[Load Balancers](https://www.vultr.com/docs/vultr-load-balancers) sit in front of your application and distribute incoming traffic across multiple Instances. When you control the load balancer via the API, you can inspect the results in the [customer portal](https://my.vultr.com/loadbalancers/).
Vultr Load Balancer API is one of 46 APIs that Vultr publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 12 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Load Balancer. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 12 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes
12 operations
across 7 paths,
and defines 35 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.vultr.com/v2.
12 operations7 paths35 schemas3 DELETE6 GET1 PATCH2 POST
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.vultr.com/v2
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1
Authentication & Security 2
Vultr Load Balancer API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (API_Key).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (API Key).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
API_Key — The Vultr API v2 uses API keys for authentication. You can manage your API keys in the Vultr customer portal. Please do not share API keys publicly, or embed t…
API Key — The Vultr API v2 uses API keys for authentication. You can manage your API keys in the Vultr customer portal. Please do not share API keys publicly, or embed t…
Paths & Operations 12
Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 3 DELETE, 6 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
load-balancer 12
Load Balancers sit in front of your application and distribute incoming traffic across multiple Instances. When you control the load balancer via the API, you can inspect the resu…
The contract defines 35 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are loadbalancer_3 (15 properties), loadbalancer_2 (15 properties), create_load_balancer_request (15 properties), update_load_balancer_request (14 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
loadbalancer-firewall-rule
object
Load Balancer firewall rule information.
4 properties
forwarding-rule
object
Forwarding Rule information.
5 properties
meta
object
The meta information object. See [Meta and Pagination](section/Introduction/Meta-and-Pagination) for more information.
2 properties
loadbalancer
object
Load Balancer information.
13 properties
update_load_balancer_request
object
14 properties
loadbalancer_forward_rules_inner
object
A forwarding rule object.
5 properties
list_load_balancer_forwarding_rules_200_response
object
2 properties
create_load_balancer_request_ssl
object
An SSL certificate to install on the Load Balancer.
6 properties
forwarding-rule_2
object
Forwarding Rule information.
5 properties
loadbalancer_generic_info
object
An object containing additional options.
6 properties
meta_links
object
Cursor values for pagination.
2 properties
loadbalancer-firewall-rule_2
object
Load Balancer firewall rule information.
4 properties
update_load_balancer_request_health_check
object
The health check configuration. [See Load Balancer documentation](https://www.vultr.com/docs/vultr-load-balancers/LoadBalancerConfiguration).
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