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Updated on 2024-09-26 GMT+08:00

Viewing Details of a Load Balancer

Function

This API is used to view details of a load balancer.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

GET /v3/{project_id}/elb/loadbalancers/{loadbalancer_id}

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Specifies the project ID.

loadbalancer_id

Yes

String

Specifies the load balancer ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Specifies the token used for IAM authentication.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

request_id

String

Specifies the request ID.

Note: The value is automatically generated.

loadbalancer

LoadBalancer object

Specifies the load balancer.

Table 4 LoadBalancer

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the load balancer ID.

description

String

Provides supplementary information about the load balancer.

provisioning_status

String

Specifies the provisioning status of the load balancer.

The value can be:

  • ACTIVE: The load balancer is successfully provisioned.

  • PENDING_DELETE: The load balancer is being deleted.

admin_state_up

Boolean

Specifies whether the load balancer is enabled.

The value can be:

  • true: indicates the load balancer is enabled.

  • false: indicates the load balancer is disabled.

provider

String

Specifies the provider of the load balancer. The value can only be vlb.

pools

Array of PoolRef objects

Lists the IDs of backend server groups associated with the load balancer.

listeners

Array of ListenerRef objects

Lists the IDs of listeners added to the load balancer.

operating_status

String

Specifies the operating status of the load balancer.

The value can be:

  • ONLINE: indicates that the load balancer is running normally.

  • FROZEN: indicates that the load balancer is frozen.

name

String

Specifies the load balancer name.

project_id

String

Specifies the project ID of the load balancer.

vip_subnet_cidr_id

String

Specifies the ID of the frontend IPv4 subnet where the load balancer resides.

vip_address

String

Specifies the private IPv4 address bound to the load balancer.

vip_port_id

String

Specifies the ID of the port bound to the private IPv4 address of the load balancer.

tags

Array of Tag objects

Lists the tags added to the load balancer.

created_at

String

Specifies the time when the load balancer was created, in the format of yyyy-MM-dd''T''HH:mm:ss''Z''.

updated_at

String

Specifies the time when the load balancer was updated, in the format of yyyy-MM-dd''T''HH:mm:ss''Z''.

guaranteed

Boolean

Specifies whether the load balancer is a dedicated load balancer.

  • true (default): The load balancer is a dedicated load balancer.

  • false: The load balancer is a shared load balancer.

vpc_id

String

Specifies the ID of the VPC where the load balancer resides.

eips

Array of EipInfo objects

Specifies the EIP bound to the load balancer. Only one EIP can be bound to a load balancer.

This parameter has the same meaning as publicips.

ipv6_vip_address

String

Specifies the IPv6 address bound to the load balancer.

ipv6_vip_virsubnet_id

String

Specifies the ID of the IPv6 subnet where the load balancer resides.

ipv6_vip_port_id

String

Specifies the ID of the port bound to the IPv6 address of the load balancer.

availability_zone_list

Array of strings

Specifies the list of AZs where the load balancer is created.

enterprise_project_id

String

Specifies the enterprise project ID.

If this parameter is not passed during resource creation, "0" will be returned, and the resource belongs to the default enterprise project.

"0" is not a valid enterprise project ID and cannot be used in the APIs for creating, updating the load balancer, or querying details of the load balancer.

billing_info

String

Provides resource billing information.

  • If the value is left blank, the resource is billed in pay-per-use mode.

l4_flavor_id

String

Specifies the ID of a flavor at Layer 4.

l4_flavor_id defines the indicates maximum Layer 4 flavor for elastic scaling.

Notes and constraints:

  • If l4_flavor_id is specified, the load balancer is billed by fixed specifications.

  • If L4_elastic_max is specified, the load balancer is billed by how many LCUs you use.

l4_scale_flavor_id

String

Specifies the ID of the reserved flavor at Layer 4.

This parameter is unsupported. Please do not use it.

l7_flavor_id

String

Specifies the ID of a flavor at Layer 7.

l7_flavor_id defines the indicates maximum Layer 7 flavor for elastic scaling.

Notes and constraints:

  • If l7_flavor_id is specified, the load balancer is billed by fixed specifications.

  • If L7_elastic_max is specified, the load balancer is billed by how many LCUs you use.

l7_scale_flavor_id

String

Specifies the ID of the reserved flavor at Layer 7.

This parameter is unsupported. Please do not use it.

publicips

Array of PublicIpInfo objects

Specifies the EIP bound to the load balancer. Only one EIP can be bound to a load balancer.

This parameter has the same meaning as eips.

global_eips

Array of GlobalEipInfo objects

Specifies the global EIP bound to the load balancer.

