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ELB: Create an Application Load Balancer

Create an Application Load Balancer with a security group, target group, and HTTP listener using the default VPC.

Source

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/application-load-balancer-getting-started.html

Use case

  • ID: elbv2/getting-started
  • Level: intermediate
  • Core actions: elbv2:CreateLoadBalancer, elbv2:CreateListener, elbv2:CreateTargetGroup

Steps

  1. Get VPC and subnets
  2. Create a security group
  3. Create a target group
  4. Create the Application Load Balancer
  5. Wait for ALB to be active
  6. Create an HTTP listener
  7. Describe the ALB

Resources created

Resource Type
tut-alb-<random> Application Load Balancer
tut-tg-<random> Target group
tut-alb-sg-<random> Security group
HTTP listener on port 80 Listener

Duration

~121 seconds (most time spent waiting for ALB provisioning)

Cost

~$0.02/hr while the ALB is running. Clean up promptly to avoid charges.

Related docs

Appendix

Field Value
Date 2026-04-14
Script lines 112
Exit code 0
Runtime 121s
Steps 7
Issues None
Version v1