Describes the specified load balancers. If no load balancers are specified, the call describes all of your load balancers.
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- LoadBalancerNames.member.N
-
The names of the load balancers.
Type: Array of strings
Required: No
- Marker
-
The marker for the next set of results. (You received this marker from a previous call.)
Type: String
Required: No
- PageSize
-
The maximum number of results to return with this call (a number from 1 to 400). The default is 400.
Type: Integer
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 400.
Required: No
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- LoadBalancerDescriptions.member.N
-
Information about the load balancers.
Type: Array of LoadBalancerDescription objects
- NextMarker
-
The marker to use when requesting the next set of results. If there are no additional results, the string is empty.
Type: String
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- DependencyThrottle
-
A request made by Elastic Load Balancing to another service exceeds the maximum request rate permitted for your account.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- LoadBalancerNotFound
-
The specified load balancer does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 400
Examples
Describe a Classic Load Balancer
This example describes the specified load balancer.
Sample Request
https://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeLoadBalancers
&LoadBalancerNames.member.1=my-loadbalancer
&Version=2012-06-01
&AUTHPARAMS Sample Response
<DescribeLoadBalancersResponse xmlns="http://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/doc/2012-06-01/">
<DescribeLoadBalancersResult>
<LoadBalancerDescriptions>
<member>
<SecurityGroups/>
<LoadBalancerName>my-loadbalancer</LoadBalancerName>
<CreatedTime>2013-05-24T21:15:31.280Z</CreatedTime>
<HealthCheck>
<Interval>90</Interval>
<Target>HTTP:80/</Target>
<HealthyThreshold>2</HealthyThreshold>
<Timeout>60</Timeout>
<UnhealthyThreshold>10</UnhealthyThreshold>
</HealthCheck>
<ListenerDescriptions>
<member>
<PolicyNames/>
<Listener>
<Protocol>HTTP</Protocol>
<LoadBalancerPort>80</LoadBalancerPort>
<InstanceProtocol>HTTP</InstanceProtocol>
<InstancePort>80</InstancePort>
</Listener>
</member>
</ListenerDescriptions>
<Instances>
<member>
<InstanceId>i-e4cbe38d</InstanceId>
</member>
</Instances>
<Policies>
<AppCookieStickinessPolicies/>
<OtherPolicies/>
<LBCookieStickinessPolicies/>
</Policies>
<AvailabilityZones>
<member>us-east-1a</member>
</AvailabilityZones>
<CanonicalHostedZoneNameID>ZZZZZZZZZZZ123X</CanonicalHostedZoneNameID>
<CanonicalHostedZoneName>my-loadbalancer-123456789.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com</CanonicalHostedZoneName>
<Scheme>internet-facing</Scheme>
<SourceSecurityGroup>
<OwnerAlias>amazon-elb</OwnerAlias>
<GroupName>amazon-elb-sg</GroupName>
</SourceSecurityGroup>
<DNSName>my-loadbalancer-123456789.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com</DNSName>
<BackendServerDescriptions/>
<Subnets/>
</member>
</LoadBalancerDescriptions>
</DescribeLoadBalancersResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>83c88b9d-12b7-11e3-8b82-87b12EXAMPLE</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeLoadBalancersResponse> See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
