Configuring a Public Load Balancer
A public load balancer is used to load-balance incoming internet connections to backend servers associated with it. In the next set of exercises, we will work toward creating a publicly accessible web server environment that enables you to access your servers over a public IP, using a public load balancer. In this section, you are going to create a public load balancer using the Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI). You can copy the code snippets in Azure Cloud Shell, which is accessible from the Azure portal. The full script for creating the public load balancer can be downloaded from GitHub as well, using the following link: https://packt.link/yDPcr.
Creating the Public Load Balancer
To create the public load balancer, a series of steps need to be taken. In the upcoming exercises, you will create the public load balancer with all the necessary components:
- Navigate to the Azure portal by opening https://portal.azure.com.
- Click the...