Azure Administration: Load Balancers and Application Gateways
1h 8mIntermediate2019-11-15
Authors
David Carrasco López
Microsoft Certified Trainer and Senior Consultant
Course details
Load balancing is a crucial tool within a computing environment, allowing for high availability as traffic is distributed across servers. In this course, David Carrasco López covers key considerations for effectively implementing Azure load balancers and Azure Application Gateway for distributing web apps. Throughout the course, David provides hands-on demonstrations for creating and configuring load balancers using the Azure portal and PowerShell. He also covers how to configure health probes and rules, as well as how to configure a web application firewall. The concepts covered in this course can also help you prepare for the virtual networking portion of the Microsoft Azure Administrator exam (AZ-103).
Learning objectives
External and internal load balancers
Configuring a load balancer front end and back end
Configuring load balancing rules
Creating load balancers using PowerShell
Creating application gateways using PowerShell
Configuring a web application firewall
Learning objectives
External and internal load balancers
Configuring a load balancer front end and back end
Configuring load balancing rules
Creating load balancers using PowerShell
Creating application gateways using PowerShell
Configuring a web application firewall
Skills covered
Cloud FoundationsAzureNetwork AdministrationCloud PlatformsNetwork and System AdministrationCloud ComputingMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Azure load balancers and application gateways
- 02 - What you should know
1. Implementing Azure Load Balancers
- 03 - Load balancer overview
- 04 - External and internal load balancers
- 05 - Create a load balancer using the portal
- 06 - Configure a load balancer front-end
- 07 - Configure a load balancer back-end
- 08 - Configure a load balancer health probe
- 09 - Configure load balancing rules
- 10 - Configure NAT port-forwarding rules
- 11 - Create a load balancer using PowerShell
- 12 - Configure a load balancer using PowerShell
2. Implementing Azure Application Gateways
- 13 - Application gateway overview
- 14 - Create an application gateway using the portal
- 15 - Implement an application gateway IP configuration
- 16 - Configure an application gateway backend pool
- 17 - Configure an application gateway listener
- 18 - Configure an application gateway health probe
- 19 - Configure application gateway routing rules
- 20 - Create an application gateway using PowerShell
- 21 - Configure an application gateway using PowerShell
- 22 - Web application firewall overview
- 23 - Configure a web application firewall
- 24 - Configure a web application firewall using PowerShell
Conclusion
- 25 - Next steps
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