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Load-Balancer-as-a-Service (LBaaS) enables networking to distribute incoming requests evenly among designated instances. This distribution ensures that the workload is shared predictably among instances and enables more effective use of system resources. Use one of these load-balancing methods to distribute incoming requests:
As an end user, you can create and manage load balancers and related objects for users in various projects. You can also delete load balancers and related objects.
LBaaS v2 has several new concepts to understand:
Log in to the OpenStack dashboard.
On the Project tab, open the Network tab, and click the Load Balancers category.
This view shows the list of existing load balancers. To view details of any of the load balancers, click on the specific load balancer.
Log in to the OpenStack dashboard.
On the Project tab, open the Network tab, and click the Load Balancers category.
Click the Create Load Balancer button.
Use the concepts described in the overview section to fill in the necessary information about the load balancer you want to create.
Keep in mind, the health checks routinely run against each instance within a target load balancer and the result of the health check is used to determine if the instance receives new connections.
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A message indicates whether the action succeeded.
Select the load balancer you want to delete and click the Delete Load Balancer button.
To be deleted successfully, a load balancer must not have any listeners or pools associated with it. The delete action is also available in the Actions column for the individual load balancers.
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