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title: "Create a Server Pool"
sidebar_label: "Create a Server Pool"
description: "How to create a server pool"
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# Create a server pool

1. From the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vmware/), open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click **Products** → **Managed VMware** → **Cloud Director**.
2. Open the virtual data center page.
3. Go to **Networking** → **Edges**.
4. Open the page of the required Edge.
5. Click **SERVICES**.
6. Open the **Load Balancer** → **Pools**.
7. Click **+**.
8. Enter a pool name.
9. In the **Algorithm** field, select a [load balancing algorithm](/public-cloud/manage-load-balancer/about-load-balancer.mdx#balancing-algorithms).
10. In the **Monitor** field, select the monitoring type for backend health checks.
11. To allow internal servers to see the original client source IPs and to make the Edge act as the default gateway, enable the **Transparent** toggle. If the toggle is disabled, traffic reaches internal servers with the load balancer's source IP.
12. In the **Members** block, click **+**.
13. Enter a server name.
14. In the **IP Address** field, enter the server IP address.
15. In the **Port** field, enter the port on which the server will receive traffic.
16. In the **Monitor Port** field, enter the port for health checks (Monitor healthcheck).
17. In the **Weight** field, enter a weight value; it can be used to regulate the proportional amount of traffic received by a specific pool member.
18. Optional: in the **Max Connections** field, enter the maximum number of connections to the server.
19. Optional: in the **Min Connections** field, enter the minimum number of connections the server must process before traffic is redirected to the next pool member.
20. Click **Keep**.

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