- Release Notes and Announcements
- CLB Release Notes
- [April 15, 2024] Domain Name Upgrade for Domain Name-based Public Network CLB
- [July 25, 2023] Adding Rate Limits on Shared CLB Instances
- [July 3, 2023] CLB API Authentication Upgrade
- [June 9, 2023] Adjusting the Grace Period for Pay-as-you-go CLB Instances
- [March 6, 2023] Launching Domain Name-Based Public CLBs
- [Feb. 24, 2023] Changing Health Check Source IP to 100.64.0.0/10 IP Range
- Product Introduction
- Purchase Guide
- Getting Started
- Operation Guide
- CLB Instance
- Directions for Upgrading to Domain Name-Based CLB
- Creating CLB Instances
- Creating an IPv6 CLB Instance
- Creating IPv6 NAT64 CLB Instances
- Configure CLB Forwarding Domain Name
- Configuring CLB Security Group
- Binding Private Network CLB to EIP
- Enabling or Disabling a CLB Instance
- Cloning CLB Instances
- Exporting CLB Instances
- Upgrade to a LCU-supported instances
- Adjusting Specification of LCU-supported CLBs
- Deleting CLB Instances
- Releasing Idle CLB Instances
- Configuring Deletion Protection
- Adjusting Instance Public Network Configurations
- CLB Listener
- CLB Listener Overview
- Configuring TCP Listener
- Configuring a UDP Listener
- Configuring TCP SSL Listener
- Configuring a QUIC Listener
- Configuring an HTTP Listener
- Configuring HTTPS Listener
- Load Balancing Methods
- Session Persistence
- Layer-7 Redirection Configuration
- Layer-7 Custom Configuration
- Layer-7 Domain Name Forwarding and URL Rules
- Using QUIC Protocol on CLB
- SNI Support for Binding Multiple Certificates to a CLB Instance
- Configuring gRPC Support for Layer-7 Protocols
- Real Server
- Health Check
- Certificate Management
- Log Management
- Monitoring and Alarm
- Cloud Access Management
- Classic CLB
- CLB Instance
- Practical Tutorial
- Enabling Gzip Compression & Testing
- HTTPS Forwarding Configurations
- Obtaining Real Client IPs
- Best Practices for Configuring Load Balancing Monitoring Alerts
- Implementing HA Across Multiple AZs
- Load Balancing Algorithm Selection and Weight Configuration Examples
- Configuring WAF protection for CLB listening domain names
- Configure IAP to authenticate web access to the CLB domain and path
- Configure IAP to authenticate programmatic access to CLB's domain and path
- Ops Guide
- Troubleshooting
- API Documentation
- History
- Introduction
- API Category
- Instance APIs
- Listener APIs
- Backend Service APIs
- Target Group APIs
- Redirection APIs
- Other APIs
- DescribeClsLogSet
- CreateLoadBalancerSnatIps
- DeleteLoadBalancerSnatIps
- DescribeLoadBalancerListByCertId
- DescribeQuota
- ModifyLoadBalancersProject
- ReplaceCertForLoadBalancers
- SetLoadBalancerClsLog
- SetLoadBalancerSecurityGroups
- SetLoadBalancerStartStatus
- SetSecurityGroupForLoadbalancers
- CreateClsLogSet
- CreateTopic
- DescribeLoadBalancerTraffic
- DescribeResources
- DescribeTaskStatus
- InquiryPriceCreateLoadBalancer
- InquiryPriceModifyLoadBalancer
- InquiryPriceRenewLoadBalancer
- Classic CLB APIs
- Making API Requests
- Load Balancing APIs
- Data Types
- Error Codes
- CLB API 2017
- FAQs
- Service Level Agreement
- Contact Us
- Glossary
- Release Notes and Announcements
- CLB Release Notes
- [April 15, 2024] Domain Name Upgrade for Domain Name-based Public Network CLB
- [July 25, 2023] Adding Rate Limits on Shared CLB Instances
- [July 3, 2023] CLB API Authentication Upgrade
- [June 9, 2023] Adjusting the Grace Period for Pay-as-you-go CLB Instances
- [March 6, 2023] Launching Domain Name-Based Public CLBs
- [Feb. 24, 2023] Changing Health Check Source IP to 100.64.0.0/10 IP Range
- Product Introduction
- Purchase Guide
- Getting Started
- Operation Guide
- CLB Instance
- Directions for Upgrading to Domain Name-Based CLB
- Creating CLB Instances
- Creating an IPv6 CLB Instance
- Creating IPv6 NAT64 CLB Instances
- Configure CLB Forwarding Domain Name
- Configuring CLB Security Group
- Binding Private Network CLB to EIP
- Enabling or Disabling a CLB Instance
- Cloning CLB Instances
- Exporting CLB Instances
- Upgrade to a LCU-supported instances
- Adjusting Specification of LCU-supported CLBs
- Deleting CLB Instances
- Releasing Idle CLB Instances
- Configuring Deletion Protection
