How to configure virtual hub routing - Azure PowerShell

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A virtual hub can contain multiple gateways such as a site-to-site VPN gateway, ExpressRoute gateway, point-to-site gateway, and Azure Firewall. The routing capabilities in the virtual hub are provided by a router that manages all routing, including transit routing, between the gateways using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). The virtual hub router also provides transit connectivity between virtual networks that connect to a virtual hub and can support up to an aggregate throughput of 50 Gbps. These routing capabilities apply to customers using Standard Virtual WANs. For more information, see About virtual hub routing.

This article helps you configure virtual hub routing using Azure PowerShell. You can also configure virtual hub routing using the Azure portal steps.

Create a route table

  1. Get the virtual hub details to create route table.

    $virtualhub = Get-AzVirtualHub -ResourceGroupName "[resource group name]" -Name "[virtualhub name]"

  2. Get VNet connection details to be used as next hop.

    $hubVnetConnection = Get-AzVirtualHubVnetConnection -Name "[HubconnectionName]" -ParentResourceName "[Hub Name]" -ResourceGroupName "[resource group name]"

  3. Create a route to be associated with the virtual hub $virtualhub. The -NextHop is the virtual network connection $hubVnetConnection. Nexthop can be list of virtual network connections or Azure Firewall.

    $route = New-AzVHubRoute -Name "[Route Name]" -Destination "[@("Destination prefix")]" -DestinationType "CIDR" -NextHop $hubVnetConnection.Id -NextHopType "ResourceId"

  4. Create the route table using the route object created in the previous step, $route, and associate it to the virtual hub $virtualhub.

    New-AzVHubRouteTable -Name "testRouteTable" -ParentObject $virtualhub -Route @($route) -Label @("testLabel")

Delete a route table

Remove-AzVirtualHubRouteTable -ResourceGroupName "[resource group name]" -HubName "virtualhubname" -Name "routeTablename"

Update a route table

The steps in this section help you update a route table. For example, update an existing route's next hop to an existing Azure Firewall.

$firewall = Get-AzFirewall -Name "[firewall name]]" -ResourceGroupName "[resource group name]"
$newroute = New-AzVHubRoute -Name "[Route Name]" -Destination @("0.0.0.0/0") -DestinationType "CIDR" -NextHop $firewall.Id -NextHopType "ResourceId"
Update-AzVHubRouteTable -ResourceGroupName "[resource group name]" -VirtualHubName ["virtual hub name"] -Name ["route table name"] -Route @($newroute)

Configure routing for a virtual network connection

The steps in this section help you set up routing configuration for a virtual network connection. For example, adding static routes to an NVA appliance.

  • For this configuration, the route name should be the same as the one you used when you added a route earlier. Otherwise, you'll create two routes in the routing table: one without an IP address and one with an IP address.
  • The destination prefix can be one CIDR or multiple ones. For a single CIDR, use this format: @("10.19.2.0/24"). For multiple CIDRs, use this format: @("10.19.2.0/24", "10.40.0.0/16").

  1. Define a static route to an NVA IP address.

    $staticRoute = New-AzStaticRoute -Name "[Route Name]" -A-AddressPrefix "[@("Destination prefix")]" -NextHopIpAddress "[Destination NVA IP address]" -NextHopIpAddress "[Destination NVA IP address]"

  2. Define routing configuration.

    $associatedTable = Get-AzVHubRouteTable -ResourceGroupName "[resource group name]" -VirtualHubName $virtualhub.Name -Name "defaultRouteTable"
$propagatedTable = Get-AzVHubRouteTable -ResourceGroupName "[resource group name]" -VirtualHubName $virtualhub.Name -Name "noneRouteTable"
$updatedRoutingConfiguration= New-AzRoutingConfiguration -AssociatedRouteTable $associatedTable.Id -Label @("testLabel") -Id @($propagatedTable.Id) -StaticRoute @($staticRoute)

Note

For updates, when using the New-AzRoutingConfiguration, all exisiting cofiguration needs to be provided, such as AssociatedRouteTables, Labels and/or StaticRoutes. This command creates a new configuration, which will overwrite existing configurations, when the Update-AzVirtualHubVnetConnection is executed.

  1. Update the existing virtual network connection.

    Update-AzVirtualHubVnetConnection -ResourceGroupName "[resource group name]" -VirtualHubName $virtualhub.Name -Name "[Virtual hub connection name]" -RoutingConfiguration $updatedRoutingConfiguration

  2. Verify static route on the virtual network connection.

    Get-AzVirtualHubVnetConnection -ResourceGroupName "[Resource group name]" -VirtualHubName "[virtual hub name]" -Name "[Virtual hub connection name]"

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