Architecture World 3 · Elastic Fleet · Stage 2

Balance the Load

Seven sample requests through two load balancers. Each one lands on a rule, a target group, an Availability Zone and a target, or on the reason it did not.

  • ALB listener rules
  • NLB static addresses
  • Target group health checks
  • Cross-zone load balancing
  • Deregistration delay
  • Sticky sessions
Domain
Core architecture
World
Architecture World 3: Elastic Fleet (Professional)
Game type
Network build: Place gateways, routes and rules on a VPC, then follow each packet.
Time
About 30 minutes on a first attempt (estimated)
Exam guides
  • SAA-C03Task 2.1: Design scalable and loosely coupled architectures; Task 2.2: Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures; Task 4.2: Design cost-optimized compute solutions
  • SOA-C03Skill 2.2.1: Configure and troubleshoot Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and Amazon Route 53 health checks
  • DVA-C02Skill 4.2.8: Configure application health checks and readiness probes
  • SAP-C02Task 2.4: Design a strategy to meet reliability requirements