Phase 4 · Compute Services
TopicsLoad Balancing Compute
Part of the Cloud Computing Roadmap.
Summary
Applying Phase 2's load balancer concepts specifically to distributing traffic across a fleet of compute instances — health checks, target groups, and routing rules all connect the load balancer to your compute layer.
How to Learn This
- 1Attach a load balancer to a set of VM instances or an auto scaling group.
- 2Configure a health check and verify unhealthy instances stop receiving traffic.
- 3Learn to test failover by manually stopping one instance and observing traffic reroute.
More topics in Compute Services
Virtual Machines (EC2, Compute Engine, Azure VMs)Instance Types & SizingAuto Scaling GroupsContainers Overview (Docker Basics)Container Orchestration Overview (Kubernetes / ECS)Serverless Computing (Lambda / Functions)Choosing Compute: VM vs Container vs ServerlessSpot & Reserved InstancesCompute Cost Optimization
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