ALB
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What is ALB?
ALB stands for Application Load Balancer. It is a type of load balancer that operates at the application layer (Layer 7) of the OSI model. ALBs are commonly used to route HTTP and HTTPS traffic to different backend servers or containers based on the content of the request, such as the hostname, path, or headers. They provide advanced features like content-based routing, support for microservices, and integration with other AWS services.
What other technologies are related to ALB?
ALB Competitor Technologies
NLB
Network Load Balancer (NLB) is an alternative load balancer offered by AWS that operates at the transport layer (Layer 4), while ALB operates at the application layer (Layer 7). They serve similar purposes of distributing traffic but are suited for different use cases.
ELB
ELB is the umbrella term for AWS's load balancing services. ALB is one type of ELB, so they are competitive because they are both load balancers in AWS.
ALB Complementary Technologies
AWS EC2
ALB can route traffic to EC2 instances, making EC2 a resource that ALB distributes traffic to.
Route53
Route 53 can be used to direct traffic to an ALB, acting as the DNS service that points to the load balancer.
AWS ECS
ALB can be used to distribute traffic to containers managed by ECS, acting as the entry point for application traffic.
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Cloud Engineer
0.6% of all Cloud Engineer jobs mention ALB
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DevOps Engineer
0.5% of all DevOps Engineer jobs mention ALB
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Software Engineer
0.1% of all Software Engineer jobs mention ALB
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Engineer
0.1% of all Engineer jobs mention ALB
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Engineering & R&D
0.1% of all Engineering & R&D jobs mention ALB
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