Only the first global EIP specified under global_eips will be bound.

elb_virsubnet_ids

Array of strings

Lists the IDs of subnets on the downstream plane.

elb_virsubnet_type

String

Specifies the type of the subnet on the downstream plane.

The value can be:

  • ipv4: IPv4 subnet

  • dualstack: subnet that supports IPv4/IPv6 dual stack

ip_target_enable

Boolean

Specifies whether to add backend servers that are not in the load balancer's VPC.

If you enable this function, you can add servers in a peer VPC connected through a VPC peering connection, or in an on-premises data center at the other end of a Direct Connect or VPN connection, by using their IP addresses.

The value can be true (IP as a Backend enabled) or false (IP as a Backend disabled).

Notes and constraints:

  • The value can only be updated to true.

  • If you need to connect your server to a shared VPC, ensure the VPC principal has created a VPC peering connections between the two VPCs.

  • This function is supported only by dedicated load balancers.

frozen_scene

String

Specifies the scenario where the load balancer is frozen.

Multiple values are separated using commas (,).

The value can be:

  • POLICE: The load balancer is frozen due to security reasons.

  • ILLEGAL: The load balancer is frozen due to violation of laws and regulations.

  • VERIFY: Your account has not completed real-name authentication.

  • PARTNER: The load balancer is frozen by the partner.

  • ARREAR: Your account is in arrears.

ipv6_bandwidth

BandwidthRef object

Specifies the ID of the bandwidth used by an IPv6 address.

Notes and constraints:

  • This parameter is available only when you create or update a load balancer with a public IPv6 address.

  • If you use a new IPv6 address and specify a shared bandwidth, the IPv6 address will be added to this shared bandwidth.

deletion_protection_enable

Boolean

Specifies whether to enable removal protection for the load balancer.

The value can be:

  • true: Enable removal protection.

  • false (default): Disable removal protection.

Notes and constraints:

  • You need to disable removal protection for all your resources before deleting your account.

  • This parameter will be returned only when this option is enabled.

autoscaling

AutoscalingRef object

Specifies information about elastic scaling. If elastic scaling is enabled, the load balancer specifications can be automatically adjusted based on incoming traffic.

Notes and constraints:

  • This parameter is only available for users on the whitelist.

  • If elastic scaling is enabled, l4_flavor_id indicates the maximum Layer-4 flavor for elastic scaling. l7_flavor_id indicates the maximum Layer-7 flavor for elastic scaling.

  • This parameter is no longer used, but it is still supported for compatibility reasons. Please do not use this parameter. If you specify it, the load balancer will be assigned the minimum elastic specification and billed accordingly.

public_border_group

String

Specifies the AZ group to which the load balancer belongs.

charge_mode

String

Specifies the charge mode when creating a load balancer.

The value can be one of the following:

  • flavor: billed by the specifications you will select.

  • lcu: billed by how many LCUs you have used.

  • If this parameter is left blank, shared load balancers will be free, while dedicated load balancers will billed by the specifications you will select.

Notes and constraints:

  • If this parameter is not specified during the creation of a shared load balancer, the load balancer is free.

  • If this parameter is not specified during the creation of a dedicated load balancer, the load balancer is billed by the specifications you have selected.

waf_failure_action

String

Specifies traffic distributing policies when the WAF is faulty.

The value can be:

  • discard: Traffic will be discarded.

  • forward (default): Traffic will be distributed to the default backend servers.

Notes and constraints: This parameter takes effect only when WAF is enabled for the load balancer.

This parameter is unsupported. Please do not use it.

protection_status

String

Specifies the protection status.

The value can be:

  • nonProtection (default): The resource is not protected against being modified by accident.

  • consoleProtection: The resource is protected against being modified by accident.

protection_reason

String

Specifies why the modification protection function is enabled.

Notes and constraints: This parameter is valid only when protection_status is set to consoleProtection.

log_group_id

String

Specifies the ID of the log group that is associated with the load balancer.

log_topic_id

String

Specifies the ID of the log topic that is associated with the load balancer.

Table 5 PoolRef

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the ID of the backend server group.

Table 6 ListenerRef

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the listener ID.

Table 7 Tag

Parameter

Type

Description

key

String

Specifies the tag key.

value

String

Specifies the tag value.

Table 8 EipInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

eip_id

String

eip_id

eip_address

String

eip_address

ip_version

Integer

Specifies the IP version.

4 indicates IPv4, and 6 indicates IPv6.

