This lab will start with a virtual machine with no public IP. Our task will be to enable outbound, public communication without relying on Azure Bastion. We will accomplish this task by creating a NAT gateway, associating it with our VM’s subnet, and verifying that the VM’s outbound IP is the same as our NAT gateway.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Log In to Private VM
Log in to the private VM via Azure Bastion, which is already set up, and verify the current outbound IP via command prompt. This IP is currently supplied by Azure Bastion. We will ultimately want our private VM’s IP to be supplied by a NAT gateway.
The command to check the external IP is:
dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com- Create a NAT Gateway
- Create a NAT gateway.
- Create a new public IP address associated with the gateway.
- Associate NAT Gateway with Subnet
Associate the NAT gateway with the subnet that contains our private VM.
- Check Private VM’s New Public IP
We will run the same external IP check command to view the new external IP associated with the private VM. It should match the public IP of our NAT gateway. This will verify that NAT gateway has been properly configured.
