# Managed Application Load Balancer

The IONOS Cloud Managed Application Load Balancer routes incoming application layer traffic to targets based on user-defined rules.

## Product Overview

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Managed Application Load Balancer</strong></mark></td><td>Learn more about Managed Application Load Balancer and its key concepts.</td><td><a href="/pages/AO0QzSlPetnM6e15vbG2">/pages/AO0QzSlPetnM6e15vbG2</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Quick Links

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>DCD How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to create and manage an Application Load Balancer.</td><td><a href="/pages/FpUwPgGNYvVtOJ050NhT">/pages/FpUwPgGNYvVtOJ050NhT</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Developer Tools

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Cloud API</strong></mark></td><td>Cloud API documentation for Managed Application Load Balancer.</td><td><a href="https://api.ionos.com/docs/cloud/v6/#tag/Application-Load-Balancers">https://api.ionos.com/docs/cloud/v6/#tag/Application-Load-Balancers</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>SDKs</strong></mark></td><td>SDK documentation for Managed Application Load Balancer.</td><td><a href="https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/reference/software-development-kits/cloud-api-sdks">https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/reference/software-development-kits/cloud-api-sdks</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Config Management Tools</strong></mark></td><td>Config Management Tools for Managed Application Load Balancer.</td><td><a href="https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/reference/config-management-tools/config-management-tools">https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/reference/config-management-tools/config-management-tools</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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