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<section id="add-load-balancer-rule">
<title>Adding a Load Balancer Rule</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as an administrator or end user. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the left navigation, choose Network.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Click the name of the network where you want to load balance the traffic.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Click View IP Addresses.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Click the IP address for which you want to create the rule, then click the Configuration tab.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the Load Balancing node of the diagram, click View All.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fill in the following:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Name. A name for the load balancer rule.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Public Port. The port receiving incoming traffic to be balanced.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Private Port. The port that the VMs will use to receive the traffic.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Algorithm. Choose the load balancing algorithm you want &PRODUCT; to use. &PRODUCT; supports a variety of well-known algorithms. If you are not familiar with these choices, you will find plenty of information about them on the Internet.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Stickiness. (Optional) Click Configure and choose the algorithm for the stickiness policy. See Sticky Session Policies for Load Balancer Rules.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click Add VMs, then select two or more VMs that will divide the load of incoming traffic, and click Apply.</para>
<para>The new load balancer rule appears in the list. You can repeat these steps to add more load balancer rules for this IP address.</para>
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