Create a Load Balancer
Create a new load balancer. The load balancer will be provisioned in the specified region and VPC. The creation is asynchronous — progress events are streamed back as Server-Sent Events (SSE).
Authorization
bearer_auth OAuth Authentication
OpenScaler API uses OAuth, a standard for secure authorization. To access the API, obtain a token via the OpenScaler Platform.
Use the access_token in the Authorization header for requests:
Authorization: Bearer <token>Always keep your token secure and do not share it with anyone.
In: header
Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Request body for creating a new load balancer.
Response Body
text/event-stream
application/json
text/pain
application/json
application/json
curl -X POST "https://example.com/v1/lbs" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "name": "my-lb", "project_id": "default", "region": "alg1", "size": "small", "visibility": "public", "sequence_id": 123456 }'{ "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000", "name": "my-lb", "description": "Production load balancer", "user_id": "usr_abc123", "project_id": "default", "size": "small", "region": "alg1", "visibility": "public", "status": "ready", "state": "running", "network": {}, "created_at": "2024-06-01T12:00:00Z", "updated_at": "2024-06-15T08:30:00Z"}{ "errors": [ { "message": "'vcpus' field must be an integer", "field": "resource_id" } ]}"Access denied"{ "errors": [ { "message": "User not initialized (missing required fields in token), please init user by sending POST request to `/v1/init` then refresh your token\n" } ]}{ "errors": [ { "message": "VM with ID 23 not found" } ]}