Exercise: Create a Front Door for a highly available web application

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Lab scenario

In this lab, you set up an Azure Front Door configuration that pools two instances of a web application that runs in different Azure regions. This configuration directs traffic to the nearest site that runs the application. Azure Front Door continuously monitors the web application. You demonstrate automatic failover to the next available site when the nearest site is unavailable.

Architecture diagram

Diagram of the lab network configuration.

Job skills

  • Create two instances of a web app.
  • Create a Front Door for your application.
  • View Azure Front Door in action.

Important

Estimated time: 30 minutes. To complete this exercise, you need an Azure subscription.

Launch the exercise, and follow the instructions. When finished, be sure to return to this page so you can continue learning.

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