Create Target Group

Creating an Application Load Balancer Target Group

ℹ️ Information: Target groups route requests to individual registered targets such as EC2 instances. When creating a load balancer, you define at least one target group, then register targets to that group.

Navigate to the Target Group creation interface:

  1. In the EC2 management console, locate the Load Balancing section in the left navigation pane
  2. Select Target Groups
  3. Click Create target group

Target Group Creation Interface

Configuring Target Group Details

In the Specify group details section, configure the following settings:

  1. Basic configuration:
    • Target type: Instances
    • Target group name: FCJ-Management-TG

Basic Target Group Configuration

  1. Network settings:
    • Protocol: HTTP
    • Port: 5000
    • IP address type: IPv4
    • VPC: AutoScaling-Lab
    • Protocol version: HTTP1

Network Settings Configuration

  1. Click Next to proceed to target registration

Proceed to Target Registration

Registering Targets

In the Register targets section:

  1. Select your instance from the Available instances list
  2. Verify port 5000 is specified for the selected instance
  3. Click Include as pending below

Registering Target Instances

  1. Review the pending targets in the list
  2. Click Create target group to complete the process

Finalizing Target Group Creation

Verifying Target Group Creation

After successful creation, you can view and manage your new target group:

  1. Select the newly created FCJ-Management-TG from the target groups list
  2. Review the target group details, health status, and registered targets

Target Group Verification

💡 Pro Tip: Target groups support health checks to ensure traffic is only routed to healthy instances. You can customize health check settings including path, port, threshold counts, and timeout values to match your application’s specific requirements.

🔒 Security Note: When configuring target groups, consider using HTTPS protocol with proper certificate management for production workloads to ensure encrypted communication between clients and your load balancer.