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Tufail Mohammed
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🚀 My Hands-On Experience Deploying Applications on Azure cloud

#architecture #azure #cloud #networking

Recently I completed two practical Azure projects that helped me understand how real-world cloud infrastructure and application deployments work.

Instead of only learning theory, I built the architecture step by step using Microsoft Azure, Linux, and web technologies.

🧱 Project 1: Three-Tier Architecture with Load Balancer

In this project, I designed a simple three-tier network architecture.

Network Design

  • VNet: 10.0.0.0/16
  • Web Subnet: 10.0.1.0/24
  • App Subnet: 10.0.2.0/25
  • DB Subnet: 10.0.3.0/26

This separation helps improve security, scalability, and network organization.

I deployed a web server VM running NGINX and placed it behind an Azure Load Balancer.

The load balancer handled:

  • Frontend public IP
  • Backend pool with the VM
  • Health probe on port 80
  • Load balancing rule for HTTP traffic

When I accessed the Load Balancer IP, it correctly routed traffic to the NGINX server.

⚛️ Project 2: Deploying a React App on an Azure VM

The second project focused on deploying a frontend application in a production-style setup.

I provisioned an Ubuntu VM and installed the required tools:

  • Node.js
  • npm
  • Git
  • NGINX

Then I cloned the React repository and built the application:

git clone https://github.com/pravinmishraaws/my-react-app.git
npm install
npm run build
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The production build was served using NGINX with proper SPA routing configuration.

After deployment, the application was accessible directly through the VM’s public IP.

💡 Key Things I Learned

Through these projects I gained hands-on experience with:

  • Azure Virtual Networks and subnet design
  • Network Security Groups
  • Load balancing concepts
  • Deploying React apps on Linux servers
  • Using NGINX to serve production builds

🏁 Final Thoughts

These projects helped me understand how cloud networking and application deployment work together in real environments.

Next, I’m planning to explore:

  • Docker containerization
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

If you're also learning Cloud or DevOps, hands-on projects like these are one of the best ways to build real skills. 🚀

P.S. This post is part of the DevOps Micro Internship (DMI) Cohort 2 by Pravin Mishra. You can start your DevOps journey by joining this Discord community (https://lnkd.in/gmpZfEZC)

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