Assigning Static IPs to NLBs with ALB Target Groups

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Assigning Static IPs to NLBs with ALB Target Groups

During this hands-on lab you will learn how to deploy an internet-facing Network Load Balancer (NLB) with a static Elastic IP Address (EIP) assigned to it. The NLB will then front a private Application Load Balancer (ALB) as a Target Group, and the ALB will be fronting an Auto Scaling Group of internal web servers. This allows you to statically reference the internet-facing NLB while still leveraging the ALB and its capabilities!

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 24, 2025

Duration

45m

Challenge

Create Target Group
- Create a new Target Group (TG) within your custom VPC that contains the OurApplicationLoadBalancer Internet-facing Application Load Balancer as a target.
- Name the TG ApplicationLoadBalancer-tg
- Ensure you are passing TCP traffic via port 80
- Health checks should be / via HTTP
Challenge

Create Elastic IP Addresses (EIPs)
- Create 3 new Elastic IP address within the Custom VPC within the us-east-1 region
Challenge

Create Network Load Balancer and Listener
- Create an Internet-facing Network Load Balancer (NLB) within the custom VPC
- Choose for the NLB to span all 3 Availability Zones
- Name the NLB WebServer-nlb
- Attach the following Security Group: AllowTCPFromEverywhere
- Ensure you assign one Elastic IP Address for each subnet (there should be 3) that an NLB node lives in
- Create a new listener for TCP traffic over Port 80 for your NLB
- Se the default action to forward traffic to the newly created ApplicationLoadBalancer-tg

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