This type of endpoint combines more than one Traffic Manager profile with different routing methods for the environment that requires a complicated traffic routing. Perform the following steps and you will learn how to add nested endpoint:
- Navigate to the Traffic Manager profile
- Under SETTINGS, click on Endpoints; a new blade will open
- Click on Add to add the endpoint, and a new blade will open asking you to specify the following:
- Type: Here, select Nested endpoint from the drop-down list
- Name: Here, specify a name for the endpoint
- Target resource: Here, select the Traffic Manager profile you want it to be nested with
- Location: Here, specify the location of the endpoint
- Minimal child endpoints: This is the minimum number of the endpoints for the nested Traffic Manager profile to be able to receive traffic from the parent profile
Figure 7.9: Adding a nested profile
- Click on OK, and the endpoint will be added within a minute