Manage Load Balancers

To manage load balancers, navigate to the Network >> Load Balancers menu. You can see a list of Load Balancers created before, if any.

Create a Load Balancer

To Create a new one, click Create button on the top right of the Load Balancers page. You can see a page to create a new load balancer.

  • Specifications: This section contains some fields
    • Name: Load balancer name
    • Type: Load Balancer
    • Algorithm: Round Robin. The Load Balancer use Round Robin to distribute client requests across a group of instances.
    • Pricing Plan
    • External IP Address: You need to have a reserved external IP address before creating a load balancer. You can reserve one if you don’t have any.
  • Frontend Ports: represent the port and protocol that will be used to access your application.
  • Backend: Backend represent the target instances or services that receive traffic from the load balancer. Choose the instance and define the port and protocol that runs the application.
  • Click the Create button to save and apply the configuration.

View & Update a Load Balancer

Click the name to see the details. In the details page, you can update the following:

  • Update the name
  • Change pricing plan
  • Add or remove frontend ports
  • Add or remove backends

Click Update button to save the changes.

Delete a Load Balancer

To do so, complete these steps:

  1. Find the load balancer you want to delete on the Load Balancer page.
  2. Click the action button on the right, then choose Delete.
  3. Confirm your action.