Does anyone know if it is possible to move a public static IP address which currently is associated to a VM/Networkinterface to a LoadBalancer?
Our current server needs to be upscaled and made highavailable. In the current setup the IP address is used for 1 VM. I need to have 2 VM's handling the load, behind the same IP address.
My idea was to use the portal to disassiocate the public IP address from the current network interface, so it would be available to select it for a loadbalancer. But when I choose disassociate it states the IP address will be lost. I really need to avoid that.
Any suggestions are highly appreciated!
Added info:
- This is ARM model
- I dont have problem setting up new VM's, the main objective here is
to preserve the current public static IP address. This IP address is
used by a client network with a lot of nodes who all have limited
internet access. Each accessible IP address for those clients is
whitelisted in a proxy server (which I don't have access to). So,
changing the IP address will effectively block those clients to
connect to the service on a new IP address.
Best Answer
According to your description, I test in my lab. If you set your Public IP static assignment. When you dissociate it from VM and associate it to LoadBalancer, the IP address does not change. Please refer to the following steps:
Dissociate Public IP from VM.
Associate Public IP to LoadBalancer.