Chapter 16: Configuring Load Balancing
In the previous chapter, we covered network security and explored topics such as network security groups (NSGs), firewalls, and Azure Bastion. This chapter focuses on high availability (HA) with reference to the relevant objectives of the AZ-104 exam, such as configuring an Azure Application Gateway and creating and configuring an internal and public load balancer. You will also learn how to create health probes for your load balancer and configure load balancing rules. The chapter will end with how to troubleshoot these load balancing services.
In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics:
- Azure load balancing services
- Azure Load Balancer
- Configuring an internal load balancer (ILB)
- Configuring a public load balancer
- Azure Application Gateway
- Configuring Azure Application Gateway
- Azure Front Door
- Configuring Azure Front Door