Prerequisite

Configuring high availability settings in the ADSelfService Plus portal

Note: Super admins are users who have been given full control over the entire product.

Note: A virtual host name is the alias given to the virtual IP.

Creating a load balancer in Azure

1. In the search field present at the top of the Azure portal, enter load balancer and select the option Load balancers.
   
2. Click Create.
   

Basic configuration

1. In the Basics tab, select the same resource group as that of the virtual machines.
2. Enter a name in the Name field. (for example: adssp-lb).
3. In the Region field, select the region of the virtual machines.
   
4. For SKU, Type, and Tier, you can choose between the options provided that suit your requirement.
   
5. After the settings on the Basics tab are configured, click Next: Frontend IP configuration that displays at the bottom of the screen.
   

Frontend IP configuration

Note: The frontend IP configured is the IP address that will be used to access the virtual servers hosting the ADSelfService Plus instance via the load balancer.

Backend pool configuration

1. Click + to add a backend pool.
   
2. In the Name field, enter any name.
   
3. Choose the same virtual network as that of the virtual machines.
   
4. If Standard was the chosen option for SKU in step 6 of Basic configuration,
   
1. Select either the NIC or IP Address radio button for Backend Pool Configuration.
   
2. As per the option you have chosen, you can either select the virtual machines from the list or enter the IP address of the two virtual machines and click Add
   

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1. For Associated to, choose the option Virtual machines from the drop-down menu.
   
2. Click the + button and select the virtual machines from the list
   
3. Click Add.

      

Inbound rules configuration

1. Click on Add a load balancing rule.
   
2. In the Name field, enter a name (for example: adssp-lb-rule).
   
3. In the Frontend IP address drop-down menu, select the IP address configured earlier.
   
4. Select the backend pool name entered previously from the drop-down menu. (Refer step 14 in the Backend pool configuration.)
   
5. For Protocol, choose TCP.
   
6. In the Port field, enter a port number through which you wish to access the load balancer
   
7. Enter the product port number in the Backend port field.
8. For Health probe, select the option Create new and enter a name.
   
9. Choose TCP as the protocol from the drop-down menu and enter the product port number in the Port field
   
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10. Leave the default values for the other two settings and OK.
11. In the Session persistence field, enter the Client IP (optional).
    
12. Retain the default options for the rest of the settings and click Add.
    
13. Keep the default value settings in the Outbound rules and Tags tabs.
    
14. Click the option Review + create and then click Create.
    

Note: The load balancer is used for redistributing the request to the virtual machines in the backend pool. The virtual machines in the pool cannot access the load balancer in the same pool.