# Application Load Balancer

The IONOS Cloud Application Load Balancer routes incoming application layer traffic to targets based on user-defined rules. Consult our user guides, reference documentation, and FAQs to support your hosting needs.

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**Note:** Application Load Balancer is currently in the **Early Access (EA)** phase. We recommend keeping usage and testing to non-production critical applications. Please contact your sales representative or support for more information.
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### Product Overview

| [**Overview - Application Load Balancer**](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/5wuXj7QmyFwJl8Wh3LBN/early-access/application-load-balancer/overview) |
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### How-To's

| [**Initial ALB Setup**](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/5wuXj7QmyFwJl8Wh3LBN/early-access/application-load-balancer/how-tos/setup-alb)             | Learn how to set up an Application Load Balancer inside of the DCD. |
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| [**Configure Flow Logs**](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/5wuXj7QmyFwJl8Wh3LBN/early-access/application-load-balancer/how-tos/configure-flow-logs) | Send regular traffic logs to your storage bucket.                   |

### API Reference

| [**Cloud API - OpenAPI Specification reference documentation**](https://api.ionos.com/docs/cloud/v6/) |
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