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‎articles/load-balancer/tutorial-load-balancer-standard-public-zonal-portal.md

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[!INCLUDE [load-balancer-public-create](../../includes/load-balancer-public-create.md)]
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## Create virtual machines
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In this section, you'll create three VMs (**lb-VM1**, **lb-VM2**, and **lb-VM3**) in one zone (**Zone 1**).
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These VMs are added to the backend pool of the load balancer that was created earlier.
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1. On the upper-left side of the portal, select **Create a resource** > **Compute** > **Virtual machine**.
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2. In **Create a virtual machine**, type or select the values in the **Basics** tab:
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| Setting | Value |
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| **Project Details** | |
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| Subscription | Select your Azure subscription |
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| Resource Group | Select **load-balancer-rg** |
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| **Instance details** | |
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| Virtual machine name | Enter **lb-VM1** |
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| Region | Select **(US) East US** |
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| Availability Options | Select **Availability zone** |
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| Availability zone | Select **1** |
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| Image | Select **Windows Server 2019 Datacenter - Gen1** |
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| Azure Spot instance | Leave the default of unchecked. |
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| Size | Choose VM size or take default setting |
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| **Administrator account** | |
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| Username | Enter a username |
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| Password | Enter a password |
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| Confirm password | Reenter password |
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| **Inbound port rules** | |
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| Public inbound ports | Select **None** |
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3. Select the **Networking** tab, or select **Next: Disks**, then **Next: Networking**.
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4. In the Networking tab, select or enter:
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| Setting | Value |
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| **Network interface** | |
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| Virtual network | **lb-vnet** |
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| Subnet | **myBackendSubnet** |
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| Public IP | Select **None**. |
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| NIC network security group | Select **Advanced**|
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| Configure network security group | Select **Create new**. </br> In the **Create network security group**, enter **lb-NSG** in **Name**. </br> Under **Inbound rules**, select **+Add an inbound rule**. </br> Under **Service**, select **HTTP**. </br> Under **Priority**, enter **100**. </br> In **Name**, enter **lb-NSG-Rule** </br> Select **Add** </br> Select **OK** |
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| **Load balancing** |
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| Place this virtual machine behind an existing load-balancing solution? | Select the check box. |
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| **Load balancing settings** |
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| Load-balancing options | Select **Azure load balancing** |
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| Select a load balancer | Select **load-balancer** |
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| Select a backend pool | Select **lb-backend-pool** |
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7. Select **Review + create**.
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8. Review the settings, and then select **Create**.
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9. Follow the steps 1 to 8 to create two more VMs with the following values and all the other settings the same as **lb-VM1**:
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| Setting | VM 2| VM 3|
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| Name | **lb-VM2** |**lb-VM3**|
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| Availability zone | **1** |**1**|
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| Network security group | Select the existing **lb-NSG**| Select the existing **lb-NSG**|
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[!INCLUDE [load-balancer-create-virtual-machine-zonal](../../includes/load-balancer-create-virtual-machine-zonal.md)]
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[!INCLUDE [ephemeral-ip-note.md](../../includes/ephemeral-ip-note.md)]
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## Install IIS
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[!INCLUDE [load-balancer-install-iis](../../includes/load-balancer-install-iis.md)]
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1. Select **All services** in the left-hand menu, select **All resources**, and then from the resources list, select **lb-VM1** that is located in the **load-balancer-rg** resource group.
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2. On the **Overview** page, select **Connect**, then **Bastion**.
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3. Select **Use Bastion**.
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4. Enter the username and password entered during VM creation.
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5. Select **Connect**.
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6. On the server desktop, navigate to **Windows Administrative Tools** > **Windows PowerShell**.
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7. In the PowerShell Window, run the following commands to:
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* Remove the default iisstart.htm file
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* Add a new iisstart.htm file that displays the name of the VM:
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# Install IIS server role
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Install-WindowsFeature -name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools
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# Remove default htm file
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Remove-Item C:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.htm
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# Add a new htm file that displays server name
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Add-Content -Path "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.htm" -Value $("Hello World from " + $env:computername)
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```
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8. Close the Bastion session with **lb-VM1**.
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9. Repeat steps 1 to 8 to install IIS and the updated iisstart.htm file on **lb-VM2** and **lb-VM3**.
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## Test the load balancer
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1. In the search box at the top of the page, enter **Load balancer**. Select **Load balancers** in the search results.
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2. Click the load balancer you created, **myLoadBalancer**. On the **Frontend IP configuration** page for your load balancer, locate the public **IP address**.
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3. Copy the public IP address, and then paste it into the address bar of your browser. The custom VM page of the IIS Web server is displayed in the browser.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/tutorial-load-balancer-standard-zonal-portal/load-balancer-test.png" alt-text="Screenshot of load balancer test":::
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## Clean up resources
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When no longer needed, delete the resource group, load balancer, and all related resources. To do so, select the resource group **load-balancer-rg** that contains the resources and then select **Delete**.
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[!INCLUDE [load-balancer-cleanup-resources](../../includes/load-balancer-cleanup-resources.md)]
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author: mbender-ms
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## Clean up resources
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When no longer needed, delete the resource group, load balancer, and all related resources. To do so, select the resource group **load-balancer-rg** that contains the resources and then select **Delete**.

