Merge pull request #227885 from AbdullahBell/tm-freshness-cli

Traffic Manager Freshness: Quickstart: Create a Traffic Manager profile for a highly available web application using Azure CLI

Author: BCS2022

articles/traffic-manager/quickstart-create-traffic-manager-profile-cli.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ms.service: traffic-manager
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
 ms.workload: infrastructure-services
-ms.date: 04/19/2021
+ms.date: 02/18/2023
 ms.author: greglin
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurecli, mode-api
 #Customer intent: As an IT admin, I want to direct user traffic to ensure high availability of web applications.
@@ -45,19 +45,20 @@ The following example creates a resource group named *myResourceGroup* in the *e
 
 Create a Traffic Manager profile using [az network traffic-manager profile create](/cli/azure/network/traffic-manager/profile#az-network-traffic-manager-profile-create) that directs user traffic based on endpoint priority.
 
-In the following example, replace **<profile_name>** with a unique Traffic Manager profile name.
 
 ```azurecli-interactive
 
+mytrafficmanagerprofile='mytrafficmanagerprofile'$RANDOM
+
 az network traffic-manager profile create \
-	--name <profile_name> \
+	--name $mytrafficmanagerprofile \
 	--resource-group myResourceGroup \
 	--routing-method Priority \
-	--path "/" \
-	--protocol HTTP \
-	--unique-dns-name <profile_name> \
+	--path '/' \
+	--protocol "HTTP" \
+	--unique-dns-name $mytrafficmanagerprofile  \
 	--ttl 30 \
-	--port 80
+--port 80
 
 ```
 
@@ -68,18 +69,17 @@ For this quickstart, you'll need two instances of a web application deployed in
 ### Create web app service plans
 Create web app service plans using [az appservice plan create](/cli/azure/appservice/plan#az-appservice-plan-create) for the two instances of the web application that you will deploy in two different Azure regions.
 
-In the following example, replace **<appspname_eastus>** and **<appspname_westeurope>** with a unique App Service Plan Name
 
 ```azurecli-interactive
 
 az appservice plan create \
-    --name <appspname_eastus> \
+    --name myAppServicePlanEastUS \
     --resource-group myResourceGroup \
     --location eastus \
     --sku S1
 
 az appservice plan create \
-    --name <appspname_westeurope> \
+    --name myAppServicePlanWestEurope \
     --resource-group myResourceGroup \
     --location westeurope \
     --sku S1
@@ -89,18 +89,19 @@ az appservice plan create \
 ### Create a web app in the app service plan
 Create two instances the web application using [az webapp create](/cli/azure/webapp#az-webapp-create) in the App Service plans in the *East US* and *West Europe* Azure regions.
 
-In the following example, replace **<app1name_eastus>** and **<app2name_westeurope>** with a unique App Name, and replace **<appspname_eastus>** and **<appspname_westeurope>** with the name used to create the App Service plans in the previous section.
-
 ```azurecli-interactive
 
+mywebappeastus='myWebAppEastUS'$RANDOM
+myWebAppWestEurope='myWebAppWestEurope'$RANDOM
+
 az webapp create \
-    --name <app1name_eastus> \
-    --plan <appspname_eastus> \
+    --name $mywebappeastus \
+    --plan myAppServicePlanEastUS \
     --resource-group myResourceGroup
 
 az webapp create \
-    --name <app2name_westeurope> \
-    --plan <appspname_westeurope> \
+    --name $myWebAppWestEurope \
+    --plan myAppServicePlanWestEurope \
     --resource-group myResourceGroup
 
 ```
@@ -113,59 +114,41 @@ Add the two Web Apps as Traffic Manager endpoints using [az network traffic-mana
 
 When the primary endpoint is unavailable, traffic automatically routes to the failover endpoint.
 
-In the following example, replace **<app1name_eastus>** and **<app2name_westeurope>** with the App Names created for each region in the previous section. Then replace **<profile_name>** with the profile name used in the previous section. 
 
 **East US endpoint**
 
 ```azurecli-interactive
 
-az webapp show \
-    --name <app1name_eastus> \
-    --resource-group myResourceGroup \
-    --query id
-
-```
-
-Make note of ID displayed in output and use in the following command to add the endpoint:
-
-```azurecli-interactive
+App1ResourceId=$(az webapp show --name $mywebappeastus --resource-group myResourceGroup --query id --output tsv)
 
 az network traffic-manager endpoint create \
-    --name <app1name_eastus> \
+    --name $mywebappeastus \
     --resource-group myResourceGroup \
-    --profile-name <profile_name> \
+    --profile-name $mytrafficmanagerprofile \
     --type azureEndpoints \
-    --target-resource-id <ID from az webapp show> \
+    --target-resource-id $App1ResourceId \
     --priority 1 \
     --endpoint-status Enabled
+
 ```
 
 **West Europe endpoint**
 
 ```azurecli-interactive
 
-az webapp show \
-    --name <app2name_westeurope> \
-    --resource-group myResourceGroup \
-    --query id
-
-```
-
-Make note of ID displayed in output and use in the following command to add the endpoint:
-
-```azurecli-interactive
+App2ResourceId=$(az webapp show --name $myWebAppWestEurope --resource-group myResourceGroup --query id --output tsv)
 
 az network traffic-manager endpoint create \
-    --name <app2name_westeurope> \
+    --name $myWebAppWestEurope \
     --resource-group myResourceGroup \
-    --profile-name <profile_name> \
+    --profile-name $mytrafficmanagerprofile \
     --type azureEndpoints \
-    --target-resource-id <ID from az webapp show> \
+    --target-resource-id  $App2ResourceId \
     --priority 2 \
     --endpoint-status Enabled
-
 ```
 
+
 ## Test your Traffic Manager profile
 
 In this section, you'll check the domain name of your Traffic Manager profile. You'll also configure the primary endpoint to be unavailable. Finally, you get to see that the web app is still available. It's because Traffic Manager sends the traffic to the failover endpoint.
@@ -179,7 +162,7 @@ Determine the DNS name of the Traffic Manager profile using [az network traffic-
 ```azurecli-interactive
 
 az network traffic-manager profile show \
-    --name <profile_name> \
+    --name $mytrafficmanagerprofile \
     --resource-group myResourceGroup \
     --query dnsConfig.fqdn
 
@@ -197,9 +180,9 @@ Copy the **RelativeDnsName** value. The DNS name of your Traffic Manager profile
    ```azurecli-interactive
 
     az network traffic-manager endpoint update \
-        --name <app1name_eastus> \
+        --name $mywebappeastus \
         --resource-group myResourceGroup \
-        --profile-name <profile_name> \
+        --profile-name $mytrafficmanagerprofile \
         --type azureEndpoints \
         --endpoint-status Disabled