{"id":2598,"date":"2022-02-23T20:39:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2022-02-24T03:34:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T03:34:23","slug":"monitor-a-load-balancer-resource-using-azure-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=2598","title":{"rendered":"Monitor a load balancer resource using Azure Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this lab, you will create an internal load balancer for the fictional Exceedlabs Ltd organization. Then you will create a Log Analytics workspace and use Azure Monitor Insights to view information about your internal load balancer. You will view the Functional Dependency View, then view detailed metrics for the load balancer resource, and view resource health information for the load balancer. Finally, you will configure the load balancer\u2019s diagnostic settings to send metrics to the Log Analytics workspace you created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diagram below illustrates the environment you will be deploying in this lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures1.png 801w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures1-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures1-80x50.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this lab, you will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Task 1: Create the virtual network<\/li><li>Task 2: Create the load balancer<\/li><li>Task 3: Create a backend pool<\/li><li>Task 4: Create a health probe<\/li><li>Task 5: Create a load balancer rule<\/li><li>Task 6: Create backend servers<\/li><li>Task 7: Add VMs to the backend pool<\/li><li>Task 8: Install IIS on the VMs<\/li><li>Task 9: Test the load balancer<\/li><li>Task 10: Create a Log Analytics Workspace<\/li><li>Task 11: Use Functional Dependency View<\/li><li>Task 12: View detailed metrics<\/li><li>Task 13: View resource health<\/li><li>Task 14: Configure diagnostic settings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Prerequisites for this labs :&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Account<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/marcelin-ndjila\/Practical-Labs-Series\/blob\/master\/Azurelabs10.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Labs Files here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 1: Create the virtual network<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this section, you will create a virtual network and a subnet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Log in to the Azure portal.<\/li><li>On the Azure portal home page, search <strong>Virtual Network<\/strong> and select virtual network under services.<\/li><li>Click <strong>+ Create<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures2.png 744w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures2-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures2-80x50.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the <strong>Basics<\/strong> tab, use the information in the table below to create the virtual network.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Subscription<\/td><td>Select your subscription<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Resource group<\/td><td>Select <strong>Create new<\/strong><br><br>Name: <strong>IntLB-RG<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Name<\/td><td><strong>IntLB-VNet<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Region<\/td><td><strong>(US) West US<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures3.png 824w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures3-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures3-768x734.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Click <strong>Next : IP Addresses<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the <strong>IP Addresses<\/strong> tab, in the <strong>IPv4 address space<\/strong> box, type <strong>10.1.0.0\/16<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Above <strong>Subnet name<\/strong>, select <strong>+ Add subnet<\/strong>.<\/li><li>In the <strong>Add subnet<\/strong> pane, provide a subnet name of <strong>myBackendSubnet<\/strong>, and a subnet address range of <strong>10.1.0.0\/24<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"908\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures4.png 908w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures4-300x272.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures4-768x697.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures5.png 795w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures5-768x766.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Click <strong>Next : Security<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Under <strong>BastionHost<\/strong> select <strong>Enable<\/strong>, then enter the information from the table below.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Bastion name<\/td><td><strong>myBastionHost<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AzureBastionSubnet address space<\/td><td><strong>10.1.1.0\/24<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Public IP address<\/td><td>Select <strong>Create new<\/strong><br><br>Name: <strong>myBastionIP<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"804\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures6.png 804w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures6-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures6-768x759.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Review + create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures7.png 773w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures7-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures7-768x790.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 2: Create the load balancer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this section, you will create an internal Standard SKU load balancer. The reason we are creating a Standard SKU load balancer here in the lab, instead of a Basic SKU load balance, is for later labs that require a Standard SKU version of the load balancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the Azure portal home page, in the search box at the top of the page, type <strong>Load Balancer<\/strong> and select load balancers under services.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures8-1024x526.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures8-1024x526.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures8-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures8-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures8.png 1051w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the <strong>Basics<\/strong> tab, use the information in the table below to create the load balancer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Basics tab<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Subscription<\/td><td>Select your subscription<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Resource group<\/td><td><strong>IntLB-RG<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Name<\/td><td><strong>myIntLoadBalancer<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Region<\/td><td><strong>(US) West US<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SKU<\/td><td><strong>Standard<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Type<\/td><td><strong>Internal<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Frontend IP configuration tab<\/td><td>+ Add a frontend IP configuration<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Virtual network<\/td><td><strong>IntLB-VNet<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Subnet<\/td><td><strong>myBackendSubnet<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IP address assignment<\/td><td><strong>Dynamic<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures9.png 949w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures9-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures9-768x635.