Create, change, or delete a Peering Service connection using the Azure CLI
Azure Peering Service is a networking service that enhances customer connectivity to Microsoft cloud services such as Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, software as a service (SaaS) services, Azure, or any Microsoft services accessible via the public internet.
In this article, you learn how to create, change, and delete a Peering Service connection using the Azure CLI. To learn how to manage a Peering Service connection using the Azure portal or Azure PowerShell, see Create, change, or delete a Peering Service connection using the Azure portal or Create or change a Peering Service connection using PowerShell.
Prerequisites
An Azure account with an active subscription. Create an account for free.
Azure Cloud Shell or Azure CLI installed locally.
The steps in this article run the Azure CLI commands interactively in Azure Cloud Shell. To run the commands in the Cloud Shell, select Open Cloudshell at the upper-right corner of a code block. Select Copy to copy the code, and paste it into Cloud Shell to run it. You can also run the Cloud Shell from within the Azure portal.
You can also install Azure CLI locally to run the commands. This article requires the Azure CLI version 2.0.28 or later. Run az version to find the version and dependent libraries that are installed. To upgrade to the latest version, run az upgrade. If you run Azure CLI locally, sign in to Azure using the az login command.
A connectivity provider. For more information, see Peering Service partners.
Register your subscription with the resource provider and feature flag
Before you proceed to the steps of creating the Peering Service connection, register your subscription with the resource provider and feature flag using az feature register and az provider register:
az feature register --namespace Microsoft.Peering --name AllowPeeringService
az provider register --name Microsoft.Peering
List Peering Service locations and service providers
Use az peering service country list to list the countries/regions where Peering Service is available and az peering service location list to list the available metro locations in a specific country where you can get the Peering Service:
# List the countries/regions available for Peering Service.
az peering service country list --out table
# List metro locations serviced in a country
az peering service location list --country "united states" --output table
Use az peering service provider list to get a list of available Peering Service providers:
az peering service provider list --output table
Create a Peering Service connection
Create a Peering Service connection using az peering service create:
az peering service create --location "eastus" --peering-service-name "myPeeringService" --resource-group "myResourceGroup" --peering-service-location "Virginia" --peering-service-provider "Contoso"
Add the Peering Service prefix
Use az peering service prefix create to add the prefix provided to you by the connectivity provider:
az peering service prefix create --peering-service-name "myPeeringService" --prefix-name "myPrefix" --resource-group "myResourceGroup" --peering-service-prefix-key "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" --prefix "240.0.0.0/32"
List all Peering Services connections
To view the list of all Peering Service connections, use az peering service list:
az peering service list --resource-group "myresourcegroup" --output "table"
List all Peering Service prefixes
To view the list of all Peering Service prefixes, use az peering service prefix list:
az peering service prefix list --peering-service-name "myPeeringService" --resource-group "myResourceGroup"
Remove the Peering Service prefix
To remove a Peering Service prefix, use az peering service prefix delete:
az peering service prefix delete --peering-service-name "myPeeringService" --prefix-name "myPrefix" --resource-group "myResourceGroup"
Delete a Peering Service connection
To delete a Peering Service connection, use az peering service delete:
az peering service delete --peering-service-name "myPeeringService" --resource-group "myResourceGroup"
Related content
- To learn more about Peering Service connections, see Peering Service connection.
- To learn more about Peering Service connection telemetry, see Access Peering Service connection telemetry.