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AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer

ElasticLoadBalancing LoadBalancer

Resource Type definition for AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer

Properties

16 configurable properties. 1 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:
PropertyTypeFlags
Listeners
Array<Listeners>
Required
AccessLoggingPolicy
AccessLoggingPolicy
AppCookieStickinessPolicy
Array<AppCookieStickinessPolicy>
AvailabilityZones
Array<string>
ConnectionDrainingPolicy
ConnectionDrainingPolicy
ConnectionSettings
ConnectionSettings
CrossZone
boolean
HealthCheck
HealthCheck
Instances
Array<string>
LBCookieStickinessPolicy
Array<LBCookieStickinessPolicy>
LoadBalancerName
string
Create-only
Policies
Array<Policies>
Scheme
string
Create-only
SecurityGroups
Array<string>
Subnets
Array<string>
Tags
Array<Tag>

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

AttributeTypeDescription
CanonicalHostedZoneNamestringThe name of the Route 53 hosted zone that is associated with the load balancer. Internal-facing load balancers.
CanonicalHostedZoneNameIDstringThe ID of the Route 53 hosted zone name that is associated with the load balancer.
DNSNamestringThe DNS name for the load balancer
SourceSecurityGroupSourceSecurityGroup-

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer
    Properties:
      Listeners: []
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

create

elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerselasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancerelasticloadbalancing:ModifyLoadBalancerAttributeselasticloadbalancing:ConfigureHealthCheckelasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancerPolicyelasticloadbalancing:SetLoadBalancerPoliciesForBackendServerelasticloadbalancing:SetLoadBalancerPoliciesOfListenerelasticloadbalancing:RegisterInstancesWithLoadBalancerelasticloadbalancing:CreateAppCookieStickinessPolicyelasticloadbalancing:CreateLBCookieStickinessPolicyelasticloadbalancing:AddTagselasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerAttributeselasticloadbalancing:DescribeTagsec2:CreateSecurityGroupec2:DescribeSecurityGroups

read

elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerselasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerPolicieselasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerAttributeselasticloadbalancing:DescribeTags

update

elasticloadbalancing:SetLoadBalancerPoliciesForBackendServerelasticloadbalancing:DetachLoadBalancerFromSubnetselasticloadbalancing:AttachLoadBalancerToSubnetselasticloadbalancing:ConfigureHealthCheckelasticloadbalancing:CreateLBCookieStickinessPolicyelasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancerListenerselasticloadbalancing:SetLoadBalancerListenerSSLCertificateelasticloadbalancing:DescribeTagselasticloadbalancing:AddTagselasticloadbalancing:RemoveTagselasticloadbalancing:SetLoadBalancerPoliciesOfListenerelasticloadbalancing:ApplySecurityGroupsToLoadBalancerelasticloadbalancing:CreateAppCookieStickinessPolicyelasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancerListenerselasticloadbalancing:DeregisterInstancesFromLoadBalancerelasticloadbalancing:RegisterInstancesWithLoadBalancerelasticloadbalancing:ModifyLoadBalancerAttributeselasticloadbalancing:CreateLoadBalancerPolicyelasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancerPolicyelasticloadbalancing:DisableAvailabilityZonesForLoadBalancerelasticloadbalancing:EnableAvailabilityZonesForLoadBalancerelasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerselasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancerAttributeselasticloadbalancing:DescribeTagsec2:CreateSecurityGroupec2:DescribeSecurityGroups

delete

elasticloadbalancing:DeleteLoadBalancerelasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers

list

elasticloadbalancing:DescribeLoadBalancers

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Quick Facts

ServiceElasticLoadBalancing
Properties20
Required1
TaggingSupported
Primary IDLoadBalancerName

Supported Operations

CreateReadUpdateDeleteList

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

LoadBalancerNameScheme

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