Mastering OpenStack - Second Edition

Creating a load balancer

To create a loadbalancer, we start by creating two server instances that will run the actual service. You should note the IP address assigned to this server:

Next we create the loadbalancer instance. This step will launch a virtual appliance that provides the lbaaS service:

It takes a little time for the virtual machine to come up and be active:

Once the loadbalancer service becomes active, create a listener for the ...