# Load Balancer for Elastic Cloud **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 11, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-balancer-for-elastic-cloud/344839 "2023-10-11T17:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-balancer-for-elastic-cloud/344839/1 "2023-10-11T17:26:16Z")
Would like to know whether Load Balancer can be used for Elastic Cloud in Azure. Any reference architecture diagram will help. ---
**Author:** ![iulia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/iulia/32/124658_2.png) [@iulia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iulia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-balancer-for-elastic-cloud/344839/2 "2023-10-11T18:03:33Z")
Hi! You can use the quickstart guide to get elasticsearch from the Azure Marketplacec. You then have the option to enable an internal or external load balancer. [See the doc here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-deploy/master/azure-marketplace-getting-started.html) You can also see more info and guide [on the official github page.](https://github.com/elastic/azure-marketplace/tree/master) And [this is the official page](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/elastic.ec-azure-pp?exp=ubp8&tab=Overview) on the Azure Marketplace. [Here are some recommended settings](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ece-load-balancers.html#ece-load-balancers) to configure elastic load balancers. Hope this helps! Cheers, Iulia ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-balancer-for-elastic-cloud/344839/3 "2023-10-12T02:31:34Z")
Hi @mruthyu Elastic Cloud (Hosted) `cloud.elastic.co` is fronted by a Proxy/ Load Balancer to the Underlying Elastic Deployments / Clusters. To read about how to deploy / subscribe please visit The Elasticsearch Search Service Documentation (Elastic Cloud) > **[Elasticsearch Service Documentation | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/index.html)** > **[Azure Native ISV Service | Elasticsearch Service Documentation | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-azure-marketplace-native.html)** An Elastic Cloud Deployment only has a single endpoint by definition. Well technically 1 for Elasticsearch Cluster regardless number of nodes / configuration 1 for Kibana regardless of number of Kibana instances 1 for Integration/ APM server etc No matter the underlying architecture. So generally customers do not put a load balancer in front of Elastic Cloud, but that does not mean there may not be specific use cases for Load balancer such as **across** multiple clusters or Regtions with respect to Global Traffic Management, API Gateways or Some Form of Multi-Regions Application... etc, Although there may be other ways to support that. These are advanced use cases that would require additional discussion. Hope that helps @mruthyu Do you think you would still require a load balancer if there is only a single endpoint to read and write from? Perhaps there is still a need ... Example when you sign up / create a deployment you will get the set of endpoints ![Screenshot 2023-10-11 at 7.40.54 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/9/19c2536a864a035aeb12431d2d845272acaa11ff.png) Hi @iulia We have so many docs, so just clarifying a bit : The Azure ARM template that was linked to is deprecated an no longer supported.. it was deprecated at end of 7.x. it was valid at one time but no longer So @mruthyu Do not try to deploy using the ARM template. Also the last document linked to is for Elastic Cloud Enterprise which a Self Hosted / Self Managed Elastic Cloud on your own infrastructure which does not apply to our Elastic Cloud hosted solution, so that is not really applicable either. ---
**Author:** ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-balancer-for-elastic-cloud/344839/4 "2023-10-27T07:05:27Z")
Great clarification and appreciate the depth of the details provided here. As mentioned here don't think there is need to use the load balancer for cloud hosted SAAS offering, as it is single cluster as of now. Thanks Again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-balancer-for-elastic-cloud/344839/5 "2023-11-24T07:06:18Z")
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