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Server Load Balancer:CreateLoadBalancerHTTPSListener

Last Updated:Sep 08, 2026

Creates an HTTPS listener.

Operation description

Precautions

A newly created listener is in the stopped state. After you create a listener, invoke the StartLoadBalancerListener operation to start the listener to forward traffic.

Before you begin

A Classic Load Balancer (CLB) instance is created. For more information, see CreateLoadBalancer.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

slb:CreateLoadBalancerHTTPSListener

create

*acl

acs:slb:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:acl/{#aclId}

*certificate

acs:slb:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:certificate/{#certificateId}

*loadbalancer

acs:slb:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:loadbalancer/{#loadbalancerId}

  • slb:tag
  • slb:tag
  • slb:tag
None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

No

The region ID of the CLB instance.

You can query the region ID from the Regions and zones list or by invoking the DescribeRegions operation.

cn-hangzhou

LoadBalancerId

string

Yes

The ID of the CLB instance.

lb-bp1o94dp5i6earr****

Bandwidth

integer

Yes

The peak bandwidth of the listener. Unit: Mbit/s.

Valid values:

  • -1: For a pay-by-traffic Internet-facing SLB instance, you can set the peak bandwidth to -1, which specifies unlimited bandwidth.

-1

ListenerPort

integer

Yes

The frontend port used by the instance.

Valid values: 1 to 65535.

80

BackendServerPort

integer

No

The backend port used by the instance. Valid values: 1 to 65535.

This parameter is required if you do not use a vServer group (VServerGroupId is not specified).

80

Tag

array<object>

No

The tags.

object

No

The tags.

Key

string

No

The tag key of the listener. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag key cannot be an empty string. The tag key can be up to 64 characters in length and cannot start with aliyun or acs:. The tag key cannot contain http:// or https://.

TestKey

Value

string

No

The tag value of the listener. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag value can be an empty string. The tag value can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot start with acs:. The tag value cannot contain http:// or https://.

TestValue

XForwardedFor

string

No

Specifies whether to use the X-Forwarded-For header to retrieve the client IP address. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

on

Scheduler

string

No

The scheduling algorithm. Valid values:

  • wrr: Backend servers with higher weights receive more requests than backend servers with lower weights.

  • rr: Requests are distributed to backend servers in sequence.

wrr

StickySession

string

No

Specifies whether to enable session persistence. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

on

StickySessionType

string

No

The method used to handle cookies. Valid values: insert and server.

  • insert: insert cookie.

When a client accesses the Server Load Balancer instance for the first time, the Server Load Balancer instance inserts a cookie into the response (inserts SERVERID into the HTTP/HTTPS response). The next time the client sends a request with this cookie, the Server Load Balancer instance forwards the request to the backend server that was previously recorded.

  • server: rewrite cookie.

When the Server Load Balancer instance discovers a user-defined cookie, it rewrites the original cookie. The next time the client sends a request with the new cookie, the Server Load Balancer instance forwards the request to the backend server that was previously recorded.

Note

This parameter is required when StickySession is set to on.

insert

CookieTimeout

integer

No

The timeout period of the cookie. Unit: seconds.

Valid values: 1 to 86400.

Note

This parameter is required when StickySession is set to on and StickySessionType is set to insert.

500

Cookie

string

No

The cookie configured on the server.

The cookie must be 1 to 200 characters in length and can contain only ASCII letters and digits. It cannot contain commas (,), semicolons (;), or spaces. It cannot start with a dollar sign ($).

Note

This parameter is required when StickySession is set to on and StickySessionType is set to server.

testCookie

HealthCheck

string

Yes

Specifies whether to enable health checks. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

on

HealthCheckMethod

string

No

The health check method used by the HTTP health check. Valid values: head and get.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when HealthCheck is set to on.

get

HealthCheckDomain

string

No

The domain name used for health checks. Valid values:

  • $_ip: the private IP address of the backend server. If you specify $_ip or do not specify this parameter, the Server Load Balancer instance uses the private IP address of each backend server as the domain name for health checks.

