Lightsail / Client / create_load_balancer

create_load_balancer#

Lightsail.Client.create_load_balancer(**kwargs)#

Creates a Lightsail load balancer. To learn more about deciding whether to load balance your application, see Configure your Lightsail instances for load balancing. You can create up to 5 load balancers per AWS Region in your account.

When you create a load balancer, you can specify a unique name and port settings. To change additional load balancer settings, use the UpdateLoadBalancerAttribute operation.

The create load balancer operation supports tag-based access control via request tags. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.create_load_balancer(
    loadBalancerName='string',
    instancePort=123,
    healthCheckPath='string',
    certificateName='string',
    certificateDomainName='string',
    certificateAlternativeNames=[
        'string',
    ],
    tags=[
        {
            'key': 'string',
            'value': 'string'
        },
    ],
    ipAddressType='dualstack'|'ipv4'|'ipv6',
    tlsPolicyName='string'
)
Parameters:

  • loadBalancerName (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of your load balancer.

  • instancePort (integer) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The instance port where you’re creating your load balancer.

  • healthCheckPath (string) –

    The path you provided to perform the load balancer health check. If you didn’t specify a health check path, Lightsail uses the root path of your website ( "/").

    You may want to specify a custom health check path other than the root of your application if your home page loads slowly or has a lot of media or scripting on it.

  • certificateName (string) –

    The name of the SSL/TLS certificate.

    If you specify certificateName, then certificateDomainName is required (and vice-versa).

  • certificateDomainName (string) –

    The domain name with which your certificate is associated ( example.com).

    If you specify certificateDomainName, then certificateName is required (and vice-versa).

  • certificateAlternativeNames (list) –

    The optional alternative domains and subdomains to use with your SSL/TLS certificate ( www.example.com, example.com, m.example.com, blog.example.com).

    • (string) –

  • tags (list) –

    The tag keys and optional values to add to the resource during create.

    Use the TagResource action to tag a resource after it’s created.

    • (dict) –

      Describes a tag key and optional value assigned to an Amazon Lightsail resource.

      For more information about tags in Lightsail, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

      • key (string) –

        The key of the tag.

        Constraints: Tag keys accept a maximum of 128 letters, numbers, spaces in UTF-8, or the following characters: + - = . _ : / @

      • value (string) –

        The value of the tag.

        Constraints: Tag values accept a maximum of 256 letters, numbers, spaces in UTF-8, or the following characters: + - = . _ : / @

  • ipAddressType (string) –

    The IP address type for the load balancer.

    The possible values are ipv4 for IPv4 only, ipv6 for IPv6 only, and dualstack for IPv4 and IPv6.

    The default value is dualstack.

  • tlsPolicyName (string) –

    The name of the TLS policy to apply to the load balancer.

    Use the GetLoadBalancerTlsPolicies action to get a list of TLS policy names that you can specify.

