Network Traffic Paths

Load balancers communicate with backend servers over a private network.

Inbound Network Traffic Paths

The listeners' configurations determine how load balancers distribute incoming traffic.Figure 1 Inbound network traffic
When a listener uses TCP or UDP to receive incoming traffic: When a listener uses HTTP or HTTPS to receive incoming traffic:

Outbound Network Traffic Paths

The outbound traffic is routed back the same way the traffic came in.Figure 2 Outbound network traffic
Parent topic: Service Overview