quick sample of network related functionality to get some feedback

network-sample.cs

Write("Creating a public IP address for the load balancer");            
var publicIpCreateParams = new PublicIPAddress {
    Location = westus,
    PublicIPAllocationMethod = IPAllocationMethod.Dynamic,
    DnsSettings = new PublicIPAddressDnsSettings{ DomainNameLabel = "sample-dotnet-domain-name-label" }
};
var pubIp = networkClient.PublicIPAddresses.CreateOrUpdate(resourceGroupName, "sample-dotnet-pubip", publicIpCreateParams);

Write("Building the frontend IP configuration to expose the public IP"); 
var frontendIPConfig = new FrontendIPConfiguration{
    Name = "sample-frontend-config",
    PrivateIPAllocationMethod = IPAllocationMethod.Dynamic,
    PublicIPAddress = new PublicIPAddress{
        Id = pubIp.Id
    }
};

Write("Building the backend IP address pool for the load balancer"); 
var backendAddressPool = new BackendAddressPool{Name = "sample-backend-pool"};

Write("Building the health probe for the load balancer, which will probe the http://publicIPAddress/canary to determine the health of the applicaiton."); 
var probe = new Probe{
    Name = "sample-probe",
    Protocol = ProbeProtocol.Http,
    Port = 80,
    IntervalInSeconds = 15,
    NumberOfProbes = 4,
    RequestPath = "/canary"
};

Write("Creating a load balancer exposing port 80 with inbound nat rules for port 21, 23 mapping back to port 22 on two backend VMs"); 
var lb = networkClient.LoadBalancers.CreateOrUpdate(resourceGroupName, "sample-loadbalancer", new LoadBalancer{
    Location = westus,
    FrontendIPConfigurations = new List<FrontendIPConfiguration>{frontendIPConfig},
    BackendAddressPools = new List<BackendAddressPool>{backendAddressPool},
    Probes = new List<Probe>{probe},
    LoadBalancingRules = new List<LoadBalancingRule>{
        new LoadBalancingRule{
            Name = "sample-http-rule",
            Protocol = ProbeProtocol.Tcp,
            FrontendPort = 80,
            BackendPort = 80,
            IdleTimeoutInMinutes = 4,
            EnableFloatingIP = false,
            LoadDistribution = LoadDistribution.Default,
            FrontendIPConfiguration = frontendIPConfig,
            BackendAddressPool = backendAddressPool,
            Probe = probe
        }
    },
    InboundNatRules = new List<InboundNatRule>{
        new InboundNatRule{
            Name = "sample-inbound-ssh-rule",
            Protocol = ProbeProtocol.Tcp,
            FrontendPort = 21,
            BackendPort = 22,
            EnableFloatingIP = false,
            IdleTimeoutInMinutes = 4,
            FrontendIPConfiguration = frontendIPConfig,
        },
        new InboundNatRule{
            Name = "sample-inbound-ssh-rule",
            Protocol = ProbeProtocol.Tcp,
            FrontendPort = 23,
            BackendPort = 22,
            EnableFloatingIP = false,
            IdleTimeoutInMinutes = 4,
            FrontendIPConfiguration = frontendIPConfig,
        }
    }
});

/*
"{\r\n  \"error\": {\r\n    \"code\": \"InvalidRequestFormat\",\r\n    \"message\": \"Cannot parse the request.\",\r\n    
\"details\": [\r\n      {\r\n        \"code\": \"MissingJsonReferenceId\",\r\n        
\"message\": \"Value for reference id is missing. Path properties.loadBalancingRules[0].properties.frontendIPConfiguration.\"\r\n      },\r\n      
{\r\n        \"code\": \"MissingJsonReferenceId\",\r\n        
\"message\": \"Value for reference id is missing. Path properties.loadBalancingRules[0].properties.backendAddressPool.\"\r\n      },\r\n      

{\r\n        \"code\": \"MissingJsonReferenceId\",\r\n        
\"message\": \"Value for reference id is missing. Path properties.loadBalancingRules[0].properties.probe.\"\r\n      },\r\n      

{\r\n        \"code\": \"MissingJsonReferenceId\",\r\n        
\"message\": \"Value for reference id is missing. Path properties.inboundNatRules[0].properties.frontendIPConfiguration.\"\r\n      },\r\n      

{\r\n        \"code\": \"MissingJsonReferenceId\",\r\n        
\"message\": \"Value for reference id is missing. Path properties.inboundNatRules[1].properties.frontendIPConfiguration.\"\r\n      },\r\n      

{\r\n        \"code\": \"DuplicateResourceName\",\r\n        
\"message\": \"Resource /subscriptions//resourceGroups//providers/Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/ has two child resources 
with the same name (sample-inbound-ssh-rule).\"\r\n      }\r\n    ]\r\n  }\r\n}"
*/