45 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
45 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
|
## AWS ELB - ALB Multiple Target Groups
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
### Requirements
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Two EC2 instances with a simple web application that shows the web page with the string "Hey, it's a me, `<HOSTNAME>`!"
|
||
|
|
One EC2 instance with a simple web application that shows the web page with the string "Hey, it's only a test..." under the endpoint /test
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
### Objectives
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
1. Create an application load balancer for the two instances you have, with the following properties
|
||
|
|
1. healthy threshold: 3
|
||
|
|
2. unhealthy threshold: 3
|
||
|
|
3. interval: 10 seconds
|
||
|
|
2. Create another target group
|
||
|
|
1. Traffic should be forwarded to this group based on the "/test" path
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
### Solution
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
#### Console
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
1. Go to EC2 service
|
||
|
|
2. Click in the left side menu on "Load balancers" under "Load balancing"
|
||
|
|
3. Click on "Create load balancer"
|
||
|
|
4. Choose "Application Load Balancer"
|
||
|
|
5. Insert a name for the LB
|
||
|
|
6. Choose an AZ where you want the LB to operate
|
||
|
|
7. Choose a security group
|
||
|
|
8. Under "Listeners and routing" click on "Create target group" and choose "Instances"
|
||
|
|
1. Provide a name for the target group
|
||
|
|
2. Set healthy threshold to 3
|
||
|
|
3. Set unhealthy threshold to 3
|
||
|
|
4. Set interval to 10 seconds
|
||
|
|
5. Click on "Next" and choose two out of three instances you've created
|
||
|
|
6. Click on "Create target group"
|
||
|
|
9. Refresh target groups and choose the one you've just created
|
||
|
|
10. Click on "Create load balancer" and wait for it to be provisioned
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
11. In the left side menu click on "Target Groups" under "Load Balancing"
|
||
|
|
12. Click on "Create target group"
|
||
|
|
13. Set it with the same properties as previous target group but this time, add the third instance that you didn't include in the previous target group
|
||
|
|
14. Go back to your ALB and under "Listeners" click on "Edit rules" under your current listener
|
||
|
|
1. Add a rule where if the path is "/test" then traffic should be forwarded to the second target group you've created
|
||
|
|
2. Click on "Save"
|
||
|
|
15. Test it by going to the browser, insert the address and add "/test" to the address
|