Load Balancer Pool Member

Overview

A load balancer pool member is an individual service within a load balancing pool that handles incoming traffic distributed by the load balancer.

The LoadBalancerPoolMember model provides the following fields:

Field	Type	Required	Description
ip_address	ForeignKey to IPAddress	Yes	IP Address of the backend server. Must exist in IPAM.
label	string	No	Optional name/label for the member.
load_balancer_pool	ForeignKey to LoadBalancerPool	Yes	The pool to which this member belongs. Must exist.
status	choice	Yes	Operational status of the pool member.
port	integer	Yes	Port on which the backend server listens. Must be unique with IP.
ssl_offload	boolean	No	Indicates if SSL offload is enabled for this member.
certificate_profiles	Many-to-Many to CertificateProfile	No	SSL certificate details for this member. Should be set if SSL offload is enabled.
health_check_monitor	ForeignKey to HealthCheckMonitor	No	Optional override of the pool’s health monitor. Must exist if used.
tenant	ForeignKey to Tenant	No	Optional tenant assignment.

Details

The LoadBalancerPoolMember model represents an individual backend server within a Load Balancer Pool. Each member defines an IP Address and port where traffic will be directed by the pool, and may include SSL settings or health checks.

Pool Members are critical to load balancing operations, as they represent the actual destinations for client requests distributed by Virtual Servers through Pools.

• Must be assigned to a LoadBalancerPool.
• Must reference a valid IPAddress from Nautobot IPAM.
• May use a HealthCheckMonitor to override or enhance the pool-level monitor.
• May be assigned to a Tenant.
• Each pool member must have a unique IP Address and port combination.
• Certificate profile and health monitor are optional but recommended when ssl_offload is enabled.
• When ssl_offload is enabled, you should associate one or more CertificateProfiles with the member to ensure proper certificate mapping during configuration generation.