AWS CLI v2 — ELBv2 (Elastic Load Balancing v2)

Overview

Complete reference for all aws elbv2 subcommands in AWS CLI v2. Covers Application Load Balancers (ALB), Network Load Balancers (NLB), Gateway Load Balancers (GWLB), target groups, listeners, listener rules, health checks, SSL certificates, and WAF integration.

Quick Reference — Common Workflows

Create ALB for ECS

bash

aws elbv2 create-load-balancer --name my-alb --type application \
  --subnets subnet-aaa subnet-bbb --security-groups sg-xxx

Create target group (IP type for awsvpc network mode)

bash

aws elbv2 create-target-group --name my-tg --protocol HTTP --port 80 \
  --vpc-id vpc-xxx --target-type ip \
  --health-check-path /health --health-check-interval-seconds 30

Create HTTPS listener with default action

bash

aws elbv2 create-listener --load-balancer-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:... \
  --protocol HTTPS --port 443 \
  --certificates CertificateArn=arn:aws:acm:... \
  --default-actions Type=forward,TargetGroupArn=arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:...

Create path-based routing rule

bash

aws elbv2 create-rule --listener-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:... \
  --conditions Field=path-pattern,Values='/api/*' \
  --actions Type=forward,TargetGroupArn=arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:... \
  --priority 10

Describe target health

bash

aws elbv2 describe-target-health --target-group-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:...

Covered Command Groups

Group	Commands	Description
Load Balancers	create, delete, describe, modify, set-subnets, set-security-groups, set-ip-address-type	ALB/NLB/GWLB lifecycle
Target Groups	create, delete, describe, modify, register/deregister targets, describe-target-health	Target management
Listeners	create, delete, describe, modify	Listener configuration
Rules	create, delete, describe, modify, set-rule-priorities	Routing rules
Certificates	add, remove, describe listener certificates	SSL/TLS management
Attributes	describe/modify load-balancer-attributes, describe/modify target-group-attributes	Feature configuration
Tags	add-tags, remove-tags, describe-tags	Resource tagging

Command Reference

See references/index.md for the quick reference table and global options.

Group	File	Commands
Load Balancers	`load-balancers.md`	create-load-balancer, delete-load-balancer, describe-load-balancers, modify-load-balancer-attributes, describe-load-balancer-attributes, set-subnets, set-security-groups, set-ip-address-type, get-resource-policy, describe-capacity-reservation, modify-capacity-reservation, modify-ip-pools
Target Groups	`target-groups.md`	create-target-group, delete-target-group, describe-target-groups, modify-target-group, modify-target-group-attributes, describe-target-group-attributes, register-targets, deregister-targets, describe-target-health
Listeners	`listeners.md`	create-listener, delete-listener, describe-listeners, modify-listener, describe-listener-attributes, modify-listener-attributes
Rules	`rules.md`	create-rule, delete-rule, describe-rules, modify-rule, set-rule-priorities
Certificates	`certificates.md`	add-listener-certificates, remove-listener-certificates, describe-listener-certificates
SSL Policies	`ssl-policies.md`	describe-ssl-policies
Trust Stores	`trust-stores.md`	create-trust-store, delete-trust-store, describe-trust-stores, modify-trust-store, get-trust-store-ca-certificates-bundle, describe-trust-store-associations, add-trust-store-revocations, remove-trust-store-revocations, describe-trust-store-revocations, get-trust-store-revocation-content, delete-shared-trust-store-association
Tags	`tags.md`	add-tags, remove-tags, describe-tags
Account Limits	`account-limits.md`	describe-account-limits
Wait Commands	`wait-commands.md`	wait load-balancer-available, wait load-balancer-exists, wait load-balancers-deleted, wait target-deregistered, wait target-in-service