Azure CLI

Network Commands

Configure Azure networking including virtual networks, subnets, network security groups, and load balancers.

8 commands

Pro Tips

Plan your IP address space carefully - VNets cannot be resized after creation.

Use Network Watcher for diagnostics and monitoring network issues.

Service endpoints provide secure access to Azure services from VNets.

Common Mistakes

NSG rules are stateful - only configure inbound rules for allowed traffic.

Peered VNets cannot have overlapping address spaces.

Commands

Create DNS Zone

$ az network dns zone create --resource-group <rg> --name <domain.com>

Create an Azure DNS zone

Create Load Balancer

$ az network lb create --resource-group <rg> --name <lb-name> --sku Standard --frontend-ip-name myFrontEnd --backend-pool-name myBackEnd

Create a standard load balancer

Create Network Security Group

$ az network nsg create --resource-group <rg> --name <nsg-name>

Create a network security group

Add NSG Rule

$ az network nsg rule create --resource-group <rg> --nsg-name <nsg> --name AllowHTTPS --priority 100 --destination-port-ranges 443 --access Allow --protocol Tcp

Add an inbound rule to NSG

Create Public IP

$ az network public-ip create --resource-group <rg> --name <pip-name> --sku Standard

Create a public IP address

Create Subnet

$ az network vnet subnet create --resource-group <rg> --vnet-name <vnet> --name <subnet-name> --address-prefix 10.0.1.0/24

Add a new subnet to VNet

Create Virtual Network

$ az network vnet create --resource-group <rg> --name <vnet-name> --address-prefix 10.0.0.0/16 --subnet-name default --subnet-prefix 10.0.0.0/24

Create a VNet with a default subnet

List Virtual Networks

$ az network vnet list --output table

List all VNets in subscription