Add a TCP listener

Step 1: Open the listener configuration wizard

To open the listener configuration wizard, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Server Load Balancer console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances > Server Load Balancer.
3. Select the region of the target SLB instance.
4. Select one of the following methods to open the listener configuration wizard:
   • On the Server Load Balancer page, find the target SLB instance and then click Configure Listener in the Actions column.
   • On the Server Load Balancer page, click the ID of the target SLB instance. On the Listeners tab, click Add Listener.

Step 2: Configure the TCP listener

To configure the TCP listener, follow these steps:

1. Configure the TCP listener according to the following information:

   Configuration	Description
   Select Listener Protocol	Select the protocol type of the listener. In this topic, select TCP.
   Listening Port	The listening port used to receive requests and forward the requests to backend servers. Value range: 1 to 65535 Note In the same SLB instance, the port numbers of UDP or TCP listeners can be the same in the following regions. However, you must first apply for the privilege to use the beta function of configuring the same ports in TCP/UDP listeners on the Quota Management page of the SLB console. In other cases, the listening ports must be unique. UAE (Dubai) Australia (Sydney) UAE (Dubai) UK (London) Germany (Frankfurt) US (Silicon Valley) US (Virginia) Indonesia (Jakarta) Japan (Tokyo) India (Mumbai) Singapore Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) China (Hong Kong) China (Shenzhen) China (Hohhot) China (Qingdao) China (Chengdu) China (Zhangjiakou) China (Shanghai) China (Beijing) China (Hangzhou)
   Advanced configurations
   Scheduling Algorithm	SLB supports four scheduling algorithms: round robin, weighted round robin (WRR), weighted least connections (WLC), and consistent hash. Weighted Round-Robin (WRR): A backend server with a higher weight receives more requests. Round-Robin (RR): Requests are evenly and sequentially distributed to backend servers. Weighted Least Connections (WLC): A server with a higher weight receives more requests. When the weight values of two backend servers are the same, the backend server with a smaller number of connections is more likely to be polled. Consistent Hash (CH): Source IP: the consistent hash based on source IP addresses. Requests from the same source IP address are scheduled to the same backend server. Tuple: the consistent hash based on four factors: source IP address + destination IP address + source port + destination port. The same streams are scheduled to the same backend server. Note Currently, the Consistent Hash (CH) algorithm is only supported in the following regions: Japan (Tokyo) Australia (Sydney) Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) Indonesia (Jakarta) Germany (Frankfurt) US (Silicon Valley) US (Virginia) UAE (Dubai) China (Hohhot) UK (London) Zone B and Zone C of Singapore China (Hong Kong) China (Qingdao) China (Zhangjiakou) China (Chengdu) Zone H and Zone I of China (Hangzhou) Zone G and Zone H of China (Beijing) Zone D and Zone E of China (Shenzhen) Zone F and Zone G of China (Shanghai)
   Enable Session Persistence	Select whether to enable session persistence. If you enable session persistence, all session requests from the same client are sent to the same backend server. For TCP listeners, session persistence is based on IP addresses. Requests from the same IP address are forwarded to the same backend server.
   Enable Access Control	Select whether to enable the access control function.
   Access Control Method	Select an access control method after you enable the access control function: Whitelist: Only requests from IP addresses or CIDR blocks in the selected access control list are forwarded. The use of a whitelist applies to scenarios where the application only allows access from some specific IP addresses. Enabling a whitelist poses some risks to your services. After a whitelist is configured, only the IP addresses in the list can access the SLB listener. If you enable the whitelist without adding any IP addresses in the corresponding access control list, all requests are forwarded. Blacklist: Requests from IP addresses or CIDR blocks in the selected access control list are not forwarded. The use of a blacklist applies to scenarios where the application only denies access from some specific IP addresses. If you enable a blacklist without adding any IP addresses in the corresponding access control list, all requests are forwarded.
   Access Control List	Select an access control list as the whitelist or the blacklist. Note An IPv6 SLB instance can only be associated with IPv6 access control lists and an IPv4 SLB instance can only be associated with IPv4 access control lists. For more information, see Create an access control list.
   Enable Peak Bandwidth Limit	Select whether to configure the listener bandwidth. If the SLB instance is charged based on bandwidth, you can set different peak bandwidth values for different listeners to limit the traffic passing through each listener. The sum of the peak bandwidth values of all listeners under an SLB instance cannot exceed the bandwidth value of that SLB instance. By default, this function is disabled and all listeners share the bandwidth of the SLB instance. Note SLB instances billed by traffic have no peak bandwidth limit by default.
   Idle Timeout	Specify the idle connection timeout period. Value range: 10 to 900. Unit: seconds
   Listener Name	Enter a name for the TCP listener to be added.
   Get Client Source IP Address	Backend servers of a layer-4 listener can directly obtain the source IP addresses of clients.
   Automatically Enable Listener After Creation	Choose whether to start the listener after the listener is configured. The listener is started by default.

2. Click Next.

Step 3: Add backend servers

After you configure the listener, add backend servers to process requests. You can use the default server group configured for the SLB instance, or configure a VServer group or an active/standby server group for the listener. For more information, see Backend server overview.

In this example, use the default server group.

1. Select Default Server Group and then click Add More.
   
2. Select the ECS instances that you want to add, and then click Next.
   
3. Configure ports and weights for the added backend servers (ECS instances) and click Add.
   • Port

     The port opened on the backend server to receive requests. The port number is in the range of 1 to 65535. Ports of backend servers can be the same in an SLB instance.

   • Weight
     The weight of the backend server. A backend server with a higher weight receives more requests.

     Note If the weight is set to 0, no requests are sent to the backend server.

     
4. Click Next.

Step 4: Configure health checks

SLB checks the service availability of backend servers by performing health checks. The health check function improves the overall availability of your services and avoids the impact of backend server failures. Click Modify to change health check configurations. For more information, see Health check overview.

Step 5: Submit the configurations

To submit the listener configurations, follow these steps:

1. On the Submit page, check the listener configurations. You can click Modify to change the configurations.
2. Click Submit.
3. On the Submit page, click OK after the configurations are successful.

   After the configurations are successful, you can view the created listener on the Listeners page.