Create Public IP address

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Create Public IP address

The PUBLIC-IP template is used to create three new Public IP addresses in the specified resource group.

It is not mandatory to create new resources, the existing resources can be used in deployment and configuration.

Before deploying this template, it is recommended to review the Prerequisites.

There are two ways to deploy this template:

Upload using Azure Portal Console

To deploy the PUBLIC-IP template using Azure Portal Console, perform the following steps:

Download PUBLIC-IP template.
From the Azure Portal > Azure services, click Deploy a custom template.

Figure 229 : Azure services
Under the Custom deployment window > Select a template tab, click Build your own template in the editor.

Figure 230 : Custom deployment window
From the Edit template window, perform either of the following step:
- Click Load file and browse to the folder where you have downloaded the ARM template. Select ARM_TMPL_PUBLIC_IP.json to upload.
- From Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder where you have downloaded the ARM template. Copy ARM_TMPL_PUBLIC_IP.json content and paste it in the editor.
  Figure 231 : Edit template window
Click Save.

The Custom deployment window is displayed with the template parameters and default values.

Figure 232 : Custom deployment template

Select an existing or create a new Resource group under which you want to deploy the custom template resources.

NOTE:

Hover i for description of each corresponding parameter.

Update the default values and provide the values in the empty fields as appropriate in the Instance details section shown in Figure 232.

NOTE:

Use a suitable VM size that supports at least three NICs. For VM sizes, see Supported VM Sizes.

For cross-zone high availability, the Zone-redundant policy is implied to the Management IP and Public IP VIP.

Click Review+create.

The validation appears.

Click Create.

NOTE:

It may take the system several minutes to display your resources.

Verify if the above listed resources are created under Home > Azure services > Resource Groups > <resource_group_name>.
Figure 233 : Resource listing under resource group

Execute using Azure CLI

To deploy the PUBLIC-IP template using Azure CLI commands, perform the following steps:

Download PUBLIC-IP template.

NOTE:

This template contains pre-populated default values that can be modified as required and it does not create new virtual network, network security group, subnets, and Public IP.

Navigate to the folder where you have downloaded the ARM template, and open the ARM_TMPL_PUBLIC_IP_PARAM.json with a text editor.

NOTE:

Each parameter has a default value mentioned in the parameter file that can be modified as appropriate.

Configure the following parameters depending upon your requirements:

Resource Name

Description

DNS Label Prefix for Virtual Machine 1

Specify a unique DNS Name prefix for Thunder virtual machine 1.

        "DNS VM1": {
            "value": "vth-inst1"
        },

Public IP address name for Virtual Machine 1

Specify a unique public IP name for management traffic for Thunder virtual machine 1.


        "Public IP Name VM1": {
            "value": "vth-inst1-mgmt-ip"
        },

NOTE:

For cross-zone high availability, the Zone-redundant policy is implied to the Management IP.

DNS Label Prefix for Virtual Machine 2

Specify a unique DNS Name prefix for Thunder virtual machine 2.

        "DNS VM2": {
            "value": "vth-inst2"
        },

Public IP address name for Virtual Machine 2

Specify a unique public IP name for management traffic for Thunder virtual machine 1.


        "Public IP Name VM2": {
            "value": "vth-inst2-mgmt-ip"
        },

NOTE:

For cross-zone high availability, the Zone-redundant policy is implied to the Management IP.

Virtual IP address (VIP) Public IP

Specify a unique public IP name for VIP.


        "Public IP Name VIP": {
            "value": "vth-vip"
        }

NOTE:

For cross-zone high availability, the Zone-redundant policy is implied to the Public IP VIP.

NOTE:

The Virtual Network (VN), Subnets, Network Security Group (NSG), and Public IP Address should be deployed in the same resource group.

Verify if all the configurations in the ARM_TMPL_PUBLIC_IP_PARAM.json file are correct and then save the changes.
From Start menu, open PowerShell and navigate to the folder where you have downloaded the ARM template.

Run the following command to create an Azure deployment group.

PS C:\Users\TestUser\Templates> az deployment group create -g <resource_group_name> --template-file <template_name> --parameters <param_template_name>

Example:

PS C:\Users\TestUser\Templates> az deployment group create -g vth-rg1 --template-file ARM_TMPL_PUBLIC_IP.json --parameters ARM_TMPL_PUBLIC_IP_PARAM.json

Here, vth-rg1 resource group is used.

Verify if the above listed resources are created under Home > Azure services > Resource Groups > <resource_group_name>.
Figure 234 : Resource listing under Resource Group