- Adjusting Instance Public Network Configurations
- CLB Listener
- CLB Listener Overview
- Configuring TCP Listener
- Configuring a UDP Listener
- Configuring TCP SSL Listener
- Configuring a QUIC Listener
- Configuring an HTTP Listener
- Configuring HTTPS Listener
- Load Balancing Methods
- Session Persistence
- Layer-7 Redirection Configuration
- Layer-7 Custom Configuration
- Layer-7 Domain Name Forwarding and URL Rules
- Using QUIC Protocol on CLB
- SNI Support for Binding Multiple Certificates to a CLB Instance
- Configuring gRPC Support for Layer-7 Protocols
- Real Server
- Health Check
- Certificate Management
- Log Management
- Monitoring and Alarm
- Cloud Access Management
- Classic CLB
- CLB Instance
- Practical Tutorial
- Enabling Gzip Compression & Testing
- HTTPS Forwarding Configurations
- Obtaining Real Client IPs
- Best Practices for Configuring Load Balancing Monitoring Alerts
- Implementing HA Across Multiple AZs
- Load Balancing Algorithm Selection and Weight Configuration Examples
- Configuring WAF protection for CLB listening domain names
- Configure IAP to authenticate web access to the CLB domain and path
- Configure IAP to authenticate programmatic access to CLB's domain and path
- Ops Guide
- Troubleshooting
- API Documentation
- History
- Introduction
- API Category
- Instance APIs
- Listener APIs
- Backend Service APIs
- Target Group APIs
- Redirection APIs
- Other APIs
- DescribeClsLogSet
- CreateLoadBalancerSnatIps
- DeleteLoadBalancerSnatIps
- DescribeLoadBalancerListByCertId
- DescribeQuota
- ModifyLoadBalancersProject
- ReplaceCertForLoadBalancers
- SetLoadBalancerClsLog
- SetLoadBalancerSecurityGroups
- SetLoadBalancerStartStatus
- SetSecurityGroupForLoadbalancers
- CreateClsLogSet
- CreateTopic
- DescribeLoadBalancerTraffic
- DescribeResources
- DescribeTaskStatus
- InquiryPriceCreateLoadBalancer
- InquiryPriceModifyLoadBalancer
- InquiryPriceRenewLoadBalancer
- Classic CLB APIs
- Making API Requests
- Load Balancing APIs
- Data Types
- Error Codes
- CLB API 2017
- FAQs
- Service Level Agreement
- Contact Us
- Glossary
CLB offers two types of instances: CLB (formerly "application CLB") and Classic CLB.
CLB supports TCP/UDP/HTTP/HTTPS protocols to provide flexible forwarding capabilities based on domain names and URL paths.
Classic CLB does not support HTTP/HTTPS protocols on the private network but is easy to configure.
CLB has all features of Classic CLB. Given their product features and performance, we recommend that you use CLB. For a detailed comparison, please see below:
Product Type | CLB | Classic CLB | ||
| Public network | Private network | Public network | Private network |
Layer-7 forwarding (HTTP/HTTPS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × |
Layer-4 forwarding (TCP/UDP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Encrypted Layer-4 forwarding (TCP SSL) | ✓ | ✓ | × | × |
HTTP/2 and WebSocket (Secure) support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × |
Load balancing policy | IP hash (Layer-7)Weighted round-robinWeighted least-connection scheduling | IP hash (Layer-7)Weighted round-robinWeighted least-connection scheduling | IP hash (Layer-7)Weighted round-robinWeighted least-connection scheduling | Weighted round-robin |
Session persistence | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Health check | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Custom forwarding rule (domain name/URL) | ✓ | ✓ | × | × |
SNI multi-certificate support | ✓ | ✓ | × | × |
Forwarding to different real ports | ✓ | ✓ | × | × |
Custom Layer-7 configuration | ✓ | ✓ | × | × |
Layer-7 redirect (rewrite) | ✓ | ✓ | × | × |
Cross-region binding support | ✓ | ✓ | × | × |
Storing Layer-7 access logs in CLS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × |
Note:
CLB instance: a CLB instance supports enabling or disabling the HTTP/2 protocol. For more information, see Configuring an HTTPS Listener.
Classic CLB instance: HTTPS listeners created for Classic CLB before April 2018 do not support the HTTP/2 protocol. HTTPS listeners created after April 2018 support but cannot disable the HTTP/2 protocol.
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