- What's New
- Function Overview
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Service Overview
- What Is ELB?
- Product Advantages
- How ELB Works
- Application Scenarios
- Differences Between Dedicated and Shared Load Balancers
- Load Balancing on a Public or Private Network
- Network Traffic Paths
- Specifications of Dedicated Load Balancers
- Quotas and Constraints
- Billing (Dedicated Load Balancers)
- Permissions
- Product Concepts
- How ELB Works with Other Services
- Change History
- Getting Started
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User Guide
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Load Balancer
- Overview
- Preparations for Creating a Load Balancer
- Creating a Dedicated Load Balancer
- Creating a Shared Load Balancer
- Modifying the Bandwidth
- Changing the Specifications of a Dedicated Load Balancer
- Changing an IP Address
- Binding an IP Address to or Unbinding an IP Address from a Load Balancer
- Adding to or Removing from an IPv6 Shared Bandwidth
- Enabling or Disabling a Load Balancer
- Exporting the Load Balancer List
- Deleting a Load Balancer
- Listener
- Advanced Features of HTTP/HTTPS Listeners
- Backend Server Group
- Backend Server (Dedicated Load Balancers)
- Backend Server (Shared Load Balancers)
- Certificate
- Access Control
- TLS Security Policy
- Tag
- Access Logging
- Monitoring
- Auditing
- Permissions Management
- Quotas
- Appendix
- Change History
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Load Balancer
- Best Practices
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API Reference
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
- APIs (V3)
- Examples
- Permissions and Supported Actions
- Appendix
- SDK Reference
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FAQs
- Popular Questions
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ELB Use
- Service Abnormality
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ELB Functionality
- Can ELB Be Used Separately?
- Does ELB Support Persistent Connections?
- Does ELB Support FTP on Backend Servers?
- Can ELB Block DDoS Attacks and Secure Web Code?
- Is an EIP Assigned Exclusively to a Load Balancer?
- How Many Load Balancers and Listeners Can I Have?
- What Types of APIs Does ELB Provide? What Are Permissions of ELB?
- Can I Adjust the Number of Backend Servers When a Load Balancer is Running?
- Can Backend Servers Run Different OSs?
- Can I Configure Different Backend Ports for a Load Balancer?
- Are There Any Restrictions on the Frequency of Access from an IP Address?
- Can ELB Be Used Across Accounts or VPCs?
- Can Backend Servers Access the Ports of a Load Balancer?
- Can I Bind a Public IP Address Purchased from a Third-Party Cloud Provider to My Load Balancer?
- Can Both the Listener and Backend Server Group Use HTTPS?
- Can I Change the VPC and Subnet for My Load Balancer?
- Does ELB Support IPv6 Networks?
- Load Balancing Performance
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Load Balancers
- What Is Quota?
- How Does ELB Distribute Traffic?
- How Can I Access a Load Balancer Across VPCs?
- How Can I Configure Load Balancing for Containerized Applications?
- Why Can't I Delete My Load Balancer?
- Do I Need to Configure Bandwidth for My Load Balancers?
- Can I Bind Multiple EIPs to a Load Balancer?
- Why Multiple IP Addresses Are Required When I Create or Enable a Load Balancer?
- Why Are Requests from the Same IP Address Routed to Different Backend Servers When the Load Balancing Algorithm Is Source IP Hash?
- Can Backend Servers Access the Internet Using the EIP of the Load Balancer?
- Will Traffic Routing Be Interrupted If the Load Balancing Algorithm Is Changed?
- What Is the Difference Between the Bandwidth Included in Each Specification of a Dedicated Load Balancer and the Bandwidth of an EIP?
- How Do I Combine ELB and WAF?
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Listeners
- What Are the Relationships Between Load Balancing Algorithms and Sticky Session Types?
- Can I Bind Multiple Certificates to a Listener?
- Do HTTP and HTTP Listeners Support the X-Forwarded-Host Header?
- Will ELB Stop Distributing Traffic Immediately After a Listener Is Deleted?
- Does ELB Have Restrictions on the File Upload Speed and Size?
- Can Multiple Load Balancers Route Requests to One Backend Server?
