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Load Balancer

Updated on 15 September, 2025

Manage and configure Vultr Load Balancers to distribute traffic across multiple servers for improved reliability and performance.

The vultr-cli load-balancer command manages Vultr Load Balancers, allowing users to create, configure, and monitor load balancing services for distributing traffic across multiple servers.

Usage

console 
$ vultr-cli load-balancer

Examples

console 
# Full example
$ vultr-cli load-balancer

Available Commands

  • create - Create a load balancer
  • delete - Delete a load balancer
  • firewall - Commands to retrieve firewall rules on a load balancer
  • forwarding - Commands to manage forwarding rules on a load balancer
  • get - Retrieve a load balancer
  • list - List load balancers
  • ssl - Commands to manage load balancer SSL configurations
  • update - Update a load balancer
Create
Creates a new load balancer in your Vultr account to distribute traffic across multiple servers for improved availability and performance.
Delete
Permanently removes a specified load balancer from your Vultr account using its unique ID.
Get
Retrieves detailed information about a specific load balancer by its ID.
List
Displays all load balancers in your Vultr account with their IDs, labels, status, and essential configuration details.
Update
Updates configuration settings for an existing Vultr load balancer including forwarding rules, health checks, and SSL certificates.
Firewall
Manages firewall rules to control traffic access to Vultr load balancers for enhanced security.

Get

Retrieves the current firewall rules configured for a specified load balancer.

List

Lists all firewall rules configured for your Vultr load balancers, showing allowed or blocked IPs and ports.

Forwarding
Configures traffic routing rules for Vultr load balancers to direct incoming requests to appropriate backend servers.

Create

Creates a new forwarding rule for a load balancer that directs traffic from frontend to backend servers based on specified protocols and ports.

Delete

Removes a specific forwarding rule from a Vultr load balancer using the rule ID and load balancer ID.

Get

Retrieves and displays detailed information about a specific forwarding rule from a Vultr load balancer.

List

Lists all configured forwarding rules for a specified load balancer, displaying protocol, port, and backend configurations.

SSL
Manages SSL certificates for Vultr load balancers to enable secure HTTPS traffic encryption and termination.

Delete

Removes an SSL certificate from a specified Vultr load balancer, disabling HTTPS connections through that certificate.

Disable Auto Ssl

Disables automatic SSL certificate management for a load balancer, requiring manual certificate handling instead.

Set Auto Ssl

Enables or disables automatic SSL certificate management for a Vultr load balancer to simplify secure HTTPS configuration.

Set Certificate

Installs or updates an SSL certificate on a Vultr load balancer to enable secure HTTPS connections for applications.