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.

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  Introduction to Load Balancing 0s
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  Step 1 - Select Hostname and Basic Settings 44s
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  Step 2 - Add or Attach an Origin Pool 01m22s
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  Step 3 - Attach a Health Monitor 01m45s
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  Step 4 - Configure Traffic Steering 02m03s
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  Step 5 - Add Custom Rules (Optional) 02m24s
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  Review and deploy 02m39s