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

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Updated at June 9, 2025

In this scenario, a Yandex Network Load Balancer will distribute inbound traffic across the VMs in its target groups.

Here is how an L7 Yandex Application Load Balancer with a Yandex Smart Web Security profile works:

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.

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