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Changing network load balancer settings

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Updated at June 9, 2025

Note

You can only set the load balancer type (internal or external) when creating it and cannot change it later.

After you create a network load balancer, you can:

Changing a load balancer name and description

  1. Navigate to the folder dashboard and select Network Load Balancer.
  2. Select a load balancer and click Edit at the top of the page.
  3. Enter a new name and description for the load balancer.
  4. Click Edit.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To change the name and description of a load balancer:

  1. Find out the ID or name of the load balancer by getting a list of network load balancers in the folder.

  2. View the current name and description of the load balancer:

    yc load-balancer network-load-balancer get <load_balancer_name_or_ID>

  3. See the description of the CLI command for changing load balancer configuration:

    yc load-balancer network-load-balancer update --help

  4. Set a new name and description for the load balancer:

    yc load-balancer network-load-balancer update <load_balancer_name_or_ID> \
   --new-name=<new_load_balancer_name> \
   --description=<new_load_balancer_description>

  1. Open the current Terraform configuration file that defines your infrastructure.

    For more information about creating this file, see Creating a network load balancer.

    For a complete list of editable network load balancer configuration fields, see this article.

  2. In the network load balancer description, change the name and description values:

    resource "yandex_lb_network_load_balancer" "foo" {
  name        = "<load_balancer_name>"
  description = "<load_balancer_description>"
  ...

  3. Make sure the settings are correct.

    1. In the command line, navigate to the directory that contains the current Terraform configuration files defining the infrastructure.

    2. Run this command:

      terraform validate

      Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  4. Confirm updating the resources.

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply

      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

Use the update API method, providing the following in your request:

  • Load balancer ID in the networkLoadBalancerId parameter. To find out the ID, get a list of network load balancers in the folder.
  • New name in the name parameter.
  • New description in the description parameter.
  • List of editable cluster configuration fields in the updateMask parameter (in this case, name and description).

Warning

The API method will assign default values to all the parameters of the object you are modifying unless you explicitly provide them in your request. To avoid this, list the settings you want to change in the updateMask parameter as a single comma-separated string.

Changing load balancer labels

  1. Navigate to the folder dashboard and select Network Load Balancer.
  2. Select a load balancer and click Edit at the top of the page.
  3. Change the load balancer labels.
  4. Click Edit.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To change the labels of a network load balancer:

  1. View the current load balancer labels and their values:

    yc load-balancer network-load-balancer get <load_balancer_name_or_ID>

    You can get the load balancer ID and name with the list of network load balancers in the folder.

  2. See the description of the CLI command for changing load balancer configuration:

    yc load-balancer network-load-balancer update --help

  3. Set new values for the load balancer labels:

    yc load-balancer network-load-balancer update <load_balancer_name_or_ID> \
   --labels <key_1>=<value_1>,<key_2>=<value_2>,...

  1. Open the current Terraform configuration file that defines your infrastructure.

    For more information about creating this file, see Creating a network load balancer.

    For a complete list of editable network load balancer configuration fields, see this article.

  2. In the network load balancer description, change the name and description values:

    resource "yandex_lb_network_load_balancer" "foo" {
  ...
  labels = {
    <key_1> = "<value_1>"
    <key_2> = "<value_2>"
    ...
  }
  ...

  3. Make sure the settings are correct.

    1. In the command line, navigate to the directory that contains the current Terraform configuration files defining the infrastructure.

    2. Run this command:

      terraform validate

      Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  4. Confirm updating the resources.

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply

      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

Use the update API method, providing the following in your request:

  • Load balancer ID in the networkLoadBalancerId parameter. To find out the ID, get a list of network load balancers in the folder.
  • New label values in the labels parameter.
  • List of editable cluster configuration fields in the updateMask parameter (in this case, labels).

Warning

The API method will assign default values to all the parameters of the object you are modifying unless you explicitly provide them in your request. To avoid this, list the settings you want to change in the updateMask parameter as a single comma-separated string.

