Create Load Balancer

Steps to Create a Load Balancer

Prerequisite

• The project's wallet balance must be greater than 0 (see how to top up a project's wallet).

Instructions

1. Enter the Project

Select a project from the Projects Management page to go to its Project Detail page.

Project Detail

2. Select the "Create Load Balancer" Command

Go to the Load Balancer page by clicking the Load Balancing > Load Balancer menu in the sidebar. Then, click the "Load Balancer" button in the top-right corner.

Load Balancer Create Button

3. Choose the Availability Zone, Name, and Description

In the first step ("Detail"), select an Availability Zone, and provide a Name and Description for the Load Balancer to distinguish it from others.

It is recommended that the Load Balancer and the Compute Instances that will be members of its backend groups are in the same Availability Zone for optimal performance.

Create Load Balancer - Detail

4. Select the Load Balancer's Purpose

Choose the purpose based on your use case:

• Development: Suitable for workloads that can tolerate slight performance variations or for test environments. Only available with a Standalone topology.

• Production: Suitable for workloads requiring stable, consistent performance. Available in both Standalone and High Availability topologies.

Create Load Balancer - Purpose

5. Select the Load Balancer's Specification

Choose the Topology and Specification (size) based on your workload requirements and downtime tolerance.

Topology specifies the number of compute machines:

• Standalone: A single compute machine. If it fails, a self-healing process will bring a new one online within 5 minutes.

• High Availability: Two compute machines in an active/standby configuration. If the active machine fails, it can switch to the standby machine within 5 seconds.

Create Load Balancer - Specification

6. Select the Virtual Network and External Network

Choose a VPC Network to be the Load Balancer's virtual network. Also, select an External IP if you require public internet access.

It is recommended that the Load Balancer uses the same VPC Network as the Compute Instances that will be its backend members.

Create Load Balancer - Network

7. Review the Configuration and Confirm Creation

Verify the accuracy of your settings and click the CREATE button to create the Load Balancer.

Create Load Balancer - Summary

9. View the Details of the Created Load Balancer

Wait until the Load Balancer Status becomes HEALTHY, then click on its name to go to the Load Balancer Detail page.

Load Balancer List

10. Create a Backend Group

On the Load Balancer Detail page, under the "Overview" tab, you will see the Load Balancer's details. You must create a Backend Group to start using it. Click the CREATE BACKEND GROUP button in the top menu bar or in the instruction card on the top right.

Load Balancer Overview - Create Backend Group Button

From this point, the steps will diverge depending on whether you want to configure a Network Load Balancer or an Application Load Balancer. Please choose from the options below:

• I want to use Network Load Balancing

• I want to use Application Load Balancing