Understand AWS Elastic Load Balancing Listeners
- Hafeez Baig |
- 19 steps |
- 2 minutes
Amazon Web Services
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 Classic Load Balancer<https://scribehow.com/shared/AWS_Elastic_Load_Balancing__Getting_started_with_Classic_Load_Balance__edZk6AUORPir-vDtdkVHtg>
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>
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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
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Type **EC2** in the search bar and click on **EC2** to view the EC2 Dashboard
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On the EC2 dashboard click on **Load Balancers** from the left bar to view the Load Balancers
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Select and checkbox the "**my-application-load-balancer**" Load balancer to view its details
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Scroll to the overview section to view all the details of the selected Load balancer
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Click on the **Listeners and rules** tab to view the Listeners and rules set for the load balancer
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In the **Listeners and rules** section, click the **Add listener** button on the right side to add a new listener
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Scroll to the **Listener configuration** section, select the Protocol as **HTTP** and Port as **8080**
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Scroll to the **Routing actions** section
- Select "**Return fixed response**" as Routing actions
- Give the Response code as **200**
- Choose "**text/plain**" as the Content type
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Give the **Response body** as [[<html><body>Hello</body></html>]]
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Click on **Add** button
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Listener successfully created. Now, click on "**Load balancers**"
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Click on the **Security** tab to view the Security groups associated with the selected load balancer
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Click on the **Security Group ID** link to view it
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On the right side of the Security group section, click on **Edit inbound rules** button
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Click on **Add rule** button to add a new rule
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For the new rule give the Port range as "**8080**" and select "**Anywhere-IPv4**" as the Source
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Click on **Save rules** button
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Inbound security group rules successfully modified
