Copying a Shared Load Balancer
Overview
After a copy is complete, you will get a new load balancer that has the same basic settings, listeners, and log settings as the original one.
Constraints
- The new load balancer is in the same VPC as the original one.
- The public network configuration of the original load balancer will not be copied. You can bind an EIP to the new load balancer after the copy is done.
- Only pay-per-use load balancers can be copied. After the copy is complete, you can change the billing mode of the new load balancer.
- The backend server groups of each shared load balancer cannot be copied. Instead, new backend server groups will be created for each new shared load balancer, with the same configuration as the original ones.
Procedure
- Go to the load balancer list page.
- Log in to the management console.
- Click
in the upper left corner of the console and select a desired region and project.
- Click
in the upper left corner to display Service List and choose NetworkingNetwork > Elastic Load BalanceElastic Load Balancing.
- Locate the load balancer and click Copy in the Operation column.
- In the Copy Load Balancer dialog box, configure parameters for the new load balancer based on Table 1.
Table 1 Parameters for the new load balancer Parameter
Description
New Load Balancer Name
Specifies the name of the new load balancer.
The name defaults to original load balancer name-copy
Billing Mode
Specifies the billing mode of the new load balancer. Only Pay-per-use is available.
Frontend Subnet
Specifies the AZ of the new load balancer, which defaults to the same AZ as that of the original load balancer. The AZ can be changed.
A private IP address will be assigned to the load balancer to receive client requests.
IPv4 Address
Specifies how you want the IPv4 address to be assigned. There are two options:
- Automatically assign IP address: The system automatically assigns an IPv4 address to the load balancer.
- Manually specify IP address: You need to manually specify an IPv4 address to the load balancer.
Enterprise Project
Specifies an enterprise project by which cloud resources and members are centrally managed.
The default project is default.
Copy Backend Server Group
Specifies whether to enable the copy backend server group option. Only dedicated load balancers support this option.
New backend server groups with the same settings will be created and associated with the new shared load balancer.
- Click OK.
The copy duration depends on the load balancer settings. In general, each copy completes within 2 minutes.
- Wait until the copy is complete and click Close.
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