azure-load-balancer
Expert knowledge for Azure Load Balancer development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring backend pools/rules, SNAT/outbound, dual-sta
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Azure Load Balancer Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Load Balancer. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
How to Use This Skill
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
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Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L44 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure Load Balancer issues: health event logs, monitoring/alerts, connectivity problems, and testing public frontend reachability. |
| Best Practices | L45-L50 | Designing and deploying Azure Load Balancer and VM scale set architectures for reliability, performance, scaling, health probes, and high availability best practices. |
| Decision Making | L51-L57 | Guidance on choosing the right Load Balancer SKU, upgrading from Basic to Standard, and migrating workloads from AWS Network Load Balancer to Azure. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L58-L62 | Design patterns for traffic distribution and session affinity, plus guidance for configuring outbound internet connectivity and SNAT behavior with Azure Load Balancer. |
| Limits & Quotas | L63-L70 | Limits, behaviors, and configuration of Load Balancer TCP idle timeouts, TCP resets, and outbound SNAT connection quotas for inbound and outbound traffic. |
| Security | L71-L76 | Security guidance for Azure Load Balancer: hardening, access controls, and using Azure DDoS Protection to defend against volumetric and network attacks. |
| Configuration | L77-L93 | Configuring Azure Load Balancer behavior: backend pools (incl. cross-subscription), rules/NAT, health probes, SNAT outbound, IPv6 DHCPv6, portal settings, and monitoring/metrics/logs. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L94-L100 | Code samples and patterns for probing health, reading load balancer/VM metadata via IMDS, and retrieving Azure Load Balancer metrics using CLI and REST APIs |
| Deployment | L101-L108 | Deploying and migrating Azure Load Balancers: dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 setups (internal/external), automating Basic→Standard upgrades, NAT rule v1→v2 migration, and cross-region config replication. |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Interpret Azure Load Balancer health event logs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-health-event-logs |
| Monitor and alert on Azure Load Balancer health events | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-monitor-alert-health-event-logs |
| Diagnose and troubleshoot Azure Load Balancer connectivity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-standard-diagnostics |
| Test Azure Public Load Balancer frontend reachability | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-test-frontend-reachability |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Apply Azure Load Balancer deployment best practices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-best-practices |
| Use VM scale sets with Azure Standard Load Balancer effectively | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-standard-virtual-machine-scale-sets |
Decision Making
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Plan and execute upgrade from Basic to Standard Load Balancer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-basic-upgrade-guidance |
| Migrate AWS Network Load Balancer workloads to Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/network-load-balancing-aws-to-azure-how-to |
| Choose the right Azure Load Balancer SKU | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/skus |
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Choose Azure Load Balancer distribution modes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/distribution-mode-concepts |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Azure Load Balancer FAQs with limits and behaviors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-faqs |
| Configure TCP idle timeout and reset for Azure Load Balancer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout |
| Understand TCP reset and idle timeout behavior in Load Balancer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-tcp-reset |
| Configure outbound SNAT limits for Azure Load Balancer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/outbound-rules |
Security
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Apply security best practices to Azure Load Balancer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/secure-load-balancer |
| Protect Azure Load Balancer with Azure DDoS Protection | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/tutorial-protect-load-balancer-ddos |
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Implement custom HTTP/HTTPS health probes with Python for Azure Load Balancer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/create-custom-http-health-probe-howto |
| Use IMDS to retrieve Azure Load Balancer metadata | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/howto-load-balancer-imds |
| Query Azure Load Balancer metrics via REST API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-query-metrics-rest-api |
Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Deploy IPv4/IPv6 dual stack app with Standard Load Balancer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/deploy-ipv4-ipv6-dual-stack-standard-load-balancer |
| Deploy IPv6 dual stack app with Standard Internal Load Balancer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/ipv6-dual-stack-standard-internal-load-balancer-powershell |
| Migrate inbound NAT rules v1 to v2 in Load Balancer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-nat-pool-migration |
| Replicate Azure Load Balancer configuration across regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/move-across-regions-azure-load-balancer |
| Automate Basic-to-Standard Load Balancer upgrade with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/upgrade-basic-standard-with-powershell |
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