switching servers in a load balancer in azure through api

Question

We have a long and heavy process which updates in memory catalogs for clients. while it happens, clients with large catalogs are experiencing low performance. I am looking for a way to turn on a VM, run the process on it, add it to the load balancer and removing other VMs on it using some kind of a web service or api of Azure.
Thanks

Answer 1

Use PowerShell to reconfigure the load balancer and remote PowerShell to execute any process remotely. Additionally, use automation to automate the process.

Update an existing load balancer

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-get-started-internet-arm-ps#update-an-existing-load-balancer

WinRM

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-winrm

Automation First Runbook

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-first-runbook-textual-powershell