Creating your first ELB:
A video introduction to ELB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KQ8aLoxVi0
Getting Started: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/load-balancer-getting-started.html
ELB Best Practices: http://aws.amazon.com/articles/1636185810492479
ELB Deep Dive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TwkMMogojY
FAQ’s: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/faqs/
A few How-Tos which will help you setup your ELB environment initially:
SSL Certificates:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/ssl-server-cert.html
Health Checks:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/ts-elb-healthcheck.html
Listener Configuration:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-elb-listenerconfig-quickref.html
After getting your ELB setup check out these other ELB features:
ELB access logs for detailed information for all requests made to your load balancer: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/access-log-collection.html
Monitoring your ELB with CloudWatch Metrics: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/elb-cloudwatch-metrics.html
ELB features in detail: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/elb-configure-load-balancer.html
We hope these resources will answer your questions and help you get started using Amazon Elastic Load Balancing. If you have additional questions or concerns, please reach out to us on the AWS EC2 forum: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/forum.jspa?forumID=30
Creating your first Application load balancer:
Getting Started: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/load-balancer-getting-started.html
Migrating your existing load balancer: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/migrate-to-application-load-balancer.html
A few How-Tos that will help you set up your Application load balancer initially.
Applying Path-Based Routing: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/tutorial-load-balancer-routing.html
Using ECS Containers as Targets: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/tutorial-target-ecs-containers.html
Creating an HTTPS Listener: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/create-https-listener.html
Creating a Target Group: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/create-target-group.html
Configuring Health Checks: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/target-group-health-checks.html
After getting your Application load balancer set up, you can check out these other features.
-Access logs for detailed information for all requests made to your load balancer: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/load-balancer-access-logs.html
Monitoring your Load Balancer Using CloudWatch Metrics: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/load-balancer-monitoring.html
Limits: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/load-balancer-limits.html
We hope these resources will answer your questions and help you get started using Application load balancers. If you have additional questions or concerns, please reach out to us on the Amazon EC2 forum: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/forum.jspa?forumID=30