Delving into backend pools

To get started with backend pools (or any other components in general), we need an instance of Azure Load Balancer we can configure. To deploy it, use the following command:

az network lb create -g <resource-group-name> \
  -n <load-balancer-name> \
  --sku Basic \
  --vnet-name <vnet-name> \
  --subnet default

This command will create a load balancer and a virtual network that will integrate with it. Of course, it’s possible to create Azure Load Balancer with the existing network if you need to – in that scenario, make sure you’re passing either its name or full resource identifier with the --vnet-name parameter.

Important note

The command we’re using will only create a new virtual network if it cannot find another network with the name we provided in the same resource group.

Once created, your instance of Azure Load Balancer will already contain one front...