Basic ELB
1. Launch second EC2 instance
Naming the first EC2 instance Web Server 1
Click Action / Image & templates / Launch more like this
Click Launch
Launch instances
Launching…
Naming Web Server 2
The Web Server 2 is up.
Try to access the website by using the public IP address
2. Create an Elastic LB
On the EC2 dashboard, click on Load Balancers / Click Create Load Balancer
Click Create on HTTP/HTTPS
Enter the name of the ELB. Eg: elb-demo
Select the Availability Zones
Click Next: Configure Security Settings
Click Next: Configure Security Groups
Click Select an existing security group / Your default security group / Click Next: Configure Routing
Configure Target Group
Name: demo-tg
Click Next: Register Targets
Select two EC2 instances and click Add to registered
Click Next: Review
Click Create
Provisioning…
Copy DNS Name and try to open from your web browser
Basic website with local hostname on the content by using userdata.
It is randomly to switch between two EC2 instances.
Target Groups demo-tg
Targets
Congratulations! You have created the Elastic Load Balancer successfully.