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures10-1024x693.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures10-1024x693.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures10-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures10-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures10.png 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Review + create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures11-1024x771.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures11-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures11-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures11-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures11.png 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures12.png 817w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures12-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures12-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 3: Create a backend pool<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The backend address pool contains the IP addresses of the virtual NICs connected to the load balancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the Azure portal home page, click <strong>All resources<\/strong>, then click on <strong>myIntLoadBalancer<\/strong> from the resources list.<\/li><li>Under <strong>Settings<\/strong>, select <strong>Backend pools<\/strong>, and then click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures13-1024x452.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures13-1024x452.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures13-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures13-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures13.png 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the <strong>Add backend pool<\/strong> page, enter the information from the table below.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td><strong>myBackendPool<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Virtual network<\/td><td><strong>IntLB-VNet<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Associated to<\/td><td><strong>Virtual machines<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"2\"><li>Click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures14.png 876w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures14-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures14-768x691.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 4: Create a health probe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The load balancer monitors the status of your app with a health probe. The health probe adds or removes VMs from the load balancer based on their response to health checks. Here you will create a health probe to monitor the health of the VMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>From the <strong>Backend pools<\/strong> page of your load balancer, under <strong>Settings<\/strong>, click <strong>Health probes<\/strong>, then click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures15-1024x520.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures15-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures15-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures15-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures15.png 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the <strong>Add health probe<\/strong> page, enter the information from the table below.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td><strong>myHealthProbe<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Protocol<\/td><td><strong>HTTP<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Port<\/td><td><strong>80<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Path<\/td><td><strong>\/<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interval<\/td><td><strong>15<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unhealthy threshold<\/td><td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"2\"><li>Click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures16.png 828w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures16-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures16-768x723.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 5: Create a load balancer rule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A load balancer rule is used to define how traffic is distributed to the VMs. You define the frontend IP configuration for the incoming traffic and the backend IP pool to receive the traffic. The source and destination port are defined in the rule. Here you will create a load balancer rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>From the <strong>Backend pools<\/strong> page of your load balancer, under <strong>Settings<\/strong>, click <strong>Load balancing rules<\/strong>, then click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures17-1024x489.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures17-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures17-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures17-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures17.png 1117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the <strong>Add load balancing rule<\/strong> page, enter the information from the table below.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td><strong>myHTTPRule<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IP Version<\/td><td><strong>IPv4<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Frontend IP address<\/td><td><strong>LoadBalancerFrontEnd<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Protocol<\/td><td><strong>TCP<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Port<\/td><td><strong>80<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Backend port<\/td><td><strong>80<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Backend pool<\/td><td><strong>myBackendPool<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Health probe<\/td><td><strong>myHealthProbe<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Session persistence<\/td><td><strong>None<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Idle timeout (minutes)<\/td><td><strong>15<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Floating IP<\/td><td><strong>Disabled<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"2\"><li>Click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures18.png 829w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures18-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures18-768x726.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 6: Create backend servers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this section, you will create three VMs, that will be in the same availability set, for the backend pool of the load balancer, add the VMs to the backend pool, and then install IIS on the three VMs to test the load balancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>In the Azure portal, open the <strong>PowerShell<\/strong> session within the <strong>Cloud Shell<\/strong> pane.<\/li><li>In the toolbar of the Cloud Shell pane, click the Upload\/Download files icon, in the drop-down menu, click Upload and upload the following files <strong>azuredeploy.json<\/strong>, <strong>azuredeploy.parameters.vm1.json<\/strong>, <strong>azuredeploy.parameters.vm2.json<\/strong> and <strong>azuredeploy.parameters.vm3.json<\/strong> into the Cloud Shell home directory from the source folder <strong>F:\\Allfiles\\Labs\\M08<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Deploy the following ARM templates to create the virtual network, subnets, and VMs needed for this lab:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>code<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$RGName = \"IntLB-RG\"\n   \nNew-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName $RGName -TemplateFile azuredeploy.json -TemplateParameterFile azuredeploy.parameters.vm1.json\nNew-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName $RGName -TemplateFile azuredeploy.json -TemplateParameterFile azuredeploy.parameters.vm2.json\nNew-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName $RGName -TemplateFile azuredeploy.json -TemplateParameterFile azuredeploy.parameters.vm3.json\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures19-1024x279.