  • domain: The domain name must be 1 to 80 characters in length and can contain only letters, digits, periods (.), and hyphens (-).

Note

This parameter takes effect only when HealthCheck is set to on.

172.XX.XX.16

HealthCheckURI

string

No

The URI used for health checks.

The URI must be 1 to 80 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, and the following special characters: -/.%?#&. The URI cannot be only / but must start with /.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when HealthCheck is set to on.

/test/index.html

HealthyThreshold

integer

No

The number of consecutive successful health checks that must occur before a backend server is declared healthy (from fail to success).

Valid values: 2 to 10.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when HealthCheck is set to on.

4

UnhealthyThreshold

integer

No

The number of consecutive failed health checks that must occur before a backend server is declared unhealthy (from success to fail).

Valid values: 2 to 10.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when HealthCheck is set to on.

4

HealthCheckTimeout

integer

No

The amount of time to wait for a response from a health check. If the backend ECS instance does not respond within the specified time, the health check fails. Unit: seconds. Valid values: 1 to 300.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when HealthCheck is set to on.

3

HealthCheckConnectPort

integer

No

The port used for health checks.

Valid values: 1 to 65535.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when HealthCheck is set to on.

8080

HealthCheckInterval

integer

No

The interval between two consecutive health checks. Unit: seconds.

Valid values: 1 to 50.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when HealthCheck is set to on.

5

HealthCheckHttpCode

string

No

The HTTP status code that indicates a successful health check. Separate multiple status codes with commas (,).

Valid values: http_2xx, http_3xx, http_4xx, and http_5xx.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when HealthCheck is set to on.

http_2xx,http_3xx

ServerCertificateId

string

No

The ID of the server certificate.

idkp-123-cn-test-****

VServerGroupId

string

No

The ID of the vServer group.

rsp-cige6j5e7p****

CACertificateId

string

No

The ID of the CA certificate.

If you upload both a CA certificate and a server certificate, mutual authentication is used.

If you upload only a server certificate, one-way authentication is used.

139a00604ad-cn-east-hangzh****

XForwardedFor_SLBIP

string

No

Specifies whether to use the SLB-IP header to retrieve the virtual IP address (VIP) of the client. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

on

XForwardedFor_SLBID

string

No

Specifies whether to use the SLB-ID header to retrieve the instance ID of the SLB instance. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

on

XForwardedFor_proto

string

No

Specifies whether to use the X-Forwarded-Proto header to retrieve the listener protocol of the SLB instance. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

on

Gzip

string

No

Specifies whether to enable Gzip compression for specific file types. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

on

AclId

string

No

The ID of the access control list (ACL) bound to the listener.

Note

This parameter is required when AclStatus is set to on.

acl-a2do9e413e0spzasx****

AclType

string

No

The type of access control. Valid values:

  • white: Only requests from the IP addresses or CIDR blocks in the selected access control policy group are forwarded. Whitelists are applicable to scenarios in which you want to allow only specific IP addresses to access your service. Setting a whitelist poses risks. After you enable a whitelist, only the IP addresses in the whitelist can access the SLB listener.

If a whitelist is enabled but no IP address is added to the access control policy group, the SLB listener forwards all requests.

  • black: Requests from the IP addresses or CIDR blocks in the selected access control policy group are not forwarded. Blacklists are applicable to scenarios in which you want to block access from specific IP addresses.

If a blacklist is enabled but no IP address is added to the access control policy group, the SLB listener forwards all requests.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when AclStatus is set to on.

white

AclStatus

string

No

Specifies whether to enable access control. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

off

Description

string

No

The custom listener name.

The name must be 1 to 256 characters in length and can contain Chinese characters, letters, digits, hyphens (-), forward slashes (/), periods (.), and underscores (_).

HTTPS_443

IdleTimeout

integer

No

The idle connection timeout period. Valid values: 1 to 60. Default value: 15. Unit: seconds.

If no access request is received within the specified timeout period, the Server Load Balancer instance temporarily breaks the current connection and re-establishes a new connection when the next request arrives.

