Full Configuration Management

The Traffic Manager can use the Configuration Importer tool for fully-managed configuration updates, where the Traffic Manager monitors mapped configuration documents and automatically updates its configuration when a change is detected.

In this mode of operation, the configuration documents become the primary definition of the entire Traffic Manager configuration. The Configuration Importer detects whenever the primary configuration documents change and automatically updates the Traffic Manager configuration accordingly.

Instead of making iterative sequential changes through the Traffic Manager's Admin UI or APIs, an administrator makes changes by editing the configuration documents to the desired new state.

This externally-maintained declarative configuration is often appropriate for environments that use automated deployment and orchestration tools. If a Traffic Manager needs to be destroyed and re-created, the information needed to recreate its configuration is not lost because the primary copy is held in an external location.

Configuration documents can be stored in, and deployed from, a version control system supporting a DevOps style of working that reduces the need for direct interaction with individual Traffic Manager instances.