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Editing a linked load balancer

Editing a linked load balancer

After linking a load balancer to an Azure FortiGate CNF instance, the following components of the load balancer are no longer editable in the Azure portal:

  • Health probes.

  • Backend pool instances and network interfaces.

There may be other components that cannot be edited depending on your Azure environment.

If possible, configure the load balancer completely before linking to an FortiGate CNF instance.

If you need to edit any of these components of a linked load balancer after linking to a FortiGate CNF instance, unlink the load balancer, make changes, then relink, as follows:

To edit the components of a linked load balancer:
  1. In the FortiGate CNF console, unlink the load balancer from the FortiGate CNF instance:

    1. In CNF Instances, select the instance and click Edit.

    2. Click Configure Azure Endpoints.

    3. In Endpoints, select the load balancer and click Delete.

  2. In the Azure portal, edit the load balancer as needed.

  3. In the FortiGate CNF console, link the load balancer to the FortiGate CNF instance. See Adding an endpoint to an Azure instance.

Editing a linked load balancer

After linking a load balancer to an Azure FortiGate CNF instance, the following components of the load balancer are no longer editable in the Azure portal:

  • Health probes.

  • Backend pool instances and network interfaces.

There may be other components that cannot be edited depending on your Azure environment.

If possible, configure the load balancer completely before linking to an FortiGate CNF instance.

If you need to edit any of these components of a linked load balancer after linking to a FortiGate CNF instance, unlink the load balancer, make changes, then relink, as follows:

To edit the components of a linked load balancer:
  1. In the FortiGate CNF console, unlink the load balancer from the FortiGate CNF instance:

    1. In CNF Instances, select the instance and click Edit.

    2. Click Configure Azure Endpoints.

    3. In Endpoints, select the load balancer and click Delete.

  2. In the Azure portal, edit the load balancer as needed.

  3. In the FortiGate CNF console, link the load balancer to the FortiGate CNF instance. See Adding an endpoint to an Azure instance.