“How to Create a Target Group in AWS Load Balancer: Step-by-Step Guide”

Pre-requisites

1. Create two instances with the Apache2 server running in each.
2. Make sure the web pages in each instance reflect Webserver 1 and
   WebServer 2 as the message, respectively.

Step 1: Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon EC2
console at https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/

Step 2: Launch 2 instances of Linux-based AMI.

Step 3: Connect to the instances using the EC2 instance connect option.

Step 4: Update and install Apache2 in the instances, respectively.

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install apache2 -y

Step 5: Move to the /var/www/html directory and replace the index.html file with
a new index.html file.

Step 6: Add the following content to the files in each instance “Running Web
Server 1” and “Running Web Server 2” respectively.

Instance 1:
$ echo “Running Web Server 1” > index.html

Instance 2:
$ echo “Running Web Server 2” > index.html

Create Target Groups

Step 1: Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon EC2
console at https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/

Step 2: In the right pane, under LOAD BALANCING, choose Target Groups.

Step 3: Choose Create target group.

Step 4: Under Basic configuration, do the following:

Once done, click Next

Step 5: Select one or more instances, enter one or more ports, and then choose
Include as pending below.

Step 6: Choose Create target group.