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shadow_82
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusF5 cluster in Azure - why ALB is suggested in fornt?
Hi! Recently we are building F5 cluster in Azure. Regular stuff, with VIPs and RServers behind the F5, maybe SSL termination. Initially we wanted to build it in classic way. Public IP in front + DN...
Nikoolayy1
MVP
MVPMaybe if some autoscaling is configured so if more F5 BIG-IP VMs are auto created the Azure ALB (Azure Gateway) will auto send traffic to them. Also the Azure ALB also auto scales so it can provide some basic protections from basic DDOS attacks. As I work more with AWS the AWS ALB provided protections from SSL renegociation, TCP SYNC attacks and slowloris.