Load balancer CLI reference¶

See https://docs.openstack.org/ocata/cli-reference/neutron.html

These commands allow you to create, list, show details of, and delete load balancers, listeners, pools, and health monitors in the Load Balancer service. The <loadbalancer_id>, <listener_id>, <pool_id>, and <healthmonitor_id> in the commands are placeholders that should be replaced with the actual IDs of the respective resources.

List load balancers¶

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openstack loadbalancer list

Show load balancer details¶

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openstack loadbalancer show <loadbalancer_id>

Create a load balancer¶

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openstack loadbalancer create --name <loadbalancer_name> --vip-subnet-id <subnet_id>

Delete a load balancer¶

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openstack loadbalancer delete <loadbalancer_id>

List listeners¶

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openstack loadbalancer listener list

Show listener details¶

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openstack loadbalancer listener show <listener_id>

Create a listener¶

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openstack loadbalancer listener create --name <listener_name> --protocol <protocol> --protocol-port <port> <loadbalancer_id>

Delete a listener¶

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openstack loadbalancer listener delete <listener_id>

List pools¶

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openstack loadbalancer pool list

Show pool details¶

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openstack loadbalancer pool show <pool_id>

Create a pool¶

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openstack loadbalancer pool create --name <pool_name> --lb-algorithm <algorithm> --listener <listener_id> --protocol <protocol>

Delete a pool¶

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openstack loadbalancer pool delete <pool_id>

List Health monitors¶

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openstack loadbalancer healthmonitor list

Show health monitor details¶

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openstack loadbalancer healthmonitor show <healthmonitor_id>

Create a health monitor¶

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openstack loadbalancer healthmonitor create --name <healthmonitor_name> --delay <delay> --max-retries <retries> --timeout <timeout> --type <type> <pool_id>

Delete a health monitor¶

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openstack loadbalancer healthmonitor delete <healthmonitor_id>