Table 9 PublicIpInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

publicip_id

String

Specifies the EIP ID.

publicip_address

String

Specifies the IP address.

ip_version

Integer

Specifies the IP version. The value can be 4 (IPv4) or 6 (IPv6).

Table 10 GlobalEipInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

global_eip_id

String

Specifies the ID of the global EIP.

global_eip_address

String

Specifies the global EIP.

ip_version

Integer

Specifies the IP version. The value can be 4 (IPv4) or 6 (IPv6).

Table 11 BandwidthRef

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the shared bandwidth ID.

Table 12 AutoscalingRef

Parameter

Type

Description

enable

Boolean

Specifies whether to enable elastic scaling for the load balancer.

The value can be:

  • true: Enable elastic scaling.

  • false (default): Disable elastic scaling.

min_l7_flavor_id

String

Specifies the ID of the minimum Layer-7 flavor for elastic scaling.

Notes and constraints:

  • This parameter cannot be left blank if there are Layer 7 listeners.

  • This parameter is no longer used, but it is still supported for compatibility reasons. Please do not use this parameter. If you specify it, the load balancer will be assigned the minimum elastic specification and billed accordingly.

Example Requests

Querying details of a given load balancer

GET https://{ELB_Endpoint}/v3/060576782980d5762f9ec014dd2f1148/elb/loadbalancers/3dbde7e5-c277-4ea3-a424-edd339357eff

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Successful request.

{
  "loadbalancer" : {
    "id" : "3dbde7e5-c277-4ea3-a424-edd339357eff",
    "project_id" : "060576782980d5762f9ec014dd2f1148",
    "name" : "elb-l4-no-delete",
    "description" : null,
    "vip_port_id" : "f079c7ee-65a9-44ef-be86-53d8927e59be",
    "vip_address" : "10.0.0.196",
    "admin_state_up" : true,
    "provisioning_status" : "ACTIVE",
    "operating_status" : "ONLINE",
    "listeners" : [ ],
    "pools" : [ {
      "id" : "1d864dc9-f6ef-4366-b59d-7034cde2328f"
    }, {
      "id" : "c0a2e4a1-c028-4a24-a62f-e721c52f5513"
    }, {
      "id" : "79308896-6169-4c28-acbc-e139eb661996"
    } ],
    "tags" : [ ],
    "provider" : null,
    "created_at" : "2019-12-02T09:55:11Z",
    "updated_at" : "2019-12-02T09:55:11Z",
    "vpc_id" : "70711260-9de9-4d96-9839-0ae698e00109",
    "enterprise_project_id" : "0",
    "availability_zone_list" : [ ],
    "ipv6_vip_address" : null,
    "ipv6_vip_virsubnet_id" : null,
    "ipv6_vip_port_id" : null,
    "publicips" : [ ],
    "elb_virsubnet_ids" : [ "ad5d63bf-3b50-4e88-b4d9-e94a59aade48" ],
    "eips" : [ ],
    "guaranteed" : true,
    "billing_info" : null,
    "l4_flavor_id" : "e5acacda-f861-404e-9871-df480c49d185",
    "l4_scale_flavor_id" : null,
    "l7_flavor_id" : null,
    "l7_scale_flavor_id" : null,
    "vip_subnet_cidr_id" : "396d918a-756e-4163-8450-3bdc860109cf",
    "deletion_protection_enable" : false,
    "autoscaling" : {
      "enable" : true,
      "min_l7_flavor_id" : "0c8cf29d-51cb-4c1d-8e25-1c61cf5c2b00"
    },
    "public_border_group" : "center"
  },
  "request_id" : "1a47cfbf-969f-4e40-8c0e-c2e60b14bcac"
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.region.ElbRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.elb.v3.model.*;


public class ShowLoadBalancerSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        ElbClient client = ElbClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(ElbRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        ShowLoadBalancerRequest request = new ShowLoadBalancerRequest();
        request.withLoadbalancerId("{loadbalancer_id}");
        try {
            ShowLoadBalancerResponse response = client.showLoadBalancer(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}
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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkelb.v3.region.elb_region import ElbRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkelb.v3 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = ElbClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(ElbRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = ShowLoadBalancerRequest()
        request.loadbalancer_id = "{loadbalancer_id}"
        response = client.show_load_balancer(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)
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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    elb "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/elb/v3/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := elb.NewElbClient(
        elb.ElbClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.ShowLoadBalancerRequest{}
	request.LoadbalancerId = "{loadbalancer_id}"
	response, err := client.ShowLoadBalancer(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

For SDK sample code of more programming languages, see the Sample Code tab in API Explorer. SDK sample code can be automatically generated.

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Successful request.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.