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures19-1024x279.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures19-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures19-768x209.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures19.png 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This will take several minutes to deploy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 7: Add VMs to the backend pool<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the Azure portal home page, click <strong>All resources<\/strong>, then click on <strong>myIntLoadBalancer<\/strong> from the resources list.<\/li><li>Under <strong>Settings<\/strong>, select <strong>Backend pools<\/strong>., and then select <strong>myBackendPool<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures20-1024x482.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures20-1024x482.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures20-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures20-768x361.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures20.png 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>In the <strong>Associated to<\/strong> box, select <strong>Virtual machines<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Under <strong>Virtual machines<\/strong>, click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures21.png 777w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures21-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures21-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures21-768x774.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select the checkboxes for all 3 VMs (<strong>myVM1<\/strong>, <strong>myVM2<\/strong>, and <strong>myVM3<\/strong>), then click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures22-1024x806.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures22-1024x806.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures22-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures22-768x604.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures22.png 1056w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the <strong>myBackendPool<\/strong> page, click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures23.png 762w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures23-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 8: Install IIS on the VMs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the Azure portal home page, click <strong>All resources<\/strong>, then click on <strong>myVM1<\/strong> from the resources list.<\/li><li>On the <strong>Overview<\/strong> page, select <strong>Connect<\/strong>, then <strong>Bastion<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Use Bastion<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures24-1024x348.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures24-1024x348.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures24-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures24-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures24.png 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>Username<\/strong> box, type <strong>TestUser<\/strong> and in the <strong>Password<\/strong> box, type <strong>TestPa$$w0rd!<\/strong>, then click <strong>Connect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures25.png 1005w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures25-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures25-768x365.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>The <strong>myVM1<\/strong> window will open in another browser tab.<\/li><li>If a <strong>Networks<\/strong> pane appears, click <strong>Yes<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click the <strong>Windows Start icon<\/strong> in the bottom left corner of the window, then click the <strong>Windows PowerShell<\/strong> tile.<\/li><li>To install IIS, run the following command in PowerShell: <code>Install-WindowsFeature -name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools<\/code><\/li><li>To remove the existing default web home page, run the following command in PowerShell: <code>Remove-Item C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\iisstart.htm<\/code><\/li><li>To add a new default web home page and add content to it, run the following command in PowerShell: <code>Add-Content -Path \u201cC:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\iisstart.htm\u201d -Value $(\u201cHello World from \u201c + $env:computername)<\/code><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures26-1024x711.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures26-1024x711.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures26-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures26-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures26.png 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Close the Bastion session to <strong>myVM1<\/strong> by closing the browser tab.<\/li><li>Repeat steps 1-11 above twice more to install IIS and the updated default home page on the <strong>myVM2<\/strong> and <strong>myVM3<\/strong> virtual machines.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 9: Test the load balancer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this section, you will create a test VM, and then test the load balancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Create test VM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the Azure home page, using the global search type <strong>Virtual Machines<\/strong> and select virtual machines under services.<\/li><li>Select <strong>+ Create; + Virtual machine<\/strong>, on the <strong>Basics<\/strong> tab, use the information in the table below to create the first VM.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Subscription<\/td><td>Select your subscription<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Resource group<\/td><td><strong>IntLB-RG<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Virtual machine name<\/td><td><strong>myTestVM<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Region<\/td><td><strong>(US) West US<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Availability options<\/td><td><strong>No infrastructure redundancy required<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Image<\/td><td><strong>Windows Server 2019 Datacenter &#8211; Gen 1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Size<\/td><td><strong>Standard_DS2_v3 &#8211; 2 vcpu, 8 GiB memory<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Username<\/td><td><strong>TestUser<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Password<\/td><td><strong>TestPa$$w0rd!<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Confirm password<\/td><td><strong>TestPa$$w0rd!<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"3\"><li>Click <strong>Next : Disks<\/strong>, then click <strong>Next : Networking<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures27.png 907w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures27-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures27-768x663.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the <strong>Networking<\/strong> tab, use the information in the table below to configure networking settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures28.png 769w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures28-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Virtual network<\/td><td><strong>IntLB-VNet<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Subnet<\/td><td><strong>myBackendSubnet<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Public IP<\/td><td>Change to <strong>None<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NIC network security group<\/td><td><strong>Advanced<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Configure network security group<\/td><td>Select the existing <strong>myNSG<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Place this virtual machine behind an existing load balancing solution?