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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-# TODO: check for az cli to be installed in local
-# wait for AKS VNet to be in the state created
-
-REPO_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
-# shellcheck source=hack/common-vars.sh
-source "${REPO_ROOT}/hack/common-vars.sh"
-
-source "${REPO_ROOT}/aks-mgmt-vars.env"
-
-echo "--------Peering VNETs--------"
-az network vnet wait --resource-group ${AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP} --name ${AKS_MGMT_VNET_NAME} --created --timeout 180
-export MGMT_VNET_ID=$(az network vnet show --resource-group ${AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP} --name ${AKS_MGMT_VNET_NAME} --query id --output tsv)
-echo " 1/8 ${AKS_MGMT_VNET_NAME} found "
-
-# wait for workload VNet to be created
-az network vnet wait --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --name ${CLUSTER_NAME}-vnet --created --timeout 180
-export WORKLOAD_VNET_ID=$(az network vnet show --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --name ${CLUSTER_NAME}-vnet --query id --output tsv)
-echo " 2/8 ${CLUSTER_NAME}-vnet found with ID: ${WORKLOAD_VNET_ID} "
-
-# peer mgmt vnet
-# TODO: check if exists before attempting to create
-az network vnet peering create --name mgmt-to-${CLUSTER_NAME} --resource-group ${AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP} --vnet-name ${AKS_MGMT_VNET_NAME} --remote-vnet ${WORKLOAD_VNET_ID} --allow-vnet-access true --allow-forwarded-traffic true --only-show-errors --output none
-az network vnet peering wait --name mgmt-to-${CLUSTER_NAME} --resource-group ${AKS_RESOURCE_GROUP} --vnet-name ${AKS_MGMT_VNET_NAME} --created --timeout 300 --only-show-errors --output none
-echo " 3/8 mgmt-to-${CLUSTER_NAME} peering created in ${AKS_MGMT_VNET_NAME}"
-
-# peer workload vnet
-# TODO: check if exists before attempting to create
-az network vnet peering create --name ${CLUSTER_NAME}-to-mgmt --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --vnet-name ${CLUSTER_NAME}-vnet --remote-vnet ${MGMT_VNET_ID} --allow-vnet-access true --allow-forwarded-traffic true --only-show-errors --output none
-az network vnet peering wait --name ${CLUSTER_NAME}-to-mgmt --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --vnet-name ${CLUSTER_NAME}-vnet --created --timeout 300 --only-show-errors --output none
-echo " 4/8 ${CLUSTER_NAME}-to-mgmt peering created in ${CLUSTER_NAME}-vnet"
-
-# create private DNS zone
-# TODO: check if exists before attempting to create
-az network private-dns zone create --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --name ${AZURE_LOCATION}.cloudapp.azure.com --only-show-errors --output none
-az network private-dns zone wait --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --name ${AZURE_LOCATION}.cloudapp.azure.com --created --timeout 300 --only-show-errors --output none
-echo " 5/8 ${AZURE_LOCATION}.cloudapp.azure.com private DNS zone created in ${CLUSTER_NAME}"
-
-# link private DNS Zone to workload vnet
-# TODO: check if exists before attempting to create
-az network private-dns link vnet create --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --zone-name ${AZURE_LOCATION}.cloudapp.azure.com --name ${CLUSTER_NAME}-to-mgmt --virtual-network ${WORKLOAD_VNET_ID} --registration-enabled false --only-show-errors --output none
-az network private-dns link vnet wait --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --zone-name ${AZURE_LOCATION}.cloudapp.azure.com --name ${CLUSTER_NAME}-to-mgmt --created --timeout 300 --only-show-errors --output none
-echo " 6/8 workload cluster vnet ${CLUSTER_NAME}-vnet linked with private DNS zone"
-
-# link private DNS Zone to mgmt vnet
-# TODO: check if exists before attempting to create
-az network private-dns link vnet create --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --zone-name ${AZURE_LOCATION}.cloudapp.azure.com --name mgmt-to-${CLUSTER_NAME} --virtual-network ${MGMT_VNET_ID} --registration-enabled false --only-show-errors --output none
-az network private-dns link vnet wait --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --zone-name ${AZURE_LOCATION}.cloudapp.azure.com --name mgmt-to-${CLUSTER_NAME} --created --timeout 300 --only-show-errors --output none
-echo " 7/8 management cluster vnet ${AKS_MGMT_VNET_NAME} linked with private DNS zone"
-
-# create private DNS zone record
-# TODO: 10.0.0.100 should be customizable
-az network private-dns record-set a add-record --resource-group ${CLUSTER_NAME} --zone-name ${AZURE_LOCATION}.cloudapp.azure.com --record-set-name ${CLUSTER_NAME}-${APISERVER_LB_DNS_SUFFIX} --ipv4-address 10.0.0.100 --only-show-errors --output none
-echo " 8/8 ${CLUSTER_NAME}-${APISERVER_LB_DNS_SUFFIX} private DNS zone record created\n"
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