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# Managed Network Load Balancer

IONOS CLOUD Managed Network Load Balancer: Layer 4 TCP load balancing with health checks, sticky sessions, and weighted round-robin forwarding rules

With <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> Managed Network Load Balancer (NLB), you can automatically distribute workloads over several servers, which minimizes disruptions during scaling.

## 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 Network Load Balancer</strong></mark></td><td>Learn more about Managed Network Load Balancer and its key concepts.</td><td><a href="/cloud/network-services/network-load-balancer/overview.md">Overview</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>Set up a NLB</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to configure a Network Load Balancer within the DCD.</td><td><a href="/cloud/network-services/network-load-balancer/setup-nlb.md">Set Up a Network Load Balancer</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Configure a NLB</strong></mark></td><td>Configure Settings, Private IP addresses, and Forwarding Rules.</td><td><a href="/cloud/network-services/network-load-balancer/configure-nlb.md">Configure a Network Load Balancer</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Access Logging</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to access logging system.</td><td><a href="/cloud/network-services/network-load-balancer/access-logging.md">Access Logging</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>Access the Cloud API documentation for IONOS CLOUD.</td><td><a href="https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/api-reference/cloud-api-v6/network-load-balancers/">https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/api-reference/cloud-api-v6/network-load-balancers/</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>SDKs</strong></mark></td><td>Interact with the IONOS Cloud API using SDKs.</td><td><a href="https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/sdk-tools-home">https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/sdk-tools-home</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Config Management Tools</strong></mark></td><td>Explore configuration management tools compatible with Network Load Balancers.</td><td><a href="https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/sdk-tools-home#tools">https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/sdk-tools-home#tools</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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