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Updated on 07 November, 2025

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


The vultr-cli load-balancer forwarding create command creates a new forwarding rule for a Vultr load balancer, defining how traffic is directed from frontend to backend servers.

Usage

console
$ vultr-cli load-balancer forwarding create <Load Balancer ID> [flags]

Flags

Shorthand Long Version Description
- --backend-port the port number destination on the backend server.
- --backend-protocol the protocol destination on the backend server. | HTTP, HTTPS, TCP
- --frontend-port the port number on the Load Balancer to forward to the backend.
- --frontend-protocol the protocol on the Load Balancer to forward to the backend. | HTTP, HTTPS, TCP

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