| copyright | lastupdated | keywords | subcollection | ||
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2020-07-10 |
network load balancer, public, listener, back-end, front-end, pool, round-robin, weighted, connections, methods, policies, APIs, access, ports, vpc, vpc network |
vpc |
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The {{site.data.keyword.cloud}} Network Load Balancer pool is a group of backend targets that receive the inbound customer traffic from the load balancer and provide your outbound traffic response. The pool has a protocol, a load balancing algorithm, the back end targets (VPC instances), the health checks for the back end targets, and the session stickiness. {: shortdesc}
You can configure pools when creating your load balancer, or afterwards using the following procedure:
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From your browser, open the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} console{:external} and log in to your account.
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Select the Menu icon
from the upper left, then click VPC Infrastructure > Load balancers. -
Click on the network load balancer you want to change.
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On the network load balancer details page, click the back-end pools tab and select the pool you want to edit.
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Select the new options for your pool. You have the following options:
- Pool Name: The name for your pool. Ideally, a name that describes the function performed by this pool.
- Protocol: The network traffic protocol for your traffic.
- Method: The load balancing algorithm for the pool.
- Session stickiness: Whether or not all requests during a user's session are sent to the same instance.
- Health check: Information on health checks can be found here.