Enable virtual network integration in Azure App Service

Through integrating with an Azure virtual network from your Azure App Service app, you can reach private resources from your app within the virtual network.

Prerequisites

The virtual network integration feature requires:

The subnet must be delegated to Microsoft.Web/serverFarms. If you don't delegate before integration, the provisioning process configures this delegation. The subnet must be allocated an IPv4 /28 block (16 addresses). We recommend that you have a minimum of 64 addresses (IPv4 /26 block) to allow for maximum horizontal scale.

If the virtual network is in a different subscription than the app, ensure that the subscription with the virtual network is registered for the Microsoft.Web resource provider. The provider is registered when you create the first web app in a subscription. To explicitly register the provider, see Register resource provider.

Configure in the Azure portal

  1. Go to your app in the Azure portal. Select Settings > Networking. Under Outbound traffic configuration, next to Virtual network integration, select the Not configured link.

  2. Select Add virtual network integration.

    Screenshot that shows selecting Virtual network integration.

  3. Select a subscription and virtual network.

  4. Under Subnet, the dropdown list contains all the virtual networks in your subscription in the same region. Select an empty preexisting subnet or create a new subnet. Select Connect.

    Screenshot that shows selecting the virtual network.

During the integration, your app is restarted. When integration finishes, you see details on the virtual network that you integrated with.

Configure with the Azure CLI

You can also configure virtual network integration by using the Azure CLI:

az webapp vnet-integration add --resource-group <group-name> --name <app-name> --vnet <vnet-name> --subnet <subnet-name>

Note

The command checks if the subnet is delegated to Microsoft.Web/serverFarms. If it isn't configured, the command applies the necessary delegation. If the subnet was configured and you don't have permissions to check it, or if the virtual network is in another subscription, you can use the --skip-delegation-check parameter to bypass the validation.

Configure with Azure PowerShell

  1. Prepare parameters.

    $siteName = '<app-name>'
    $vNetResourceGroupName = '<group-name>'
    $webAppResourceGroupName = '<group-name>'
    $vNetName = '<vnet-name>'
    $integrationSubnetName = '<subnet-name>'
    $vNetSubscriptionId = '<subscription-guid>'
    

    Note

    If the virtual network is in another subscription than webapp, you can use the Set-AzContext -Subscription "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx" command to set the current subscription context. Set the current subscription context to the subscription where the virtual network was deployed.

  2. Check if the subnet is delegated to Microsoft.Web/serverFarms.

    $vnet = Get-AzVirtualNetwork -Name $vNetName -ResourceGroupName $vNetResourceGroupName
    $subnet = Get-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name $integrationSubnetName -VirtualNetwork $vnet
    Get-AzDelegation -Subnet $subnet
    
  3. If your subnet isn't delegated to Microsoft.Web/serverFarms, add delegation using these commands.

    $subnet = Add-AzDelegation -Name "myDelegation" -ServiceName "Microsoft.Web/serverFarms" -Subnet $subnet
    Set-AzVirtualNetwork -VirtualNetwork $vnet
    
  4. Configure virtual network integration.

    $subnetResourceId = "/subscriptions/$vNetSubscriptionId/resourceGroups/$vNetResourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/$vNetName/subnets/$integrationSubnetName"
    $webApp = Get-AzResource -ResourceType Microsoft.Web/sites -ResourceGroupName $webAppResourceGroupName -ResourceName $siteName
    $webApp.Properties.virtualNetworkSubnetId = $subnetResourceId
    $webApp.Properties.vnetRouteAllEnabled = 'true'
    $webApp | Set-AzResource -Force
    

    Note

    If the webapp is in another subscription than virtual network, you can use the Set-AzContext -Subscription "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx" command to set the current subscription context. Set the current subscription context to the subscription where the web app was deployed.