How to create Azure Route Table

Creating a route table

• Login to the Azure Portal:

https://portal.azure.com

• From the upper search pane, write "Route tables" -> click on "Create route table" or "Add":

• Name: Specify here a name for the new route table
• Subscription: Select the relevant subscription name
• Resource group: Select either existing or create a new resource group.

For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-overview#resource-groups

• BGP route propagation: Leave the default settings (Enabled)

For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-udr-overview#custom-routes

• Click on Create
• Wait for the deployment on the new route table to complete
• From the "Route tables" window, click on the newly created route table
• From the main pane, click on Tags -> add a new tag:

• Name: Specify here Name
• Value: Specify here the name of the newly created route table

• Click on Save
• From the main pane, click on Routes -> click on Add:

• Route name: Specify here a name for the route within the route table
• Address prefix: Specify here the destination IP address CIDR

For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-udr-overview#how-azure-selects-a-route

• Next hop type: Select the relevant type

For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-udr-overview

• Click on OK
• From the main pane, click on Subnets -> click on Associate:

• Virtual network: Click to choose an existing VNet
• Subnet: Click to choose an existing subnet

• Click on OK
• Wait for the task of subnet association to complete and click on the newly associated subnet
• From the main pane, click on Network security group

• Network security group: select an existing network security group from the list
• Route table: select an existing route table from the list

• Click on Save
• Logoff the Microsoft Azure Portal