Hands-on with Azure Load Balancers

Within this section, you will be working with Azure Load Balancers.

Creating a public Azure Load Balancer

Creating a public Azure Load Balancer is not a complicated process; you only need to follow the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Azure portal and search for load balancer, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 6.1: Searching for load balancers

2. A new blade will be opened, wherein all of the created load balancers should be displayed and from which you can create new ones. So, to create a new one, you need to click on Add, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 6.2: Load balancers blade

3. Once you have clicked on Add, a new blade will be opened, in which you have to specify the following:
   • Name: The name of the load balancer
   • Type: Whether it is Internal or Public
   • Public IP address: Specify the public IP address that will be used for the load balancer, by either selecting a pre-created one or creating a new one associated to the load balancer
   • Add a public...