testing-load-balancers - Validate Load Balancer Traffic and Failover
Validate load balancer behavior, failover, and traffic distribution
Tags
Updated: 2026-03-20Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- send requests
- check headers
- verify SSL termination
- test distribution algorithm
- stop backend instance
- verify failure detection
- restart backend
- test failover scenarios
- validate session persistence
- test connection draining
- document results
Inputs
- deployed load balancer
- backend instances
- HTTP client tools
- load balancer configuration
- health check settings
Outputs
- traffic distribution report
- health check failover timeline
- session persistence validation results
- SSL/TLS verification results
- load balancer behavior summary
Requirements
- test environment
- HTTP client tools