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title: "Add a virtual server to a load balancer"
sidebar_label: "Add a virtual server"
description: "How to add a virtual server to a load balancer"
sidebar_position: 6
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# Add a virtual server to a load balancer

1. From the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vmware/), open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click **Products** → **Cloud based on VMware** → the **Cloud Director** section.
2. Open the virtual data center page.
3. Go to the **Networking** → **Edges** section.
4. Open the page of the required Edge.
5. Click **SERVICES**.
6. Open the **Load Balancer** → **Virtual Servers** tab.
7. Click **+**.
8. Turn on the **Enable Virtual Server** switch.
9. Select an [Application Profile](/public-cloud/manage-load-balancer/configure-application-profile/).
10. Enter a name for the virtual server.
11. Enter the IP address where the virtual server will receive requests.
12. Select a protocol.
13. Enter a port.
14. Optional: select a [server pool](/public-cloud/manage-load-balancer/add-server-pool/). If the Round Robin balancing algorithm was selected when configuring the pool, and the **Weight** parameter for each server is equal to one, then each subsequent request will be processed by the next server in the pool.
15. Optional: in the **Connection Limit** field, specify the maximum number of concurrent connections that the virtual server can handle.
16. Optional: in the **Connection Rate Limit (CPS)** field, specify the maximum number of new incoming requests per second.
17. Optional: in the Edge Gateway console, verify that the load balancer status is `UP`:

    ```bash
    Show service loadbalancer pool
    ```

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