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Create virtual network and virtual machines

A virtual network and subnet is required for the resources in the tutorial. In this section, you create a virtual network and virtual machines for the later steps.

  1. In the search box at the top of the portal, enter Virtual machine. Select Virtual machines in the search results.

  2. In Virtual machines, select + Create > + Virtual machine.

  3. In Create a virtual machine, enter or select the following values in the Basics tab:

    Setting Value
    Project details
    Subscription Select your subscription.
    Resource group Select Create new.
    Enter load-balancer-rg.
    Select OK.
    Instance details
    Virtual machine name Enter lb-vm1.
    Region Select ((US) East US).
    Availability options Select Availability zone.
    Availability zone Select Zone 1.
    Security type Select Standard.
    Image Select Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS - Gen2.
    Azure Spot instance Leave the default of unchecked.
    Size Select a VM size.
    Administrator account
    Authentication type Select SSH public key.
    Username Enter azureuser.
    SSH public key source Select Generate new key pair.
    Key pair name Enter lb-key-pair.
    Inbound port rules
    Public inbound ports Select None.

  4. Select the Networking tab, or select Next: Disks, then Next: Networking.

  5. In the Networking tab, enter or select the following information.

    Setting Value
    Network interface
    Virtual network Select Create new.
    Enter lb-vnet in Name.
    In Address space, under Address range, enter 10.0.0.0/16.
    In Subnets, under Subnet name, enter backend-subnet.
    In Address range, enter 10.0.1.0/24.
    Select OK.
    Subnet Select backend-subnet.
    Public IP Select None.
    NIC network security group Select Advanced.
    Configure network security group Select Create new.
    Enter lb-NSG in Name.
    Select + Add an inbound rule under Inbound rules.
    In Service, select HTTP.
    Enter 100 in Priority.
    Enter lb-NSG-Rule for Name.
    Select Add.
    Select OK.

  6. Select the Review + create tab, or select the Review + create button at the bottom of the page.

  7. Select Create.

  8. At the Generate new key pair prompt, select Download private key and create resource. Your key file is downloaded as lb-key-pair.pem. Ensure you know where the .pem file was downloaded, you'll need the path to the key file in later steps.

  9. Follow the steps 1 through 7 to create another VM with the following values and all the other settings the same as lb-vm1:

    Setting Value
    Basics
    Instance details
    Virtual machine name Enter lb-vm2
    Availability zone Select Zone 2
    Administrator account
    Authentication type Select SSH public key
    SSH public key source Select Use existing key stored in Azure.
    Stored Keys Select lb-key-pair.
    Inbound port rules
    Public inbound ports Select None.
    Networking
    Network interface
    Public IP Select None.
    NIC network security group Select Advanced.
    Configure network security group Select the existing lb-NSG