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Route Table In Azure

In this article, we will discuss route tables in Azure.

What Is A Route Table?

A route table contains the list of routes.

What Is A Route?

A route specifies the path of the traffic flow in the virtual network.

Effective Routes

The NIC (Network Interface Card) associated with the virtual machine contains the effective routes.

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The effective routes contain: -

Default route
User-defined route
Any route propagated from the on-premise network

Custom Route Table

In Azure, you can create your route table. For that, search the word "route table" in the search box.

Picture showing the Route Tables inside the search result

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Click on the "Route tables". A screen will appear with the list of custom route tables. Click on the "+Create" button.

Picture showing the Create button for creating the new route table

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A screen will appear to enter details of the route table.

Picture showing the Create Route table screen for creating the new route table

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Enter the details and click on the "Review + create" button for validation. Once the validation is done, click on the "Create" button to create the route table.

Associate A Subnet With The Route Table

Whenever you edit the subnet, you can see a "Route table" field to associate the subnet with the route table.

Picture showing associating the subnet with the route table

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Thursday, February 24, 2022

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