in IPv4 address space, enter 10.20.0.0/16, and then select + Add subnet.
  • In the Add subnet pane, use the information in the following table to create the subnet:
SettingValue
Gateway Subnet nameGatewaySubnet
Gateway Subnet address space10.20.0.0/27
  • And then select Add.
  • On the Create virtual network page, select Review + Create.

Confirm that the VNet passes the validation and then select Create.

Task 2: Create the virtual network gateway

  • On any Azure Portal page, in Search resources, services and docs (G+/), enter virtual network gateway, and then select Virtual network gateways from the results.
  • On the Create virtual network gateway page, use the information in the following table to create the gateway:
SettingValue
Project details 
Resource GroupExceedlabsResourceGroup
Instance details 
NameCoreServicesVnetGateway
RegionEast US
Gateway typeExpressRoute
SKUStandard
Virtual networkCoreServicesVNet
Public IP address 
Public IP addressCreate new
Public IP address nameCoreServicesVnetGateway-IP
Public IP address SKUBasic
AssignmentNot configurable

Select Review + Create.

  • Confirm that the Gateway configuration passes validation and then select Create.
  • When the deployment is complete, select Go to Resource.
[!Note]

it can take up to 45 minutes to deploy a Gateway.

Congratulations! You have successfully created a Virtual network, a gateway subnet, and an ExpressRoute Gateway.

Reminder: Don’t forget to delete or shutdown all unused Azure resources after your labs for cost saving

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