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‎includes/load-balancer-create-virtual-machine-zonal.md

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## Create virtual machines
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In this section, you create two VMs (**lb-vm1** and **lb-VM2**) in a single zone (**Zone 1**).
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1. In the search box at the top of the portal, enter **Virtual machine**. Select **Virtual machines** in the search results.
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1. In **Virtual machines**, select **+ Create** > **Azure virtual machine**.
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1. In **Create a virtual machine**, enter or select the following values in the **Basics** tab:
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| Setting | Value |
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| **Project Details** | |
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| Subscription | Select your Azure subscription |
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| Resource Group | Select **load-balancer-rg** |
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| **Instance details** | |
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| Virtual machine name | Enter **lb-VM1** |
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| Region | Select **((US) East US)** |
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| Availability Options | Select **Availability zones** |
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| Availability zone | Select **Zone 1** |
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| Security type | Select **Standard**. |
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| Image | Select **Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition - Gen2** |
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| Azure Spot instance | Leave the default of unchecked. |
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| Size | Choose VM size or take default setting |
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| **Administrator account** | |
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| Username | Enter a username |
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| Password | Enter a password |
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| Confirm password | Reenter password |
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| **Inbound port rules** | |
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| Public inbound ports | Select **None** |
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| Setting | Value |
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| **Network interface** | |
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| Virtual network | Select **lb-vnet** |
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| Subnet | Select **backend-subnet** |
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| Public IP | Select **None**. |
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| NIC network security group | Select **Advanced** |
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| Configure network security group | Skip this setting until the rest of the settings are completed. Complete after **Select a backend pool**.|
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| Delete NIC when VM is deleted | Leave the default of **unselected**. |
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| Accelerated networking | Leave the default of **selected**. |
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| **Load balancing** |
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| Load-balancing options | Select **Azure load balancer** |
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| Select a load balancer | Select **load-balancer** |
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| Select a backend pool | Select **lb-backend-pool** |
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| Configure network security group | Select **Create new**. </br> In the **Create network security group**, enter **lb-NSG** in **Name**. </br> Under **Inbound rules**, select **+Add an inbound rule**. </br> In **Service**, select **HTTP**. </br> Under **Priority**, enter **100**. </br> In **Name**, enter **lb-NSG-Rule** </br> Select **Add** </br> Select **OK** |
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## Install IIS
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1. Select **All services** in the left-hand menu, select **All resources**, and then from the resources list, select **lb-VM1** that is located in the **load-balancer-rg** resource group.
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1. On the **Overview** page, select **Connect**, then **Bastion**.
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1. Select **Use Bastion**.
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1. Enter the username and password entered during VM creation.
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1. Select **Connect**.
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1. In the PowerShell Window, run the following commands to:
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```powershell
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Install-WindowsFeature -name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools
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# Remove default htm file
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Remove-Item C:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.htm
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# Add a new htm file that displays server name
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Add-Content -Path "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.htm" -Value $("Hello World from " + $env:computername)
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1. Close the Bastion session with **lb-VM1**.
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1. Repeat steps to install IIS and the updated iisstart.htm file on **lb-VM2**.
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## Test the load balancer
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1. In the search box at the top of the page, enter **Load balancer**. Select **Load balancers** in the search results.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/load-balancer-test-iis/load-balancer-test.png" alt-text="Screenshot of load balancer test":::

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