Changing a target group or its health check settings

  1. Navigate to the folder dashboard and select Network Load Balancer.
  2. Select a load balancer and click Edit at the top of the page.
  3. Under Target groups, select a different target group from the drop-down list or create a new one.
  4. To change target group health check settings:
    1. In the section with the target group in question, click Configure.
    2. Specify new target group health check settings.
    3. Click Apply.
  5. Click Edit.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To change a target group or its health check settings:

  1. See the description of the CLI command for changing load balancer configuration:

    yc load-balancer network-load-balancer update --help

  2. Specify the target group's new ID and health check settings:

    yc load-balancer network-load-balancer update <load_balancer_name_or_ID> \
   --target-group target-group-id=<target_group_ID>,`
                 `healthcheck-name=<health_check_name>,`
                 `healthcheck-interval=<health_check_interval>s,`
                 `healthcheck-timeout=<response_timeout>s,`
                 `healthcheck-unhealthythreshold=<number_of_failed_checks_to_get_Unhealthy_status>,`
                 `healthcheck-healthythreshold=<number_of_successful_checks_to_get_Healthy_status>,`
                 `healthcheck-tcp-port=<TCP_port>,`
                 `healthcheck-http-port=<HTTP_port>,`
                 `healthcheck-http-path=<URL>

    Where:

    • --target-group: Target group parameters and health check settings:

      • target-group-id: Target group ID.

        To find out the ID, get a list of target groups in the folder.

      • healthcheck-name: Health check name.

      • healthcheck-interval: Health check interval in seconds. The possible values range from 1s to 60s. The interval must be at least 1 second longer than the response timeout.

      • healthcheck-timeout: Response timeout in seconds. The possible values range from 1s to 60s.

      • healthcheck-unhealthythreshold: Number of failed checks before traffic is no longer routed to the VM. The possible values range from 2 to 10.

      • healthcheck-healthythreshold: Number of successful checks required to consider the VM ready to receive traffic. The possible values range from 2 to 10.

      • healthcheck-tcp-port: Port for TCP health checks. The possible values range from 1 to 32,767.

      • healthcheck-http-port: Port for HTTP health checks. The possible values range from 1 to 32,767.

      • healthcheck-http-path: URL for HTTP health checks.

      You cannot specify both healthcheck-tcp-port and healthcheck-http-port at the same time.

      Warning

      Use the <time_in_seconds>s format, e.g., 20s, for the healthcheck-interval and healthcheck-timeout values.

    You can get the load balancer ID and name with the list of network load balancers in the folder.

  1. Open the current Terraform configuration file that defines your infrastructure.

    For more information about creating this file, see Creating a network load balancer.

    For a complete list of editable network load balancer configuration fields, see this article.

  2. In the network load balancer description, change the target group ID and its health check settings under attached_target_group:

    resource "yandex_lb_network_load_balancer" "foo" {
  name = "<load_balancer_name>"
  ...
  attached_target_group {
    target_group_id = "<target_group_ID>"
    healthcheck {
      name = "<health_check_name>"
      http_options {
        port = <port_number>
        path = "<URL>"
      }
    }
  }
  ...
}

    Where:

    • name: Name of the network load balancer.
    • attached_target_group: Description of the network load balancer's target group settings:

      • target_group_id: Target group ID.

        To find out the ID, get a list of target groups in the folder.

      • healthcheck: Health check settings. Specify a name, a port number ranging from 1 to 32767, and a path for health checks.

  3. Make sure the settings are correct.

    1. In the command line, navigate to the directory that contains the current Terraform configuration files defining the infrastructure.

    2. Run this command:

      terraform validate

      Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  4. Confirm updating the resources.

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply

      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

Use the update API method, providing the following in your request:

  • Load balancer ID in the networkLoadBalancerId parameter. To find out the ID, get a list of network load balancers in the folder.

  • Target group ID and health check settings in the attachedTargetGroups parameter.

    To find out the ID, get a list of target groups in the folder.

  • List of editable cluster configuration fields in the updateMask parameter (in this case, attachedTargetGroups).

Warning

The API method will assign default values to all the parameters of the object you are modifying unless you explicitly provide them in your request. To avoid this, list the settings you want to change in the updateMask parameter as a single comma-separated string.

Attaching a target group

To attach a target group, follow this guide.

Adding a listener

To add a listener, follow this guide.

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