Login to the Dashboard

Login into the Dashboard using your domain, user account and password.

Navigate and Create Load Balancer

Once logged into the Dashboard, navigate to the Load Balancers panel by selecting Project › Network › Load Balancers in the navigation menu, then select Create Load Balancer from the Load Balancers page.

Create Load Balancer

Provide the Load Balancer details, Load Balancer Name, Description (optional), IP Address and Subnet. When complete, select Next.

Create Listener

Provide a Name, Description, Protocol (HTTP, TCP, TERMINATED_HTTPS) and Port for the Load Balancer Listener.

Create Pool

Provide the Name, Description and Method (LEAST_CONNECTIONS, ROUND_ROBIN, SOURCE_IP) for the Load Balancer Pool.

Add Pool Members

Add members to the Load Balancer Pool.

Note

Optionally, you may add members to the load balancer pool after the load balancer has been created.

Create Health Monitor

Create Health Monitor by providing the Monitor type (HTTP, PING, TCP), the Health check interval, Retry count, timeout, HTTP Method, Expected HTTP status code and the URL path. Once all fields are filled, select Create Load Balancer.

Load Balancer Provisioning Status

Clicking on the Load Balancers tab again will provide the status of the Load Balancer. The Load Balancer will be in Pending Create until the Load Balancer is created, at which point the Load Balancer will change to an Active state.

Load Balancer Overview

Once Load Balancer 1 has been created, it will appear in the Load Balancers list. Click the Load Balancer 1, it will show the Overview. In this view, you can see the Load Balancer Provider type, the Admin State, Floating IP, Load Balancer, Subnet and Port ID's.