Hands-On Azure Labs: Building Redundant Cloud Solutions

Lab Overview

In this lab, you will confirm and configure static private IP addresses for the virtual machines (VMs) in both West US and East US. By assigning or verifying static IPs, you prevent potential issues caused by dynamically changing addresses—especially when these VMs are part of load balancer back-end pools. Ensuring VMs have unchanging internal IP addresses helps maintain reliable load balancing and connectivity across your multi-region environment.

Learning Objectives

By completing this lab, you will be able to:

• • Identify the current private IP address assignments on your Azure VMs.
  • Configure static private IP addresses for each VM where needed.
  • Understand how static IPs bolster consistent load balancer behavior.
  • Verify that no IP conflicts exist and that load-balanced traffic is routed correctly to each VM.

Exam Relevance

These configuration steps align with:

• • AZ-104 (Azure Administrator): Demonstrates proficiency in managing Azure networking resources and ensuring stable IP configurations.
  • AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect): Reinforces best practices for designing highly available solutions, where predictable IP addressing is crucial for load balancing and fault tolerance.