Deleting Network Load Balancers and Target Groups
- Hafeez Baig |
- 12 steps |
- 33 seconds
Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg> Refer to this guide to learn how to create a Network Load Balancer\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_a_Network_Load_Balancer__DE9F1Nm5SbSI9eDK-4vrPA>
Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice
Type **EC2** in the search bar and click on **EC2** to view the EC2 Dashboard
**What is EC2 in AWS?** Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a web service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows users to rent virtual computers (instances) on which they can run their own applications.
On the EC2 dashboard click on **Load Balancers** from the left bar
**What are Load Balancers in EC2?** In Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), a load balancer is a service that automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple instances (virtual servers) within an EC2 Auto Scaling group or across multiple Availability Zones to ensure optimal performance, fault tolerance, and scalability of the application.
On the **Load balancers** dashboard, select the Name **my-network-load-balancer**
On the top right corner click on the **Actions** dropdown button and select the option **Delete load balancer**
**Delete load balancer** wizard will open, type **confirm** in the text input field and click on **Delete** button
Successfully deleted load balancer
Congratulations on successfully deleting the network load balancer and completing this subsection!
To delete the **Target Groups**, click on the **Target Groups** from the left bar
**Target groups** wizard will open, select the Name **network-load-balancer-tg**
On the top right corner click on the **Actions** dropdown button and select the option **Delete**
**Delete target group** wizard will open, click on the **Yes, delete** button
Successfully deleted target group: **network-load-balancer-tg**
Congratulations on successfully deleting the target groups associated with the network load balancer and completing this lab! Well done!