Changing the Specifications of a Dedicated Load Balancer

You can change the specifications of a dedicated load balancer on the console:

Change an application load balancer to a network load balancer, or the other way round.
Upgrade or downgrade the specifications, for example, upgrade small I to medium I, or downgrade large I to medium I.

**Table 1** Changing the specifications
Load Balancing Type	Adding Load Balancing Type	Removing Load Balancing Type	Upgrading Specifications	Downgrading Specifications	Description
Network load balancing (TCP/UDP)	√	√	√	√	If you select the network load balancing (TCP/UDP), you can only create a TCP or UDP listener.
Application load balancing (HTTP/HTTPS)	√	√	√	√	If you select the application load balancing (HTTP/HTTPS), you can only create an HTTP or HTTPS listener.

Downgrading specifications will temporarily affect services.

Network load balancing (TCP/UDP): New connections may fail to establish.
Application load balancing (HTTP/HTTPS): New connections may not be able to be established and some persistent connections may be interrupted.

Log in to the management console.
In the upper left corner of the page, click and select the desired region and project.
Hover on in the upper left corner to display Service List and choose Network > Elastic Load Balance.
On the Load Balancers page, locate the load balancer whose specifications you want to modify, click More in the Operation column, and select Change Specifications.
Select the new specifications and click Next.
Confirm the information and click Submit.