Application Load Balancer Task

Application Load Balancer Task

Create one Linux Machine using the Bootstrap script

Script: Click Here

Check the Web Page, Copy the Public IP & paste in browser

Connect to the machine using putty

Switch User
sudo su

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Switch to html folder

cd /var/www/html

Create Directory
mkdir custom

Switch to new directory

cd custom

Create web page in the directory

echo "Google Drive" > index.html

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Now check the public IP/custom

Create Second Linux Machine using the Bootstrap script

Script: Click Here

Check the Web Page, Copy the Public IP & paste in browser

Connect machine using putty

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Switch User
sudo su

Switch to html folder

cd /var/www/html

Create Directory
mkdir image

Switch to new directory

cd custom

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Create web page in the directory

echo "Google Image" > index.html

Now check the public IP/image

Create Target Group

Target is used to define the EC2 Machine we want to create the Application Load
Balancer.

Load Balancing Target Groups

Click on create target group

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Select target type as instances

Scroll down

Enter target group name

Click on Next

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Select the first machine

Click on Include as pending below

Click on create target group

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Create Another target group for second Linux machine

Click on create target group

Select target type as instances

Enter the name of the target group

Click on Next

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Select the second machine

Click on include as pending below

Click on create target group

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Create Application Load Balancer

Load Balancing Load Balancers

Click on create load balancer

Click on create for application load balancer

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Enter the name of the load balancer

Scroll down

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Select all subnets

Select security group

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Select target group as first machine

Click on Create load balancer

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While creating our load balancer we have given target group as first machine so system
is forwarding our DNS name only to first machine.

Click on view edit rules

We need our DNS name will redirect to our both the machines home page. For this we
need to edit our default rule.

Click on edit.

Click on edit rule

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Click on edit

Select target group as second machine & Enter traffic distribution as 1

Click on the Tick

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Click on update

Now add more rules as per path mention in our Linux machines

Click on add

Click on insert rule

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Click on add condition

Click on path

Enter path as /custom/* (we are entering this path because /custom is path in the first
machine. /* after custom we are entering now because in the first rule we have define
first & second machine as 50-50% so for every path we need to enter as /*. Otherwise if
we create any folder in custom folder system will not pick those folder)

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Click on add action

Click on forward to

Select target group as first machine

Click on check & Click on save

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Click on insert rule

Click on add condition

Click on path

Enter path as /image/*

Click on add action

Click on forward to

Select target group as Second machine

Click on check & Click on save

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Now check the DNS Name

Refresh the page

Now enter the path as /custom

Now enter path as /image

Now Try to create more folder in the custom folder (first machine)

Create directory
mkdir training

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Switch to new directory (training)

cd training

Create web page in the directory

echo "AWS Training" > index.html

Now check the DNS

Now Try to create more folder in the image folder (Second machine)

Create directory
mkdir drive

Switch to new directory (drive)

cd drive

Create web page in the directory

echo "Enjoy Life" > index.html

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Now check the DNS

Now if we enter any other path not which is not in the web server should be redirected
to a success static plain text page with a note “Wrong Page. Please try another Path”

Go to your Application Load balancer & edit the rule

Click on add

Click on insert rule

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Click on add condition

Click on path

Enter the value as *

Click on add action

Select as Return Fixed response

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Select content-type as text/html

In the Response text Enter the text which we want to display <h1> Wrong Page. Please
Try another Path </h1>

Click on check & click on save

Now try the DNS with any other path

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