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# Quickstart

Get up and running quickly with the Glesys load balancer. With a load balancer you can distribute traffic between different servers.

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## Create a load balancer

1. Click **Load balancers** in the left-hand menu in the control panel, under the **Networking** category.
2. Click **Create load balancer**.
3. Choose a name for your load balancer.
4. Select which data center the load balancer should be created in.
5. Click **Create**.
6. Next, in the new load balancer's overview, add a listener by clicking **Add listener**.
7. Type a port number in the field, for example, 80 for HTTP.
8. Now, you need to add some targets by clicking **Add target**.
9. Select which server(s) the traffic should go to, and the port.
10. Click **Save**.

## Delete a load balancer

1. In the load balancer overview, click on the load balancer you want to delete.
2. Click **Actions** and then **Delete**.
3. Type the name of the load balancer in the text field to confirm, and then click **Delete**.