Creating a new public IP address in the Azure portal
Public IP addresses can be created as a separate resource or created during the creation of some other resources (a virtual machine (VM), for example). Therefore, a public IP can exist as part of a resource or as a standalone resource. First, we are going to show you how to create a new public IP address.
Getting ready
Before you start, open your browser and go to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
How to do it...
To create a new public IP address, we must follow these steps:
- In the Azure portal, select Create a resource and choose Public IP address under Networking services (or search for
public IP addressin the search bar). - The parameters we need to define for deployment are IP Version, SKU, Name, IP address assignment, DNS name label, Subscription, Resource group, and Location. Idle timeout (the amount of time that the connection will stay open with no activity) is defaulted to 4 minutes but...
