Although a local network gateway is created in Azure, it represents your local (on-premises) network and holds configuration information on your local network settings. It's an essential component for creating the VPN connection that is needed to create a Site-to-Site connection between the Azure VNet and the local network.
Creating a local network gateway in the portal
Getting ready
Before you start, open a web browser and go to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
How to do it...
In order to create a new local network gateway, the following steps are required...