12

RequestTimeout

integer

No

The request timeout period. Valid values: 1 to 180. Default value: 60. Unit: seconds.

If no response is received from the backend server within the specified timeout period, the Server Load Balancer instance stops waiting and returns an HTTP 504 error code to the client.

23

EnableHttp2

string

No

Specifies whether to enable the HTTP/2 feature. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

off

TLSCipherPolicy

string

No

The security policy that contains the supported TLS protocol versions and encryption algorithm suites for HTTPS.

  • tls_cipher_policy_1_0:

    Supported TLS versions: TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1, and TLSv1.2.

    Supported encryption algorithm suites: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, AES128-GCM-SHA256, AES256-GCM-SHA384, AES128-SHA256, AES256-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, AES128-SHA, AES256-SHA, and DES-CBC3-SHA.

  • tls_cipher_policy_1_1:

    Supported TLS versions: TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2.

    Supported encryption algorithm suites: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, AES128-GCM-SHA256, AES256-GCM-SHA384, AES128-SHA256, AES256-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, AES128-SHA, AES256-SHA, and DES-CBC3-SHA.

  • tls_cipher_policy_1_2

    Supported TLS versions: TLSv1.2.

    Supported encryption algorithm suites: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, AES128-GCM-SHA256, AES256-GCM-SHA384, AES128-SHA256, AES256-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, AES128-SHA, AES256-SHA, and DES-CBC3-SHA.

  • tls_cipher_policy_1_2_strict

    Supported TLS versions: TLSv1.2.

    Supported encryption algorithm suites: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA, and ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA.

  • tls_cipher_policy_1_2_strict_with_1_3

    Supported TLS versions: TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3.

    Supported encryption algorithm suites: TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256, TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256, TLS_AES_128_CCM_8_SHA256, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA, and ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA.

tls_cipher_policy_1_1

XForwardedFor_SLBPORT

string

No

Specifies whether to use the XForwardedFor_SLBPORT header to retrieve the listener port of the Server Load Balancer instance. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

off

XForwardedFor_ClientSrcPort

string

No

Specifies whether to use the XForwardedFor_ClientSrcPort header to retrieve the port of the client that accesses the Server Load Balancer instance. Valid values:

  • on: yes.

  • off: no.

