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PrivateLoadBalancer


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Resource Overview​

A Private Load Balancer is a load balancing service that distributes incoming frontend traffic across backend pool instances to prevent traffic overload.

Associated Resources​

Parent Resources​

Connected Resources​

Resource Configuration​

Basic Settings​

  • sku : Pricing tier for selecting the scale and features of Azure Load Balancer - Standard, Basic
  • virtual_network_name : Name of the Virtual Network to which the Load Balancer forwards traffic

Frontend IP Configuration (private_lb_frontend_ip_config)​

  • private_lb_frontend_ip_config.subnet_name : Name of the Subnet associated with the IP Configuration

Backend Pool (backend_pool)​

  • backend_pool : Name of the Load Balancer Backend Pool
  • backend_pool.linked_virtual_machine_names : Names of Virtual Machines that receive traffic from the Load Balancer (must belong to the selected Virtual Network)

Health Probe (health_probe)​

  • health_probe.protocol : Protocol type used by the backend endpoint for health probing - Http, Https, Tcp
  • health_probe.port : Port used by the health probe to check backend endpoints - 1 ~ 65535
  • health_probe.request_path : Path used for GET requests when using HTTP(S) probes
  • health_probe.interval_in_seconds : Interval (seconds) at which the health probe checks backend pool instance responses - 5 ~ 2147483646

Load Balancing Rule (rule)​

  • rule.protocol : Transport protocol for the external endpoint - Tcp, Udp, All
  • rule.frontend_port : Port of the external endpoint - 0 ~ 65534
  • rule.backend_port : Port used for internal connections - 0 ~ 65535
  • rule.disable_outbound_snat : Enables SNAT for outbound connections for the rule - true, false
  • rule.frontend_ip_config_name : Name of the Frontend IP Configuration associated with the rule
  • rule.backend_pool_name : Name of the Backend Address Pool that receives traffic from the Load Balancer

NAT Rule (nat_rule)​

  • nat_rule.protocol : Transport protocol for the external endpoint - Tcp, Udp, All
  • nat_rule.frontend_port : Port of the external endpoint - 0 ~ 65534
  • nat_rule.backend_port : Port used for internal connections - 0 ~ 65535
  • nat_rule.frontend_ip_config_name : Name of the Frontend IP Configuration associated with the NAT rule

Tags​

  • tag : Tags used to categorize resources - maximum 512 characters, key:value

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