<\/td><td><strong>Off<\/strong> (unchecked)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Click <strong>Review + create<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures29.png 802w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures29-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures29-768x747.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures30.png 842w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures30-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures30-768x715.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Wait for this last VM to be deployed before moving forward with the next task.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect to the test VM to test the load balancer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the Azure portal home page, click <strong>All resources<\/strong>, then click on <strong>myIntLoadBalancer<\/strong> from the resources list.<\/li><li>On the <strong>Overview<\/strong> page, make a note of the <strong>Private IP address<\/strong>, or copy it to the clipboard. Note: you may have to select <strong>See more<\/strong> to see the <strong>Private IP address<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Home<\/strong>, then on the Azure portal home page, click <strong>All resources<\/strong>, then click on the <strong>myTestVM<\/strong> virtual machine that you just created.<\/li><li>On the <strong>Overview<\/strong> page, select <strong>Connect<\/strong>, then <strong>Bastion<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Use Bastion<\/strong>.<\/li><li>In the <strong>Username<\/strong> box, type <strong>TestUser<\/strong> and in the <strong>Password<\/strong> box, type <strong>TestPa$$w0rd!<\/strong>, then click <strong>Connect<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures31-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures31-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures31-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures31-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures31.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>The <strong>myTestVM<\/strong> window will open in another browser tab.<\/li><li>If a <strong>Networks<\/strong> pane appears, click <strong>Yes<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click the <strong>Internet Explorer<\/strong> icon in the task bar to open the web browser.<\/li><li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> on the <strong>Set up Internet Explorer 11<\/strong> dialog box.<\/li><li>Enter (or paste) the <strong>Private IP address<\/strong> (e.g. 10.1.0.4) from the previous step into the address bar of the browser and press Enter.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The default web home page of the IIS Web server is displayed in the browser window. One of the three virtual machines in the backend pool will respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures32.png 876w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures32-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures32-768x196.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you click the refresh button in the browser a few times, you will see that the response comes randomly from the different VMs in the backend pool of the internal load balancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures33.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures33.png 874w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures33-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures33-768x199.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 10: Create a Log Analytics Workspace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the Azure portal home page, click <strong>All services<\/strong>, then in the search box at the top of the page type <strong>Log Analytics<\/strong>, and select <strong>Log Analytics workspaces<\/strong> from the filtered list.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures34.png 1019w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures34-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures34-768x318.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the <strong>Create Log Analytics workspace<\/strong> page, on the <strong>Basics<\/strong> tab, use the information in the table below to create the workspace.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><td><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Subscription<\/td><td>Select your subscription<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Resource group<\/td><td><strong>IntLB-RG<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Name<\/td><td><strong>myLAworkspace<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Region<\/td><td><strong>West US<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"3\"><li>Click <strong>Review + Create<\/strong>, then click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures35.png 813w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures35-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures35-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures36.png 762w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures36-290x300.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 11: Use Functional Dependency View<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the Azure portal home page, click <strong>All resources<\/strong>, then in the resources list, select <strong>myIntLoadBalancer<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures37-1024x521.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures37-1024x521.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures37-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures37-768x391.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures37.png 1255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Under <strong>Monitoring<\/strong>, select <strong>Insights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures38-1024x591.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures38-1024x591.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures38-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures38-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures38.png 1212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>In the top right corner of the page, click the <strong>X<\/strong> to close the <strong>Metrics<\/strong> pane for now. You will open it again shortly.<\/li><li>This page view is known as Functional Dependency View, and in this view, you get a useful interactive diagram, which illustrates the topology of the selected network resource &#8211; in this case a load balancer. For Standard Load Balancers, your backend pool resources are color-coded with Health Probe status indicating the current availability of your backend pool to serve traffic.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures39-1024x513.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures39-1024x513.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures39-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures39-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures39.png 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Use the <strong>Zoom In (+)<\/strong> and <strong>Zoom Out (-)<\/strong> buttons in the bottom right corner of the page, to zoom in and out of the topology diagram (alternatively you can use your mouse wheel if you have one). You can also drag the topology diagram around the page to move it.<\/li><li>Hover over the <strong>LoadBalancerFrontEnd<\/strong> component in the diagram, then hover over the <strong>myBackendPool<\/strong> component.<\/li><li>Notice that you can use the links in these pop-up windows to view information about these load balancer components and open their respective Azure portal blades.