# Newbie- How to use nginx as a load balancer

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**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [December 23, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-how-to-use-nginx-as-a-load-balancer/225246 "2012-12-23T23:05:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-how-to-use-nginx-as-a-load-balancer/225246/1 "2012-12-23T23:05:09Z")

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Hello all,

I have recently been introduced to nginx, hence pardon me if my  
questions  
sound silly to you 🙂

(1) Kindly let me know how I can programmatically create/update/remove  
load  
balancers for use with apps in different languages like  
PHP/Java/Ruby/Python  
etc. So that I can deploy an app to a Cloud of my choice, and then  
create  
and configure a load balancer for use with the deployed app.

(2) Also, how do I monitor the load balancer itself?

(3) How do I assign a load balancer to a group of servers?

(4) How do I add/remove a server that is one of the multiple servers  
running  
the web app

(5) Am I correct in thinking that with ref to the web app that is being  
served by the load balancer–\>I simply have to deploy that web app to  
multiple servers, and then configure the server running nginx to be the  
load  
balancer for all those servers?

(6) Also, is the method/answer suggested by you applicable to any cloud  
of  
my choice? Can I use nginx (with the help of your answers to this  
thread) as  
a load balancer for any app/cloud?

Thanks,  
Arvind.

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> Hello all, I have recently been introduced to nginx, hence pardon me if my questions sound silly to you :) (1) Kindly let me know how I can programmatically create/update/remove load balancers for use with apps in different languages like...