Help with starting to use HAProxy - LB IP address is not delegated to virtual machines

Hi,
I am total beginner for HAProxy so please any advice will be much useful.
I have two virtual machines on Microsoft Azure.
They are in virtual network, and they have private IP addresses 10.0.9.4 and 10.0.9.5
I created new Network interface on Microsoft Azure in the same virtual network with IP address 10.0.9.7
Of course this is not delegated to any virtual machines.

Name of interface is : lb.oozie.local, private IP address 10.0.9.7

I added in /etc/hosts on .4 and .5
10.0.9.7 lb.oozie.local

I installed haproxy on both machines 4 and 5.
haconfig file is the following:

global
** log /dev/log local0**
** log /dev/log local1 notice**
** chroot /var/lib/haproxy**

** stats timeout 30s**
** #user haproxy**
** #group haproxy**
** daemon**

** # Default SSL material locations**
** ca-base /etc/ssl/certs**
** crt-base /etc/ssl/private**

** # Default ciphers to use on SSL-enabled listening sockets.**
** # For more information, see ciphers(1SSL).**
** ssl-default-bind-ciphers kEECDH+aRSA+AES:kRSA+AES:+AES256:RC4-SHA:!kEDH:!LOW:!EXP:!MD5:!aNULL:!eNULL**

defaults
** log global**
** mode http**
** option httplog**
** option dontlognull**
** timeout connect 5000**
** timeout client 50000**
** timeout server 50000**

frontend localnodes
** bind lb.oozie.local:80**
** mode http**
** default_backend nodes**

backend nodes
** mode http**
** balance roundrobin**
** option forwardfor**
** http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Port %[dst_port]**
** http-request add-header X-Forwarded-Proto https if { ssl_fc }**
** option httpchk HEAD / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:localhost**
** server oozie1 10.0.9.4:11000 check**
** server oozie2 10.0.9.5:11000 check**

listen stats lb.oozie.local:1936
** stats enable**
** stats uri /haproxy?stats**

I did also:
sudo service haproxy restart

Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart haproxy.service

Validation returns that haproxy is valid:
haproxy -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg -c

[WARNING] 284/112531 (110051) : config : frontend ‘GLOBAL’ has no ‘bind’ directive. Please declare it as a backend if this was intended.
Configuration file is valid

As I understood my servers should get the ip address (10.0.9.7).

I try from 10.0.9.4 and 10.0.9.5 ping to 10.0.9.7

but on both servers I am getting it is not recognized.
ping 10.0.9.7

PING 10.0.9.7 (10.0.9.7) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.0.9.4 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.9.4 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable

Also if it is relevant:

  • i installed keepalived mechanism
  • I did not set public IP address for Load Balancer address, it has only private IP 10.0.9.7, because service is invoked directly from servers 10.0.9.4 and 10.0.9.5

please help.
Thank you in advance,