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Managing Load Balance Instance Operations

You can manage the lifecycle of load balancer by restarting, force stopping, renaming, or deleting. These operations help you maintain service availability, resolve operational issues, organize resources, and manage your cloud infrastructure efficiently.

Apiculus Cloud provides the following operations on load balancer instances:

Restarting an Instance​

Restart a load balancer instance to refresh its operating state, apply configuration changes, or resolve temporary issues without changing its existing settings. This action helps restore normal operation, improve service reliability, and ensure efficient traffic distribution across backend resources.

To restart an instance, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Networking > Load Balancer Instance. The following screen appears:img
  2. Click on your created load balancer instance name from the list, and click Operations.
  3. Click the Restart Instance button. The following screen appears:img
  4. Click the Yes button.

Force Stopping an Instance​

Force stop a load balancer instance to immediately terminate its operations when it becomes unresponsive or cannot be shut down through a normal stop operation. This action helps recover from critical issues, restore control of the instance, and prepare it for troubleshooting or restart.

To force stop an instance, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Networking > Load Balancer Instance. The following screen appears:img
  2. Click on your created load balancer instance name from the list, and click Operations.
  3. Click the Force Stop Instance button. The following screen appears:img
  4. Click the Yes button.

Renaming an Instance​

Rename a load balancer instance to assign a more meaningful or recognizable name without affecting its configuration or functionality. This action helps improve resource identification, simplifies instance management, and makes it easier to locate the instance in cloud environment.

To rename an instance, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Networking > Load Balancer Instance. The following screen appears:img
  2. Click on your created load balancer instance name from the list, and click Operations.
  3. Click the Rename Instance button. The following screen appears where you can update the LBI name in Instance Name.img
  4. Click the Done button.

Deleting an Instance​

Delete a load balancer instance when it is no longer required to remove it permanently from cloud environment. This action helps free up resources, reduce unnecessary costs, and keep your infrastructure organized by eliminating unused instances.

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You can schedule deletion to continue using the resource until the end of the current billing cycle and cancel the deletion before it takes effect. Alternatively, you can delete the resource immediately, which is permanent and cannot be undone.

To delete an instance, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Networking > Load Balancer Instance. The following screen appears:img
  2. Click on your created load balancer instance name from the list, and click Operations.
  3. Click the Delete Instance button. The following screen appears, where you can choose to delete the LBI instantly or schedule it to be deleted at a later stage:img
    • To delete the LBI instantly, enter DELETE and click the Delete Now button. The LBI is deleted.
    • To schedule the LBI to be deleted at a later stage, enter DELETE and click the Schedule Deletion button.