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Configuring target groups

Configuring target groups - Amazon EC2 Tutorial

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Configuring target groups

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- [Instructor] Going back to the configuration scenario, we've configured the servers or the EC2 instances. Next, we are going to create three target groups. Target groups one and two will contain one server each and target group three will contain both. Let's go to the EC2 console and configure these. Once you're at the EC2 console, scroll down the left navigation pane and click Target Groups. Then click Create target group. The first step is to select a target type and there are four options available, instances, IP addresses, Lambda function, and Application Load Balancer. The first option allows you to add EC2 instances to the target group. The second option, that is IP addresses, is useful when you want to load balance between servers hosted in AWS and your on-premises environment. You can also add a Lambda function to the target group. AWS Lambda is a service that allows you to run code without the need for a…

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