6. Create a Load Balancer

Create a Load Balancer to expose your application to the web

Navigate to Kubernetes -> Services and select the nginxService from the list.

Click Load Balancers -> Configure Load Balancer. The Add Load Balancer Listener pane displays.

• Type: Application LB

• Container port: 80

• External port: 443

• Visibility: Public

• Application mode: Docker Mode

• Health check: /

• Backend protocol: HTTP

• Certificates: WILDCARD.test04-apps.duplocloud.net

Add Load Balancer Listener pane

Click Add and wait until the Service is Running and the Load Balancer displays a status of Ready.

Enable HTTP to HTTPs Redirect

Navigate to Kubernetes -> Services and select the nginxService.

Click Load Balancers. On the Other Settings card, click Edit. Enable the HTTP to HTTPS redirect option.

The DNS Name and Other Settings cards in the Load Balancers tab

You can find the created DNS Name displayed on this page, CNAME'd to your Load Balancer name. Copy and paste the URL in the DNS Name card into your browser address to verify your application is available with a Status of Running. It may take a few minutes for the application to start.