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 an Application Load Balancer<https://scribehow.com/shared/AWS_Elastic_Load_Balancing__Getting_started_with_ALB__EwQ9heoPR7SOessSgfviWA>

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

On the EC2 dashboard click on **Load Balancers** from the left bar to view the Load Balancers

Select and checkbox the "**my-application-load-balancer**" Load balancer to view its details

Scroll to the overview section to view all the details of the selected Load balancer

Click on the **Listeners and rules** tab to view the listeners and rules set for the Load balancer

Click on the **Network mapping** tab to view the Network details of the selected load balancer

Click on the **Security** tab to view the Security groups associated with the selected load balancer

Click on the **Tags** tab to view all your tags

To view the Public IP of instances, click on **Instances** in the left sidebar on the same page

Select the Instance **In-1** to copy the Public IPv4 address

Select the Instance **in-2** to copy the Public IPv4 address

If you're unsure how to connect to an EC2 instance using EC2 instance connect, refer to this guide for step-by-step instructions<https://scribehow.com/shared/How_to_Connect_to_an_AWS_EC2_Instance__czXjLrH1R1yAIXika6fGbA>

Congratulations on completing this lab and Exploring Application Load Balancer Further! Good job!

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This guide offers step-by-step instructions for exploring an Application Load Balancer in AWS.