Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer (SLB) is a service that distributes network traffic across multiple ECS instances to improve the service capabilities of applications. SLB supports the following protocols for the listener configuration:
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, a stateless application-layer protocol that is used to transfer web pages and other resources over the internet.
HTTPS: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, an extension of HTTP that uses SSL/TLS encryption to provide secure communication between the client and the server.
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol, a reliable, connection-oriented transport-layer protocol that provides reliable data delivery and error recovery.
UDP: User Datagram Protocol, a connectionless transport-layer protocol that provides fast and efficient data transmission without guaranteeing reliability or order.
SLB does not support the following protocols:
MPLS: Multiprotocol Label Switching, a data-carrying technique that uses labels to forward packets across a network.
MQTT: Message Queuing Telemetry Transport, a lightweight publish/subscribe messaging protocol that is designed for constrained devices and low-bandwidth networks.
References:
Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer
ACA Cloud Computing Certification Exam Preparation Course
Alibaba Cloud Computing Exam Question 2022
Comprehensive protocol support - ICMP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS,
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