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<section id="load-balancer-rules">
  <title>Load Balancer Rules</title>
  <para>A &PRODUCT; user or administrator may create load balancing rules that balance traffic
    received at a public IP to one or more VMs. A user creates a rule, specifies an algorithm, and
    assigns the rule to a set of VMs.</para>
  <note>
    <para>If you create load balancing rules while using a network service offering that includes an
      external load balancer device such as NetScaler, and later change the network service offering
      to one that uses the &PRODUCT; virtual router, you must create a firewall rule on the virtual
      router for each of your existing load balancing rules so that they continue to
      function.</para>
  </note>
  <para/>
  <xi:include href="add-load-balancer-rule.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  <xi:include href="sticky-session-policies-for-lb-rules.xml"
    xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  <xi:include href="health-checks-for-lb-rules.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
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