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Overview of Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

Learn how Elastic Load Balancing helps developers achieve scalable, fault-tolerant applications by distributing traffic intelligently across multiple resources.

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Types of load balancers
Real-world architecture scenarios
Conclusion

Imagine we’re deploying a modern web application that needs to serve thousands—or even millions—of users worldwide. One of the first architectural problems we’ll face is traffic distribution. That’s where Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) steps in. ELB is an AWS-managed service that automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets like Amazon EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses within one or more Availability Zones.

Scalability and availability are key in cloud-native applications. Load balancing ensures that no single component becomes a bottleneck or point of failure. Instead of relying on a single backend server, ELB routes traffic dynamically to healthy targets. This approach not only increases reliability but also enhances performance.

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Deploying Web Applications Using Elastic Beanstalk

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Managing Instance Volumes Using EBS

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Processing Amazon S3 Events Using AWS Lambda

Managing Data Access with Amazon S3 Access Points

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Overview of Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)