How to set up a load balancer
Unexpected traffic spikes can crash your website, but Cloudflare Load Balancing helps keep your apps online and fast. In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to create a public load balancer in just five steps - select a hostname, add an origin pool, attach a health monitor, choose a traffic steering method, and configure custom rules. We'll also explain the difference between public and private load balancers and guide you through using session affinity, fallback pools, and proxy modes.