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Selecting an API Version

Elastic Load Balance (ELB) provides two versions of APIs: V2 and V3. For details about how to select an API version, see Table 1. For details about the overall APIs and their functions, see API Overview.

Table 1 ELB API versions

API Version

Description

Load Balancer Type

V3
  • Can be used to perform all operations on dedicated load balancers.
  • Can be used to perform all operations on existing shared load balancers except for creating new ones.

Dedicated load balancers

V2

Can be used to perform all operations on shared load balancers.

Shared load balancers
Parent Topic: Before You Start