steps to AWS - Creating an Application ELB

 Here are the steps to create an Application Load Balancer in AWS:

1. Log in to your AWS Management Console.
2. Navigate to the EC2 Dashboard.
3. Select "Load Balancers" from the sidebar menu.
4. Click on the "Create Load Balancer" button.
5. Select "Application Load Balancer" from the options provided.
6. Choose a name for your load balancer and select the availability zones you want it to operate in.
7. Configure the listener settings, including the protocol and port you want your load balancer to use.
8. Create a target group to specify the instances that your load balancer will send traffic to.
9. Configure health checks to ensure that the load balancer only sends traffic to healthy instances.
10. Add any necessary security groups to your load balancer to restrict access to it.
11. Review your load balancer settings and click "Create" to launch it.

Once you've created your Application Load Balancer, you can use its DNS name to distribute traffic to your instances.

You can also use the AWS Management Console to manage and modify your load balancer as needed. Additionally, you can use features like path-based routing, host-based routing, and URL-based routing to further customize how traffic is distributed to your instances.