Creating Your First Azure NAT Gateway

Azure NAT Gateway (Network Address Translation) is a fully managed service that provides outbound connectivity for resources in private networks while maintaining security. It simplifies network management by allowing multiple virtual machines or other resources to share a single public IP address for outbound connections, which is essential for organizations looking to secure their cloud infrastructure while maintaining necessary internet access for their resources.

In this lab, you will deploy and configure an Azure NAT Gateway to enable a virtual machine in a private subnet to access a web application with restricted public access. You'll learn how to create a NAT Gateway, associate it with a subnet, and configure access restrictions on an Azure Web App to allow connections only from the NAT Gateway's public IP address.

Objectives

Upon completion of this Beginner level lab, you will be able to:

• Deploy an Azure NAT Gateway with a public IP address
• Associate a NAT Gateway with a specific subnet in a virtual network
• Configure access restrictions on an Azure Web App
• Verify secure outbound connectivity from a private virtual machine to a restricted web application

Who is this lab for?

This lab is designed for:

• Cloud administrators implementing secure outbound connectivity solutions in Azure
• Network engineers designing private network architectures with controlled internet access
• DevOps engineers integrating secure networking patterns into application deployments
• Azure solution architects planning secure communication between private resources and public endpoints
• IT professionals learning practical implementations of Azure networking services for real-world scenarios