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Mustafa Toroman
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Mustafa Toroman is a solution architect focused on cloud-native applications and migrating existing systems to the cloud. He is very interested in DevOps processes and cybersecurity, and he is also an Infrastructure as Code enthusiast and DevOps InstituteAmbassador. Mustafa often speaks at international conferences about cloud technologies. He has been an MVP for Microsoft Azure since 2016 and a C# Corner MVP since 2020. Mustafa has also authored several books about Microsoft Azure and cloud computing, all published by Packt.
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Configuring distributed traffic

The default routing method for Traffic Manager is performance. The performance method will distribute traffic based on the best possible performance available. This method only takes full effect if we have multiple instances of a service in multiple regions. As this often isn't the case, other methods are available, such as distributed traffic (also referred to as the weighted routing method). In this recipe, we'll configure Traffic Manager to work in distributed mode.

Getting ready

Before you start, open the browser and go to the Azure portal via https://portal.azure.com.

How to do it…

In order to set distributed traffic, we must do the following:

  1. In the Azure portal, locate the previously created Traffic Manager profile.
  2. Under Settings, select the Configuration option. Here, we have multiple options that we can change, such as DNS time to live (TTL), protocols, and failover settings:
    Setting the distributed traffic in the configuration pane

    Figure 11.7: The Configuration...

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Mustafa Toroman

Mustafa Toroman is a solution architect focused on cloud-native applications and migrating existing systems to the cloud. He is very interested in DevOps processes and cybersecurity, and he is also an Infrastructure as Code enthusiast and DevOps InstituteAmbassador. Mustafa often speaks at international conferences about cloud technologies. He has been an MVP for Microsoft Azure since 2016 and a C# Corner MVP since 2020. Mustafa has also authored several books about Microsoft Azure and cloud computing, all published by Packt.
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