<\/li><li>To download a .SVG file copy of the topology diagram, click <strong>Download topology<\/strong>, and save the file in your <strong>Downloads<\/strong> folder.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures40-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures40-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures40-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures40-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures40.png 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the top right corner, click <strong>View metrics<\/strong> to reopen the metrics pane on the right-hand side of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures41.png 525w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures41-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Metrics pane provides a quick view of some key metrics for this load balancer resource, in the form of bar and line charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures42.png 413w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures42-150x300.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 12: View detailed metrics<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view more comprehensive metrics for this network resource, click <strong>View detailed metrics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures43.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures43.png 755w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures43-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This opens a large full <strong>Metrics<\/strong> page in the Azure Network Insights platform. The first tab you land on is the <strong>Overview<\/strong> tab, which shows the availability status of the load balancer and overall Data Throughput and Frontend and Backend Availability for each of the Frontend IPs attached to your Load Balancer. These metrics indicate whether the Frontend IP is responsive and the compute instances in your Backend Pool are individually responsive to inbound connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures44-1024x675.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures44-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures44-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures44-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures44.png 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the <strong>Frontend &amp; Backend Availability<\/strong> tab and scroll down the page to see the Health Probe Status charts. If you see <strong>values that are lower than 100<\/strong> for these items, it indicates an outage of some kind on those resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures45-1024x444.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures45-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures45-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures45-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures45-1536x666.png 1536w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures45.png 1869w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the <strong>Data Throughput<\/strong> tab and scroll down the page to see the other data throughput charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hover over some of the data points in the charts, and you will see that the values change to show the exact value at that point in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures46-1024x632.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures46-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures46-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures46-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures46-80x50.png 80w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures46.png 1318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the <strong>Flow Distribution<\/strong> tab and scroll down the page to see the charts under the <strong>VM Flow Creation and Network Traffic<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures47-1024x443.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures47-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures47-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures47-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures47-1536x664.png 1536w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures47.png 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Task 13: View resource health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>To view the health of your Load Balancer resources, on the Azure portal home page, click <strong>All services<\/strong>, then select <strong>Monitor<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the <strong>Monitor&gt;Overview<\/strong> page, in the left-hand menu click <strong>Service Health<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the <strong>Service Health&gt;Service issues<\/strong> page, in the left-hand menu click <strong>Resource Health<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the <strong>Service Health&gt;Resource health<\/strong> page, in the <strong>Resource type<\/strong> drop-down list, scroll down the list and select <strong>Load balancer<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures48-1024x419.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures48-1024x419.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures48-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures48-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures48.png 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Then select the name of your load balancer from the list.<\/li><li>The <strong>Resource health<\/strong> page will identify any major availability issues with your load balancer resource. If there are any events under the <strong>Health History<\/strong> section, you can expand the health event to see more detail about the event. You can even save the detail about the event as a PDF file for later review and for reporting.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures49-1024x440.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures49-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures49-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures49-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures49.png 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Task 14: Configure diagnostic settings<\/strong><br>On the Azure portal home page, click <strong>Resource groups<\/strong>, then select the <strong>IntLB-RG<\/strong> resource group from the list.<br>On the <strong>IntLB-RG<\/strong> page, click the name of the <strong>myIntLoadBalancer<\/strong> load balancer resource in the list of resources.<br>Under <strong>Monitoring<\/strong>, select <strong>Diagnostic settings<\/strong>, then click <strong>Add diagnostic setting<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures50-1024x462.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures50-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures50-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures50-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures50.png 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>On the <strong>Diagnostic setting<\/strong> page, in the name box, type <strong>myLBDiagnostics<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Select the <strong>AllMetrics<\/strong> checkbox, then select the <strong>Send to Log Analytics workspace<\/strong> checkbox.<\/li><li>Select your subscription from the list, then select <strong>myLAworkspace (westus)<\/strong> from the workspace drop-down list.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures51-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures51-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures51-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures51-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pictures51.png 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! 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