Load balancing

Maximize application performance and availability.

Start path

1. Concepts

   Learn the concepts behind load balancing, whether you are using Cloudflare or another provider.

   Start module

   Contains 4 units

   1. What is load balancing?
   2. Components of a load balancer
   3. Monitors and health checks
   4. Routing traffic

2. Planning your load balancer

   Start module

   Contains 7 units

   1. Types of load balancers
   2. Session affinity
   3. Endpoint steering policies
   4. Server and pool health
   5. Traffic steering
   6. Custom load balancing rules
   7. Account-level load balancing

3. Setup

   Start module

   Contains 8 units

   1. Hostname preparation
   2. Create monitor
   3. Create pools
   4. Check pool health
   5. Create load balancer on test domain
   6. Send traffic and review analytics
   7. Route production traffic
   8. Next steps

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