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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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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 31, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. 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

  2. Challenge

    Create Elastic IP Addresses (EIPs)

    • Create 3 new Elastic IP address within the Custom VPC within the us-east-1 region

  3. 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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