Migrating services from an NLB with VMs as targets to an L7 ALB

You can migrate the load from a Yandex Network Load Balancer load balancer to a Yandex Application Load Balancer L7 load balancer. In a network load balancer, incoming traffic is distributed among the VMs specified in this load balancer's target groups.

During the migration process, the L7 load balancer will have a Yandex Smart Web Security security profile connected to it. An L7 load balancer with a connected security profile operates as follows:

You can create a service migration infrastructure using the following tools:

• Management console: Use the Yandex Cloud management console to create your infrastructure step by step.
• Terraform: Streamline creating and managing your resources using the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach. Download a Terraform configuration example and deploy your infrastructure using the Terraform Yandex Cloud provider.