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kahoots
kahoots

Reputation: 191

Azure Static IP for VPN?

I am establishing a site to site vpn from on prem to Azure, however, i cannot assign a static public ip to it. Per this link, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-ip-addresses-overview-arm, it's designed that way. Can someone please explain why and what if the dynamic ip changes on azure end? Then the site-site vpn breaks. Unless Azure assumes the tunnel is always running, it will keep that dynamic IP.

VPN gateways An Azure VPN Gateway connects an Azure virtual network to other Azure virtual networks, or to an on-premises network. A public IP address is assigned to the VPN Gateway to enable it to communicate with the remote network. You can only assign a dynamic basic public IP address to a VPN gateway.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 7783

Answers (2)

capdragon
capdragon

Reputation: 14899

From the docs:

zone-redundant and zonal gateways (gateway SKUs that have AZ in the name) both rely on a Standard SKU Azure public IP resource. Azure Standard SKU public IP resources must use a static allocation method.

For non-zone-redundant and non-zonal gateways (gateway SKUs that do not have AZ in the name), only dynamic IP address assignment is supported. However, this doesn't mean that the IP address changes after it has been assigned to your VPN gateway. The only time the VPN gateway IP address changes is when the gateway is deleted and then re-created. The VPN gateway public IP address doesn't change when you resize, reset, or complete other internal maintenance and upgrades of your VPN gateway.

Upvotes: 0

Zahid Faroq
Zahid Faroq

Reputation: 345

The only time the VPN gateway IP address changes is when the gateway is deleted and re-created. The VPN gateway public IP address doesn't change across resizing, resetting, or other internal maintenance/upgrades of your VPN gateway.

Upvotes: 3

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