Deployment: Load balancer

Load Balancers | EC2 Management Console

The main entry point of the platform will be a Load Balancer. We will be able to configure the load balancer to redirect request our internal applications.

Create a load balancer

1. Click on the Create Load Balancer button.
2. We want to create a Application Load Balancer. Click on the Create button button of the Application Load Balancer card to start the load balancer creation process.
3. Step 1: Configure Load Balancer
   1. Basic configuration
      1. Name: Give a unique name to your load balancer.
      2. Scheme: Select the internet-facing option.
      3. IP address type: Select the ipv4 option.
   2. Listeners
      1. Select the HTTPS (Secure HTTP) option.
   3. Availability Zones
      1. VPC: Keep the default vpc.
      2. Availability Zones: You need to select a minimum of two zones.
   4. Go to the next section by clicking on the Next button.
4. Step 2: Configure Security Settings
   1. Select default certificate
      1. Certificate type: Use the Choose a certificate from ACM (recommended) option.
      2. Certificate name: Select a certificate that you have already requested
   2. Select Security Policy
      1. Security policy: You can use the default value.
   3. Go to the next section by clicking on the Next button.
5. Step 3: Configure Security Groups
   1. Assign a security group: Select the Create a new security group.
      1. Security group name: Give a unique name to the group.
      2. Description: Be creative.
      3. In the rule table, modify the first rule type to HTTPS.
   2. Go to the next section by clicking on the Next button.
6. Step 4: Configure Routing
   1. Target group
      1. Target group: Keep the New target group option.
      2. Name: Give a unique name to the group.
      3. Target type: Keep the Instance option.
      4. Protocol: Keep the HTTP option.
      5. Port: Keep 80.
   2. Health checks
      1. Protocol: Keep the HTTP option.
      2. Path: Keep the / value.
   3. Go to the next section by clicking on the Next button.
7. Step 5: Register Targets: You can skip this section. Go to the next section by clicking on the Review button.
8. Create the load balancer by clicking on the Create button.