Load Balancer
Load Balancer
Section titled “Load Balancer”A Load Balancer distributes incoming traffic across multiple servers to ensure high availability, reliability, and improved performance.
Create a Load Balancer
Section titled “Create a Load Balancer”- From the left-hand menu, click Load Balancer.
- Click the + icon.
- Location: select the data center.
- Project: assign to a project.
- Network: select the network where the load balancer will operate.
- IP: choose an Existing IP or Acquire New IP (creates a default isolated IP in the selected zone).
- Forwarding Rules:
- Rule Name, Protocol (TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS), port range
- Algorithm: Source IP, Round Robin, or Least Connections
- Sticky Sessions: LB Cookie, App Cookie, Source-Based, or None
- Select VM instances to handle traffic
- Name: alphanumeric, dashes, and periods only.
- Create:
- Billing cycles: Hourly, Monthly, Quarterly, Semiannually, Yearly, Bi-annually, Tri-annually
- One package per zone
- Click Create Load Balancer
Attach Additional VMs
Section titled “Attach Additional VMs”After creation, click on the Load Balancer → Add VM to attach more backend instances.
See also: Public Networks, VPC