off

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "CEF72CEB-54B6-4AE8-B225-F876FF7BA984"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 ParamDuplicateError The specified parameter value of XForwardedFor_ClientCertSubjectDNAlias is duplicate. Please change to a different one. The XForwardedFor_ClientCertClientVerifyAlias parameter is duplicated.
400 IpVersionConflict The ip version of this LoadBalancer and the Acl is conflict. The IP version of the specified Server Load Balancer instance conflicts with the IP type supported by the ACL.
400 InvalidParameter.IdleTimeout The specified IdleTimeout exceeds the limit. The specified IdleTimeout is invalid. Check the parameter constraints and try again after making corrections.
400 InvalidParameter.RequestTimeout The specified RequestTimeout exceeds the limit. The specified RequestTimeout is invalid. Check the parameter constraints and try again.
400 ListenerForwardNotSupport X-Forward-For is not supported to a ipv6 instance. IPv6 SLB instances do not support X-Forwarded-For.
400 InvalidParameter.RegionNotSupport The region does not support the parameter: %s. The specified parameter is not supported in the current region.
400 InvalidParameter.SpecNotSupport The loadBalancer of shared spec does not support the parameter: %s. The specified parameter is not supported by shared-resource SLB instances.
400 ListenerProcessing A previous configuration of the listener is pending,please try again later. The current listener is being configured. Try again later.
400 Certkey.Forbidden The specified certkey is not owned by the current user. The specified certificate and key do not belong to the current user.
400 InvalidParameter.ListenerPortConflict There is conflict listener port exists. The specified listener port already exists.
400 ResourceNotAvailible.HttpsListener The specified Zone did not have enough resource. Insufficient resources in the specified zone.
400 AclNotExist Acl does not exist. The specified ACL does not exist.
400 OperationUnsupported.CreateLoadBalancerLayer7Listener The slb instance does not support create HTTP or HTTPS listener. The current SLB instance does not support creating HTTP or HTTPS listeners.
400 InvalidParameter.VServerGroupId The MasterSlaveServerGroup can not be attached to HTTP or HTTPS listener. HTTP or HTTPS listeners do not support primary/secondary server groups.
400 MissingParam.HealthCheckDomain The HealthCheckDomain is required when HealthCheckHttpVersion is http1.1. The HealthCheckDomain parameter is missing.
400 InvalidParameter.HealthCheckHttpVersion The param HealthCheckHttpVersion is invalid. The specified HealthCheckHttpVersion is invalid. Check the parameter constraints and try again after making corrections.
400 Duplicated.AclEntry %s. %s
400 CertificateNotExist The specified CertificateId does not exist. The specified certificate does not exist.
400 OperationFailed.InsufficientResources The loadbalancer does not support this operation because of insufficient resources. The operation failed because the Server Load Balancer instance does not support this operation due to insufficient resources.
400 InvalidTLSPolicyId.NotExist The specified TLS cipher policy does not exist. The specified TLS security policy does not exist.
400 TLSPolicyConfiguring The specified TLS cipher policy is configuring. The specified TLSCipherPolicy is being modified.
400 TLSCipherPolicyVipRelationOverLimit The number of listeners associated with a policy has exceeded. The number of TLSCipherPolicy instances associated with the listener has reached the quota limit.
400 CertificateTypeMismatched The certificate type does not match. The type of the specified certificate does not match.
400 MissingParam.ServerCertificates Server certificates are required. The ServerCertificates parameter is missing.
400 TooManyCertificates The number of certificates must not be greater than one. The number of certificates cannot exceed 1.
400 CnCertificateNotSupport The cn certificate is not support. China National Cryptographic Algorithm (SM) certificates are not supported.
400 InvalidParam.CertificateBindingType The param CertificateBindingType is invalid. The specified CertificateBindingType is invalid. Check the parameter constraints and try again after you make modifications.
400 InvalidParamSize.ServerCertificates The size of param ServerCertificates is invalid. The length of the specified ServerCertificates is invalid. Check the parameter constraints and try again.
400 TooManyCertificates.ServerCertificates The number of certificates must not be greater than one. The number of certificates cannot exceed 1.
400 SPEC_NOT_SUPPORT_PARAMETER Share spec does not support the feature.
400 LbNotSupportTcpssl You cannot create a TCP SSL type listener for the specified load balancer. The specified instance does not support creating listeners of the TCP/SSL type.
400 LbSupportTcpsslOnly The specified load balancer supports TCP SSL type listener only. The specified instance supports creating only listeners of the TCP/SSL type.
400 ListenerNotSupportRule You cannot create a rule for the specified listener. You cannot create a rule for the specified listener.
400 Mismatch.SlbSpecTypeAndListenerProtocol The SlbSpecType and ListenerProtocol are mismatched. The instance specification type does not match the listener type.
400 InvalidParam.TagValue %s.
400 InvalidParam.TagKey %s.
400 SizeLimitExceeded.Tag %s.
400 MissingParam.TagKey The param MissingParam.TagKey is missing.
400 AclListenerOverLimit This acl has reached the limit of binding to listeners. The number of listeners that can be associated with the specified ACL has reached the quota limit.
400 QuotaLimitExceeds.AclAttachedToListener The number of Acl bound listeners has reached the quota limit The number of listeners associated with the ACL has reached the quota limit.
400 QuotaLimitExceeds.TotalAclEntry The number of Acl entries has reached the quota limit. The number of ACL entries has reached the quota limit.
400 QuotaLimitExceeds.AclListenerOverLimit This acl has reached the limit of binding to listeners. The number of listeners that can be associated with the specified ACL has reached the quota limit.
404 ResourceNotFound.Certificate The specified resource is not found.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.