In the portal, load balancers are managed through the load balancer container modal.
To get there:
- Select Environments from the main, left-hand navigation.
- Select the environment from the first column.
- Scroll down the environment dashboard and click on the Manage button next to Load Balancer.
Load Balancer Dashboard
Get a high level overview of load balancer data and make changes to the type of load balancer, IP settings, HA, and more.
Load Balancer Telemetry
For those who are using the v1 load balancer, this telemetry section will show the following graphs:
IPs
For each load balancer instance there will be information about the IP's assigned to that instance.
Settings
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Type | Dropdown to switch the load balancer type between HAProxy and V1. |
Public IPv4 / IPv6 | Configures the environment's load balancer to acquire and listen on IPv4, IPv6, or both. |
Performance Mode | Performance mode sets load balancer to CPU limit threads - 2 and 75% of available server RAM. It is intended for handling massive traffic and load balancers with performance mode enabled, need a dedicated server expecting it to only run that load balancer. |
High Availability | Marks the load balancer service as highly available. |
Auto Update | Allows the user to opt for automatically restarting the load balancer if a platform update requires it. This box is unchecked by default. |
Advanced | Advanced settings for the load balancer. |
Advanced Settings
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Bind Host IP | The environment load balancer will bind to the underlying nodes IP address. This limits the node to a single environment. |
Container
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Container ID | The ID for the container. |
State | The state of the load balancer(s). |
Instances | Number of lb instances running. |
Controls | Start and stop buttons for starting and stopping the load balancer container. |