    For more information about load balancer TLS policies, see Configuring TLS security policies on your Amazon Lightsail load balancers in the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'operations': [
        {
            'id': 'string',
            'resourceName': 'string',
            'resourceType': 'ContainerService'|'Instance'|'StaticIp'|'KeyPair'|'InstanceSnapshot'|'Domain'|'PeeredVpc'|'LoadBalancer'|'LoadBalancerTlsCertificate'|'Disk'|'DiskSnapshot'|'RelationalDatabase'|'RelationalDatabaseSnapshot'|'ExportSnapshotRecord'|'CloudFormationStackRecord'|'Alarm'|'ContactMethod'|'Distribution'|'Certificate'|'Bucket',
            'createdAt': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'location': {
                'availabilityZone': 'string',
                'regionName': 'us-east-1'|'us-east-2'|'us-west-1'|'us-west-2'|'eu-west-1'|'eu-west-2'|'eu-west-3'|'eu-central-1'|'ca-central-1'|'ap-south-1'|'ap-southeast-1'|'ap-southeast-2'|'ap-northeast-1'|'ap-northeast-2'|'eu-north-1'
            },
            'isTerminal': True|False,
            'operationDetails': 'string',
            'operationType': 'DeleteKnownHostKeys'|'DeleteInstance'|'CreateInstance'|'StopInstance'|'StartInstance'|'RebootInstance'|'OpenInstancePublicPorts'|'PutInstancePublicPorts'|'CloseInstancePublicPorts'|'AllocateStaticIp'|'ReleaseStaticIp'|'AttachStaticIp'|'DetachStaticIp'|'UpdateDomainEntry'|'DeleteDomainEntry'|'CreateDomain'|'DeleteDomain'|'CreateInstanceSnapshot'|'DeleteInstanceSnapshot'|'CreateInstancesFromSnapshot'|'CreateLoadBalancer'|'DeleteLoadBalancer'|'AttachInstancesToLoadBalancer'|'DetachInstancesFromLoadBalancer'|'UpdateLoadBalancerAttribute'|'CreateLoadBalancerTlsCertificate'|'DeleteLoadBalancerTlsCertificate'|'AttachLoadBalancerTlsCertificate'|'CreateDisk'|'DeleteDisk'|'AttachDisk'|'DetachDisk'|'CreateDiskSnapshot'|'DeleteDiskSnapshot'|'CreateDiskFromSnapshot'|'CreateRelationalDatabase'|'UpdateRelationalDatabase'|'DeleteRelationalDatabase'|'CreateRelationalDatabaseFromSnapshot'|'CreateRelationalDatabaseSnapshot'|'DeleteRelationalDatabaseSnapshot'|'UpdateRelationalDatabaseParameters'|'StartRelationalDatabase'|'RebootRelationalDatabase'|'StopRelationalDatabase'|'EnableAddOn'|'DisableAddOn'|'PutAlarm'|'GetAlarms'|'DeleteAlarm'|'TestAlarm'|'CreateContactMethod'|'GetContactMethods'|'SendContactMethodVerification'|'DeleteContactMethod'|'CreateDistribution'|'UpdateDistribution'|'DeleteDistribution'|'ResetDistributionCache'|'AttachCertificateToDistribution'|'DetachCertificateFromDistribution'|'UpdateDistributionBundle'|'SetIpAddressType'|'CreateCertificate'|'DeleteCertificate'|'CreateContainerService'|'UpdateContainerService'|'DeleteContainerService'|'CreateContainerServiceDeployment'|'CreateContainerServiceRegistryLogin'|'RegisterContainerImage'|'DeleteContainerImage'|'CreateBucket'|'DeleteBucket'|'CreateBucketAccessKey'|'DeleteBucketAccessKey'|'UpdateBucketBundle'|'UpdateBucket'|'SetResourceAccessForBucket'|'UpdateInstanceMetadataOptions'|'StartGUISession'|'StopGUISession'|'SetupInstanceHttps',
            'status': 'NotStarted'|'Started'|'Failed'|'Completed'|'Succeeded',
            'statusChangedAt': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'errorCode': 'string',
            'errorDetails': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    • operations (list) –

      An array of objects that describe the result of the action, such as the status of the request, the timestamp of the request, and the resources affected by the request.

      • (dict) –

        Describes the API operation.

        • id (string) –

          The ID of the operation.

        • resourceName (string) –

          The resource name.

        • resourceType (string) –

          The resource type.

        • createdAt (datetime) –

          The timestamp when the operation was initialized ( 1479816991.349).

        • location (dict) –

          The Amazon Web Services Region and Availability Zone.

          • availabilityZone (string) –

            The Availability Zone. Follows the format us-east-2a (case-sensitive).

          • regionName (string) –

            The Amazon Web Services Region name.

        • isTerminal (boolean) –

          A Boolean value indicating whether the operation is terminal.

        • operationDetails (string) –

          Details about the operation ( Debian-1GB-Ohio-1).

        • operationType (string) –

          The type of operation.

        • status (string) –

          The status of the operation.

        • statusChangedAt (datetime) –

          The timestamp when the status was changed ( 1479816991.349).

        • errorCode (string) –

          The error code.

        • errorDetails (string) –

          The error details.

Exceptions