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Configuring load balancer

Running a single instance of an application does not guarantee availability. To maximize availability and provide best performance to our users we should be able to easily scale our applications. In this section, we will use an NGINX server to configure load balancing among multiple Music Store containers:

On the Azure Portal, click on the IP address to assign a custom DNS name to the remote host. We will use this DNS name to configure load balancer endpoints.

Click on Configuration on the Public IP address section.
Assign your favorite name in the DNS name label (optional) section and click on Save as shown in ...

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