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POST
/
load-balancers
Create load balancer
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.sevalla.com/v3/load-balancers \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "display_name": "My Load Balancer",
  "type": "DEFAULT",
  "project_id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"
}
'
{
  "id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657",
  "company_id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657",
  "project_id": "fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657",
  "display_name": "My Load Balancer",
  "name": "my-load-balancer",
  "type": "DEFAULT",
  "created_at": "2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

API key authentication. Pass your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Body

application/json
​
display_name
string
required

Human-readable name for the load balancer. Must be between 2 and 64 characters.

Required string length: 2 - 64
Example:

"My Load Balancer"

​
type
enum<string>

Routing type for the load balancer. Defaults to DEFAULT. DEFAULT - standard round-robin or weighted routing. GEO - geographic routing based on client location.

Available options:
DEFAULT,
GEO
Example:

"DEFAULT"

​
project_id
string<uuid> | null

Identifier of the project to group this load balancer under. When omitted, the load balancer is not assigned to any project.

Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

Response

Default Response

​
id
string<uuid>
required

Unique identifier for the load balancer

Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

​
company_id
string
required

Identifier of the company that owns this load balancer

Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

​
project_id
string<uuid> | null
required

Identifier of the project this load balancer is grouped under

Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
Example:

"fb5e5168-4281-4bec-94c5-0d1584e9e657"

​
display_name
string
required

Human-readable name shown in the dashboard and API responses

Example:

"My Load Balancer"

​
name
string
required

Unique system name auto-generated from the display name

Example:

"my-load-balancer"

​
type
enum<string>
required

Load balancer routing type. DEFAULT - standard round-robin or weighted routing. GEO - geographic routing based on client location.

Available options:
DEFAULT,
GEO
Example:

"DEFAULT"

​
created_at
string<date-time>
required

Timestamp when the load balancer was created, in ISO 8601 format

Pattern: ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$
Example:

"2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z"

​
updated_at
string<date-time>
required

Timestamp when the load balancer was last modified, in ISO 8601 format

Pattern: ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$
Example:

"2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z"