Eucalyptus ELB Listener Configurations

This section provides a reference to various possible ways to configure your listener, depending on how secure you want your load balancer. Currently, Eucalyptus supports the following HTTP/HTTPS Load Balancer use cases:
Use Case Front-end Protocol Front-end Options Back-end Protocol Back-end Options Notes
Basic HTTP load balancer HTTP NA HTTP NA Supports X-forward for header. Go to AWS X-forwarding for more information.
Secure website or application using Elastic Load Balancing to offload SSL decryption HTTPS SSL Negotiation. See Updating the SSL Negotiation Configuration. HTTP NA Supports X-forward for header. Go to AWS X-forwarding for more information.

Requires an SSL certificate installed on the load balancer. For instructions, see Uploading SSL Certificates for Elastic Load Balancing.

Secure website or application using end-to-end encryption HTTPS SSL Negotiation. See Updating the SSL Negotiation Configuration. HTTPS Back-end authentication Supports X-forward for header. Go to AWS X-forwarding for more information.

Requires an SSL certificate installed on the load balancer and registered instances. For instructions, see Uploading SSL Certificates for Elastic Load Balancing and Register instances with the Load Balancer.