Azure Load Balancer HTTP health probe method

Question

Hi,

I'm currently learning about Azure Load Balancer, and I see that the method used for the health probe is GET, if the answer is 200 OK then succeed.

I've worked previously with hw load balancers (Array Networks and Cisco ASA) and I was able to configure the health probe using HEAD instead of GET, this type of probe also respond with an 200 OK, but does not download the entire page, it only checks if the page exist, and so the probe consumes less resources.

How can I do that with Azure Load Balancer?

Thanks in advance. Kind Regards!

Answer 1

@Y O Thanks for your question. Regarding Azure Load Balancer, only the GET method is currently supported, and you can't change like you can do with the Azure Front Door.