Load balancing
Learning path
Maximize application performance and availability.
Modules: 3 Reading time: 32 min
Concepts
Learn the concepts behind load balancing, whether you are using Cloudflare or another provider.
Contains 4 units
- What is load balancing?
1 min
- Components of a load balancer
1 min
- Monitors and health checks
1 min
- Routing traffic
3 min
Planning your load balancer
Explore the configuration choices available for your Cloudflare load balancer.
Contains 7 units
- Types of load balancers
3 min
- Session affinity
1 min
- Origin steering policies
2 min
- Server and pool health
4 min
- Traffic steering
1 min
- Custom load balancing rules
1 min
- Account-level load balancing
1 min
Setup
Create a load balancer that monitors origin health and intelligently routes traffic.
Contains 8 units
- Hostname preparation
1 min
- Create monitor
4 min
- Create pools
2 min
- Check pool health
1 min
- Create load balancer on test domain
2 min
- Send traffic and review analytics
1 min
- Route production traffic
1 min
- Next steps
1 min