Adding route to route table for virtualappliance

Question

I'm currently trying to follow the new 'how to' guide on Azure for adding routes to the route table in order for my VM's to send traffic towards a virtual appliance.

azure.microsoft.com/nl-nl/documentation/articles/virtual-networks-udr-how-to/

When adding a route to the route table the following commands should be used: 

Set-AzureRoute -RouteTableName FrontEndSubnetRouteTable `
-RouteName FirewallRoute -AddressPrefix 10.2.0.0/16 `
-NextHopType VirtualAppliance `
-NextHopIpAddress 10.1.1.10

The problem I'm facing is that whenever i try to pull this off I get the Error 'Set-AzureRoute : BadRequest: The next hop type VirtualAppliance is not supported yet. Please use next hop type VPNGateway.'

The Error seems kinda self-explanatory but according to the Azure websites this should have been supported for about 2 to 3 weeks.

 Is there anything I'm doing wrong? Hope you guys can help me out.

Answer 1

Hello ReneLui,

I suggest that you enter the Next hop type value to VPN Gateway (If you have a gateway) and check if you get any errors.
As per the documentation I see that the Next hop value: Virtual Appliance is supported. You will also need to give the Nexthop Value when you use Next Hop type as: Virtual Appliances.

Refer to the parameters defined in the article below:

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/articles/virtual-networks-udr-overview/

Thanks,
Syed Irfan Hussain

Answer 2

Hi ReneLui,

Please download and install last Powershell version from Azure website:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9811175&clcid=0x409

Answer 3

The new networking features haven't been rolled out to all regions yet.

http://updates.azure.com/new-networking-features-available-in-certain-regions/ details which regions work. It's changed in the last few days, so the deployment seems to be happening quickly.