The Application Load Balancer operates at the application layer (Layer 7) of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. After receiving a request, the ALB evaluates listener rules in priority order to determine which rule to apply, then selects a target from a Target Group to continue processing.
Configure Variables
alb_name=$project-alb
alb_tgr_name=$project-tgr
alb_vpc_id=$vpc_id
alb_subnet1_id=$subnet_public_1
alb_subnet2_id=$subnet_public_2
Create ALB
# Create ALB
alb_arn=$(aws elbv2 create-load-balancer \
--name $alb_name \
--subnets $alb_subnet1_id $alb_subnet2_id \
--security-groups $alb_sgr_id \
--tags "$tags" \
--query 'LoadBalancers[0].LoadBalancerArn' \
--output text)
echo alb_arn=$alb_arn
Create Target Group
alb_tgr_arn=$(aws elbv2 create-target-group \
--name $alb_tgr_name \
--protocol HTTP \
--target-type ip \
--health-check-path "/api/product" \
--port 8080 \
--vpc-id $alb_vpc_id \
--tags "$tags" \
--query 'TargetGroups[0].TargetGroupArn' \
--output text)
echo alb_tgr_arn=$alb_tgr_arn
Create Listener
alb_listener_arn=$(aws elbv2 create-listener \
--load-balancer-arn $alb_arn \
--protocol HTTP \
--port 80 \
--default-actions Type=forward,TargetGroupArn=$alb_tgr_arn \
--query 'Listeners[0].ListenerArn' \
--output text)
echo alb_listener_arn=$alb_listener_arn
Configure Variables
Create ALB
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Create Target Group
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Create Listener
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