| Load Balancer |
| ============= |
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| .. note:: |
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| Load Balancer API is available in Libcloud 0.5.0 and higher. |
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| Load Balancer API allows you to manage Load Balancers as a service and services |
| such as Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers, GoGrid Load Balancers and Ninefold Load |
| Balancers. |
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| Terminology |
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| * :class:`~libcloud.loadbalancer.base.LoadBalancer` - represents a load |
| balancer instance. |
| * :class:`~libcloud.loadbalancer.base.Member` - represents a load balancer |
| member. |
| * :class:`~libcloud.loadbalancer.base.Algorithm` - represents a load balancing |
| algorithm (round-robin, random, least connections, etc.). |
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| Supported Providers |
| ------------------- |
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| For a list of supported providers see :doc:`supported providers page |
| </loadbalancer/supported_providers>`. |
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| Examples |
| -------- |
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| We have :doc:`examples of several common patterns </loadbalancer/examples>`. |
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| API Reference |
| ------------- |
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| For a full reference of all the classes and methods exposed by the loadbalancer |
| API, see :doc:`this page </loadbalancer/api>`. |
