configuring-load-balancers
Configure use when configuring load balancers including ALB, NLB, Nginx, and HAProxy. Trigger with phrases like "configure load balancer", "create ALB", "setup nginx load balancing", or "haproxy configuration". Generates production-ready configurations with health checks, SSL termination, sticky sessions, and traffic distribution rules.
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name: configuring-load-balancers description: | Configure use when configuring load balancers including ALB, NLB, Nginx, and HAProxy. Trigger with phrases like "configure load balancer", "create ALB", "setup nginx load balancing", or "haproxy configuration". Generates production-ready configurations with health checks, SSL termination, sticky sessions, and traffic distribution rules. allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash(aws:), Bash(gcloud:), Bash(nginx:*) version: 1.0.0 author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io license: MIT
Configuring Load Balancers
Overview
This skill provides automated assistance for the described functionality.
Prerequisites
Before using this skill, ensure:
- Backend servers are identified with IPs or DNS names
- Load balancer type is determined (ALB, NLB, Nginx, HAProxy)
- SSL certificates are available if using HTTPS
- Health check endpoints are defined
- Understanding of traffic distribution requirements (round-robin, least-connections)
- Cloud provider CLI installed (if using cloud load balancers)
Instructions
- Select Load Balancer Type: Choose based on requirements (L4 vs L7, cloud vs on-prem)
- Define Backend Pool: List backend servers with ports and weights
- Configure Health Checks: Set check interval, timeout, and healthy threshold
- Set Up SSL/TLS: Configure certificates and cipher suites
- Define Routing Rules: Create path-based or host-based routing
- Enable Session Persistence: Configure sticky sessions if needed
- Add Monitoring: Set up logging and metrics collection
- Test Configuration: Validate syntax and test traffic distribution
Output
Nginx Configuration:
# {baseDir}/nginx/load-balancer.conf
## Error Handling
See `{baseDir}/references/errors.md` for comprehensive error handling.
## Examples
See `{baseDir}/references/examples.md` for detailed examples.
## Resources
- Nginx documentation: https://nginx.org/en/docs/
- HAProxy configuration guide: https://www.haproxy.org/
- AWS ALB documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/
- GCP Load Balancing: https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs
- Example configurations in {baseDir}/lb-examples/
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