Managing load balancers

Load balancers are created and managed by self-service users, as described in "Managing load balancers" in the Self-Service Guide. In the admin panel, you can monitor, manage balancing pools, disable/enable, and delete a load balancer.

Limitations

  • IPv6 is supported for load balancers that are connected to physical networks.

Prerequisites

To view load balancer properties

Admin panel

  1. On the Compute > Network > Load balancers tab, select the required load balancer.
  2. Open the Properties tab. In the Virtual machines field, you can see the name of load balancer instances.
  3. Click the instance name to open the VM’s panel.

To enable/disable a load balancer

Admin panel

  1. On the Compute > Network > Load balancers tab, select a load balancer.
  2. Click the ellipsis icon next to it, and then click Enable or Disable.

To delete a load balancer

Admin panel

  1. On the Compute > Network > Load balancers tab, select a load balancer.
  2. Click the ellipsis icon next to it, and then click Delete.
  3. Click Delete in the confirmation window.