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Target Groups In AWS

This article describes target groups in AWS.

Purpose

A target group is a set of resources (like EC2 instances or Lambda functions) that a load balancer routes traffic to based on configured rules.

To create a target group, click on the Target Groups link in the left-hand menu.

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The Create Target Group screen will appear. First, select the target type. For this article, we will choose Instances.

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Scroll down to input the Target group name and Protocol.

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Scroll down to specify the Health checks. Click on the Next button.

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On the next screen, we can choose the Available instances.

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Finally, scroll down and click on the Create target group button.

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The target group has been created.

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