2.1 Load Balancer Guide

Configuring the Load Balancer

Apply the Environment

• Click back to the Environment tab

• Click the "+" icon and add the Module_202_LoadBalancer Blueprint to the existing Environment

• Click Apply

• Click the Job in the Jobs pane at the bottom of the page

• Observe the progress

Verify the Load Balancer

• From the Job details copy the Load Balancer hostname or Public IP into a web browser.

• Navigate to a browser and enter the load balancer IP or hostname.

• Refreshing your browser a few times will navigate to the second webserver.

We deployed two VMs, each with a custom NGINX message for that configured webserver. The load balancer adds both instances as a target and will balance traffic between both. Refreshing your browser demonstrates that traffic routing between the targets.

AWS

AWS Console Login

Load Balancer with Listener on port 80

Target Group

Azure

Azure Portal Login

Application gateway

Listeners

Backend Pools