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Cloud and Infrastructure

231What is Load Balancing?
232Why Load Balancers Matter
233Load Balancer Placement Patterns
234OSI Layer 4 vs Layer 7 Load Balancing
235Network Load Balancers (Layer 4)
236Application Load Balancers (Layer 7)
237Classic/Legacy Load Balancers
238Global Load Balancing
239Health Checks and Target Monitoring
240Load Balancing Algorithms
241Connection Draining and Deregistration
242Session Affinity (Sticky Sessions)
243Load Balancer Listeners and Rules
244Load Balancer Performance Metrics
245Introduction to Application Load Balancers (ALB)
246ALB Listeners and Rules
247Target Groups Fundamentals
248Host-Based Routing
249Path-Based Routing
250HTTP Header and Method-Based Routing
251Health Check Configuration for ALBs
252ALB Connection Handling and Timeouts
253SSL/TLS Termination at ALB
254WebSocket and HTTP/2 Support
255Sticky Sessions (Session Affinity)
256ALB Request and Response Modifications
257ALB Access Logs and Monitoring
258ALB and Container Integration
259Cross-Zone Load Balancing for ALBs
260ALB Security Features and WAF Integration
261What is a Network Load Balancer (NLB)?
262NLB Architecture and Components
263Layer 4 vs Layer 7 Load Balancing
264NLB Connection Handling
265NLB Performance Characteristics
266Static IP and Elastic IP Support
267NLB Target Types
268NLB Health Checks
269TLS Termination on NLB
270Cross-Zone Load Balancing for NLB
271NLB Use Cases and Patterns
272NLB Monitoring and Metrics
273Global Load Balancing and DNS-Based Routing
274Active-Active and Active-Passive Multi-Region Patterns
275Content-Based Routing and Path Rules
276Weighted Target Groups and Canary Deployments
277Blue-Green Deployments with Load Balancers
278Session Affinity and Sticky Sessions
279Connection Draining and Graceful Shutdown
280Cross-Zone and Cross-Region Load Balancing
281Load Balancer Autoscaling and Capacity Planning
282Rate Limiting and Throttling at Load Balancer
283HTTP/2 and gRPC Load Balancing
284Load Balancer Security Best Practices
285Advanced Health Check Strategies

Cloud and Infrastructure

231What is Load Balancing?
232Why Load Balancers Matter
233Load Balancer Placement Patterns
234OSI Layer 4 vs Layer 7 Load Balancing
235Network Load Balancers (Layer 4)
236Application Load Balancers (Layer 7)
237Classic/Legacy Load Balancers
238Global Load Balancing
239Health Checks and Target Monitoring
240Load Balancing Algorithms
241Connection Draining and Deregistration
242Session Affinity (Sticky Sessions)
243Load Balancer Listeners and Rules
244Load Balancer Performance Metrics
245Introduction to Application Load Balancers (ALB)
246ALB Listeners and Rules
247Target Groups Fundamentals
248Host-Based Routing
249Path-Based Routing
250HTTP Header and Method-Based Routing
251Health Check Configuration for ALBs
252ALB Connection Handling and Timeouts
253SSL/TLS Termination at ALB
254WebSocket and HTTP/2 Support
255Sticky Sessions (Session Affinity)
256ALB Request and Response Modifications
257ALB Access Logs and Monitoring
258ALB and Container Integration
259Cross-Zone Load Balancing for ALBs
260ALB Security Features and WAF Integration
261What is a Network Load Balancer (NLB)?
262NLB Architecture and Components
263Layer 4 vs Layer 7 Load Balancing
264NLB Connection Handling
265NLB Performance Characteristics
266Static IP and Elastic IP Support
267NLB Target Types
268NLB Health Checks
269TLS Termination on NLB
270Cross-Zone Load Balancing for NLB
271NLB Use Cases and Patterns
272NLB Monitoring and Metrics
273Global Load Balancing and DNS-Based Routing
274Active-Active and Active-Passive Multi-Region Patterns
275Content-Based Routing and Path Rules
276Weighted Target Groups and Canary Deployments
277Blue-Green Deployments with Load Balancers
278Session Affinity and Sticky Sessions
279Connection Draining and Graceful Shutdown
280Cross-Zone and Cross-Region Load Balancing
281Load Balancer Autoscaling and Capacity Planning
282Rate Limiting and Throttling at Load Balancer
283HTTP/2 and gRPC Load Balancing
284Load Balancer Security Best Practices
285Advanced Health Check Strategies

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Lesson 239 of 2,989·5. Load Balancing and Traffic ManagementPro lesson

Health Checks and Target Monitoring

Understand how load balancers probe backend targets to detect failures and route only to healthy instances.

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