How to Create a Pool in Kubernetes Load Balancer?

To create a pool in Kubernetes load balancer, follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Login to your account.

Step 2: Navigate to Services and then click on My Services.

Step 3: Click on your project.

Step 4: Navigate to Kubernetes and then click on K8s Load Balancer.

Step 5: Click on the load balancer name for which you want to create a pool.

Step 6: Go to Listener tab and click on the listener's name for which you want to create the pool.

Step 7: Click on the Pools tab and click on Create Pool.

Step 8: Enter Pool Details and click Next.

Field	Description
Name	Enter the name of the Pool.
Description	Enter the description of the pool.
Algorithm	Select the load balancing algorithm for the pool from the below options: Least connections Round robin Source IP
TLS Enabled	Select YES to enable TLS, enabling it will help member to use TLS encryption. Select NO to disable TLS.
TLS Cipher String	Enter List of ciphers in OpenSSL format and it should be colon-separated.
Session Persistence	Select a JSON object specifying the session persistence for the pool from the below options: HTTP Cookie APP Cookie Source IP
Cookie Name*	Enter the name of the cookie to use for session persistence.

Step 9: Click on Add against the instance, you want to allocate as a member.

Step 10: Click on edit icon to enter the port number.

Step 11: Enter the Port number, click on save icon and press the Next button.

Step 12: Enter Health Monitor details and click Create Pool.

Note: If you do not want to create Monitor, select No and click Create Pool.

Field	Description
Name*	Enter the name of the Health Monitor.
Type*	Select a protocol for the health monitor from the below options: HTTP HTTPS PING TCP TLS-HELLO UDP-CONNECT SCTP
Max Retries Down*	Enter the number of allowed check failures before changing the operating status of the member to ERROR. A valid value is from 1 to 10. The default is 3.
Delay (sec)*	Enter the interval, in seconds, between health checks. The default is 10.
Max Retries*	Enter the number of successful checks before changing the operating status of the member to ONLINE. The default is 1.
Timeout (sec)*	The time, in seconds, after which a health check times out. The default is 5.
HTTP Method	Select the HTTP method that the health monitor uses for requests from the below options: GET HEAD POST PUT DELETE TRACE OPTIONS PATCH CONNECT
Expected Codes	Enter the HTTP status codes expected in response from the member to declare it healthy. The default is 200.
URL Path	Enter the HTTP URL path of the request sent by the monitor to test the health of a member. Must be a string that begins with a forward slash. The default URL path is /.