- How Is WebSocket Used?
- What Are the Three Timeouts of a Listener and What Are the Default Durations?
- Why Can't I Select the Target Backend Server Group When Adding or Modifying a Listener?
- Why Cannot I Add a Listener to a Dedicated Load Balancer?
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Backend Servers
- Why Is the Interval at Which Backend Servers Receive Health Check Packets Different from What I Have Configured?
- Can Backend Servers Access the Internet After They Are Associated with a Load Balancer?
- Can ELB Distribute Traffic Across Servers That Are Not Provided by Huawei Cloud?
- Can ELB Route Traffic Across Regions?
- Does Each Backend Server Need an EIP to Receive Requests from a Public Network Load Balancer?
- How Do I Check the Network Conditions of a Backend Server?
- How Can I Check the Network Configuration of a Backend Server?
- How Do I Check the Status of a Backend Server?
- How Long Is the Timeout Duration of Connections Between a Load Balancer and Backend Servers?
- When Is a Backend Server Considered Healthy?
- How Do I Check Whether a Backend Server Can Be Accessed Through an EIP?
- Why Is the Number of Active Connections Monitored by Cloud Eye Different from the Number of Connections Established with the Backend Servers?
- Why Can I Access Backend Servers After a Whitelist Is Configured?
- When Will Modified Weights Take Effect?
- How Much Time Is Required for a Load Balancer to Disconnect from Backend Servers After The Servers Are Removed?
- Why Must the Subnet Where the Load Balancer Resides Have at Least 16 Available IP Addresses for Enabling IP as a Backend?
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Health Checks
- How Do I Troubleshoot an Unhealthy Backend Server?
- Why Is the Interval at Which Backend Servers Receive Health Check Packets Different from the Configured Interval?
- How Does ELB Perform UDP Health Checks? What Are the Precautions for UDP Health Checks?
- Why Does ELB Frequently Send Requests to Backend Servers During Health Checks?
- When Does a Health Check Start?
- Do Maximum Retries Include Health Checks That Consider Backend Servers Unhealthy?
- What Do I Do If a Lot of Access Logs Are Generated During Health Checks?
- What Status Codes Will Be Returned If Backend Servers Are Identified as Healthy?
- Obtaining Source IP Addresses
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HTTP/HTTPS Listeners
- Which Protocol Should I Select for the Backend Server Group When Adding an HTTPS Listener?
- Why Is There a Security Warning After a Certificate Is Configured?
- Why Is a Forwarding Policy in the Faulty State?
- Why Can't I Add a Forwarding Policy to a Listener?
- Why Cannot I Select an Existing Backend Server Group When Adding a Forwarding Policy?
- Sticky Sessions
- Certificates
- Monitoring
- Billing
- Videos
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API Overview
A combination of these types of APIs allows you to use all functions provided by ELB. Table 1 describes the APIs provided by ELB.
Type |
Resource |
Description |
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APIs |
Load balancer |
Creates, updates, deletes a load balancer, shows the details of a load balancer, lists load balancers, and queries the status tree for a load balancer. |
Certificate |
Creates, modifies, and deletes a certificate, and lists certificates. |
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Security policy |
Adds, modifies, and deletes a security policy, shows the details of a security policy, and lists security policies. |
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IP address group |
Configures, modifies, and disables an IP address group, shows the details of an IP address group, and lists IP address groups. |
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Listener |
Adds, modifies, and deletes a listener, shows the details of a listener, and lists listeners. |
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Backend server group |
Adds, modifies, and deletes a backend server group, shows the details of a backend server group, and lists backend server groups. |
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Backend server |
Adds, modifies, and deletes a backend server, shows the details of a backend server, and lists backend servers. |
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Health check |
Configures, modifies, and disables a health check, shows the details of a health check, and lists health checks. |
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Forwarding policy |
Adds, updates, and deletes a forwarding policy, shows the details of a forwarding policy, lists forwarding policies, and updates forwarding policy priorities. |
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Forwarding rule |
Adds, modifies, and deletes a forwarding rule, shows the details of a forwarding rule, and lists forwarding rules. |
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