# Vultr Load Balancer API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-load-balancer-api/  
**Provider:** Vultr — https://apis.io/providers/vultr/  
**Base URL:** https://api.vultr.com/v2  
**Documentation:** https://docs.vultr.com

Vultr Load Balancer API is one of 46 APIs that [Vultr](https://apis.io/providers/vultr/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 12 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Load Balancer. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 12 JSON Schemas.

[Load Balancers](https://www.vultr.com/docs/vultr-load-balancers) sit in front of your application and distribute incoming traffic across multiple Instances. When you control the load balancer via the API, you can inspect the results in the [customer portal](https://my.vultr.com/loadbalancers/).

## Operations (12)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/load-balancers` | List Load Balancers |
| POST | `/load-balancers` | Create Load Balancer |
| GET | `/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}` | Get Load Balancer |
| PATCH | `/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}` | Update Load Balancer |
| DELETE | `/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}` | Delete Load Balancer |
| GET | `/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}/forwarding-rules` | List Forwarding Rules |
| POST | `/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}/forwarding-rules` | Create Forwarding Rule |
| GET | `/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}/forwarding-rules/{forwarding-rule-id}` | Get Forwarding Rule |
| DELETE | `/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}/forwarding-rules/{forwarding-rule-id}` | Delete Forwarding Rule |
| GET | `/load-balancers/{loadbalancer-id}/firewall-rules` | List Firewall Rules |
| GET | `/load-balancers/{loadbalancer-id}/firewall-rules/{firewall-rule-id}` | Get Firewall Rule |
| DELETE | `/load-balancers/{load-balancer-id}/ssl` | Delete Load Balancer SSL |

## Machine-readable artifacts (13)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/openapi/vultr-load-balancer-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-create-instance-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-update-instance-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-update-advanced-options-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-create-baremetal-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-create-database-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-update-database-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-extended-log-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-log-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-log-meta-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-scimuser-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-role-trust-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/vultr/json-schema/vultr-assumed-role-session-schema.json

## Other Vultr APIs (12)

- [Vultr Account API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-account-api/)
- [Vultr Application API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-application-api/)
- [Vultr Backup API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-backup-api/)
- [Vultr Baremetal API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-baremetal-api/)
- [Vultr Billing API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-billing-api/)
- [Vultr Block API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-block-api/)
- [Vultr Container Registry API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-container-registry-api/)
- [Vultr Dns API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-dns-api/)
- [Vultr Firewall API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-firewall-api/)
- [Vultr IAM Assumed Roles API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-iam-assumed-roles-api/)
- [Vultr IAM Endpoint Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-iam-endpoint-actions-api/)
- [Vultr IAM Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/vultr/vultr-iam-groups-api/)

## Tags

Load Balancer

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