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How to Update a Vultr Load Balancer

Updated on April 7, 2025

Updating a Vultr Load Balancer enables you to modify various settings, including changing its label for better identification within your infrastructure. This process does not affect the functionality, traffic distribution, or configuration of the Load Balancer. By adjusting the label, you can easily manage multiple Load Balancers, ensuring clear tracking across your environment.

Follow this guide to update the label of a Vultr Load Balancer on your Vultr account using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, or CLI.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI
  1. Navigate to Products and click Load Balancers.
  2. Click your target Load Balancer to open its management page.
  3. Click Configuration.
  4. Click Load Balancer in the left navigation menu.
  5. Click Label and update the Load Balancer with the appropriate name.
  6. Click Save changes to apply the update.

  1. Send a GET request to the List Load Balancers endpoint and note the target Load Balancer's ID.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/load-balancers" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  2. Send a PATCH request to the Update Load Balancer endpoint to update the target Load Balancer's label.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}" \
    -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{                           
        "label": "{updated_label}"
    }'

  3. Send a GET request to the Get Load Balancer endpoint to fetch the details of the target Load Balancer.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  1. List all available instances and note the target Load Balancer's ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli load-balancer list

  2. Update the target Load Balancer's label.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli load-balancer update <load-balancer-id> --label "<updated_label>"

  3. Get the details of the target Load Balancer.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli load-balancer get <load-balancer-id>