Creating a route table

Azure routes network traffic in subnets by default. However, in some cases, we want to use custom traffic routes to define where and how traffic flows. In such cases, we use route tables. A route table defines the next hop for our traffic and determines where the network traffic needs to go.

Getting ready

Before you start, open the browser and go to the Azure portal via https://portal.azure.com.

How to do it...

In order to add a new record to the DNS zone, we must use the following steps:

1. In the Azure portal, select Create a resource and choose Route Table under Networking services (or search for route table in the search bar).
2. In the new pane, we need to select options for Subscription, Resource group, and Region, and provide the name of the route table. Optionally, we can define whether we want to allow gateway route propagation (which is enabled by default):
   

Figure 6.10: Creating a route table

How it works...

Network routing...