# APM server behind load balancer

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-behind-load-balancer/202086>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** server\
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-behind-load-balancer/202086 "2019-10-03T04:56:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nie/32/55307_2.png) [@Nie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nie)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-behind-load-balancer/202086/1 "2019-10-03T04:56:38Z")

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The apm-server.yml can be configured with ssl and certificate as shown in apm-serverl.yml file. What if I place apm-server behind a load balancer capable of doing SSL termination, will apm-server still work? My assumption is that it will still work since apm-server uses HTTP protocol. However, I want to confirm before I waste my time.

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**Author:** ![Nie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nie/32/55307_2.png) [@Nie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nie)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-behind-load-balancer/202086/2 "2019-10-04T05:26:50Z")

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We can close this. I got this working.

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**Author:** ![simitt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simitt/32/106406_2.png) [@simitt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simitt)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-behind-load-balancer/202086/3 "2019-10-04T06:17:44Z")

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