Chapter 4
Azure Load Balancer
Overview
Azure provides a load balancer service that enables you to build scalable application architectures with multiple application or web servers where client traffic is distributed based on different algorithms suitable for your environment. The Azure Load Balancer service works on layer 4 of the OSI model to provide secure load balancing for internal applications from the public internet and internal networks.
You can deploy two types of load balancers in Azure (see Figure 4-1):
Public load balancer A public load balancer helps you securely publish internal applications or web servers or services to internet-based clients without exposing the back-end service or virtual machine (VM) directly. Clients connect ...
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