Azure Load Balancer
Managed layer-4 load balancer for Azure virtual networks.
- Provider
- azure
- Kind
- Load balancer
- Category
- Edge
| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| connectionPreserving | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| global | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| hashing | enum | round-robin | least-connections | ecmp | maglev | consistent | random | no | round-robin | ▸ consistent |
| healthChecks | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| instances | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| layer | enum | l4 | l7 | no | l7 | ▸ l4 |
| managed | boolean | — | no | false | ▸ true |
| sku | enum | basic | standard | no | standard | inherited |
Every rule whose selector covers this component's kind or its category. Whether a rule fires depends on the design: its properties, its edges and its groups.
No rule reads this kind yet. That is a gap, not a guarantee.
nodes:
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# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json # Azure Load Balancer: managed L4 5-tuple hash balancer. Standard SKU is the default and is zone-redundant. schemaVersion: "1" type: "component" id: "azure-load-balancer" kind: "load-balancer" provider: "azure" docs: "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview" defaults: layer: "l4" managed: true hashing: "consistent" properties: sku: type: "enum" values: ["basic", "standard"] default: "standard"