| copyright | lastupdated | keywords | subcollection | ||
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2024-08-16 |
create, use, elastic |
loadbalancer-service |
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The {{site.data.keyword.loadbalancer_full}} service helps improve scalability and availability of your business-critical applications. It monitors the health of your application servers, uses smart load-balancing methods to distribute traffic among multiple servers, and dynamically adjusts its system capacity to handle varying traffic load. {: shortdesc}
In this step-by-step guide, learn how to create and configure a new load balancer service.
| Task | Description |
|---|---|
| Selecting the service and configuring basic options | Configure basic options, such as the name, description, and type of your load balancer. |
| Configuring load-balancing options and placing your order | Configure protocols, health checks, and back-end servers. |
| Monitoring and managing your service | Edit your configuration and monitor your load balancer performance. |
Mandatory management port 56501 must be allowlisted in order for load balancer provisioning (as well as customer and service triggered operations) to succeed. For more information, refer to this FAQ. {: important}