06 - Administer Network Traffic Management

Configure Azure Load Balancer

In this demonstration, we will learn how to create a public load balancer.

Note: This demonstration requires a virtual network with at least one subnet.

Reference: Quickstart: Create a public load balancer to load balance VMs using the Azure portal

Show the portal’s help me choose feature

1. Access the Azure portal.

2. Search for and select Load balancing - help me choose.

3. Use the wizard to walk-through different scenarios.

Create a load balancer

1. Continue in the Azure portal.

2. Search for and select Load balancer. Create a load balancer.

3. On the Basics tab, discuss SKU, Type, and Tier.

4. On the Frontend IP configuration tab, discuss using a public IP address.

5. On the Backend pools tab, select the virtual network with IP address range.

6. On the Inbound rules tab, create a load balancing rule. Discuss parameters like Protocol, Ports, Health probes, and Session persistence.

Configure Azure Application Gateway

In this demonstration, we will learn how to create an Azure Application Gateway.

Note: To keep things simple, create new virtual networks and subnets as you go through the configuration.

Reference: Quickstart: Direct web traffic with Azure Application Gateway - Azure portal

Create the Azure Application Gateway

1. Access the Azure portal.

2. Search for and select Azure Application Gateway.

3. Create a new gateway.

4. On the Basics tab, discuss Tiers, Autoscaling, and Instance counts.

5. On the Frontends tab, discuss the IP address types.

6. On the Backends tab, discuss when to use an empty backend pool.

7. On the Configuration tab, discuss routing rules. Compare to the load balancer rules.

8. Explain that after gateway is created, you would then add backend targets and test.