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

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Updated at June 4, 2026
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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 with the infrastructure as code (IaC) approach. Download a Terraform configuration example and deploy your infrastructure using the Yandex Cloud Terraform provider.

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