---
title: "Configuring an OVHcloud Load Balancer service with redirects"
description: "Integrate your web services behind a Load Balancer with redirects"
url: https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/network/load-balancer/create-redirectlocation
lang: en
lastUpdated: 2025-11-27
---
# Configuring an OVHcloud Load Balancer service with redirects

## Objective

The **OVHcloud Load Balancer** operates by default as a proxy. It can also be configured to redirect client traffic to a third-party website. This functionality is essential for scenarios such as **domain name migration** or enforcing the **HTTPS version** of a website. This is known as **HTTP redirection**.

**This guide outlines the process for integrating your web services behind an OVHcloud Load Balancer utilizing HTTP redirections.**

## Requirements

- Have an [OVHcloud Load Balancer](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/network/load-balancer/) offer in your OVHcloud account.
- Have access to your <ManagerLink to="/">OVHcloud Control Panel</ManagerLink>.
- Have access to the [OVHcloud API](https://eu.api.ovh.com/).

## Instructions

### Overview

An HTTP redirect looks like this:

```bash
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://www.example.org/
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 174
```

Custom redirects must be formatted as `<scheme>://<net_loc>/<path>;<params>?<query>#<fragment>`. Only one redirect can be specified per frontend.

Custom redirects can be specified via the OVHcloud Control Panel or via the API, on a new or existing frontend.

### Adding a custom redirect from the OVHcloud Control Panel

You can define a custom redirect from the OVHcloud Control Panel
 in the `Bare Metal Cloud
` section and then `Load Balancer
`.
This can be done either on a new frontend during its creation, or on an existing frontend.
#### Adding a new frontend

In the `Frontends
` section, click on the `Add a frontend
` button to create a new one.
In the frontend editing page, select the `HTTP
` or `HTTPS
` protocol.

Configure the information as usual. However, it is unnecessary to specify the `Default backend
`, as it will not be used.
In the advanced settings, fill in the `HTTP redirect
`.
#### Editing an existing frontend

In the `Frontends
` section, click on the `...
` button to the right of the relevant frontend and select `Edit
`.

Make sure the selected frontend is of the `HTTP`
 or `HTTPS`
 protocol. Complete the configuration if necessary.
However, it is unnecessary to specify the `Default backend
`, as it will not be used.
In the advanced settings, fill in the `HTTP redirect
`.
![Configuration of a Frontend Redirect](/images/network/load-balancer/create-redirectlocation/add_redirectlocation.png)
Once the frontend is configured, click on `Add
` or `Edit
` depending on whether you are configuring a new frontend or an existing one.
Do not forget to deploy the configuration.
To do this, you can either:

- In the `Status` section of the <code className="action">Home</code> tab, click on the <code className="action">...</code> button of your Load Balancer and then click on <code className="action">Apply the configuration</code>.

- In the reminder banner informing you that the configuration is not applied, click on <code className="action">Apply the configuration</code>.

![Application of a Load Balancer Configuration](/images/network/load-balancer/create-redirectlocation/apply_configuration.png)
### Adding a custom redirect from the OVHcloud API

In the [OVHcloud API](https://eu.api.ovh.com/), redirects are specified in the redirectLocation string:

**Creating a new frontend**


🇪🇺EU▾

[POST/ipLoadbalancing/{serviceName}/http/frontend](https://eu.api.ovh.com/console/?section=/ipLoadbalancing&branch=v1#post-/ipLoadbalancing/-serviceName-/http/frontend)

| Parameter        | Meaning                                  |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| serviceName      | Identifier of your Load Balancer service |
| port             | Port(s) of the frontend                  |
| zone             | Deployment zone of the frontend          |
| redirectLocation | HTTP redirect URL                        |

**Updating an existing frontend**


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[PUT/ipLoadbalancing/{serviceName}/http/frontend/{frontendId}](https://eu.api.ovh.com/console/?section=/ipLoadbalancing&branch=v1#put-/ipLoadbalancing/-serviceName-/http/frontend/-frontendId-)

| Parameter        | Meaning                                  |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| serviceName      | Identifier of your Load Balancer service |
| frontendId       | Identifier of the frontend to update     |
| redirectLocation | HTTP redirect URL                        |

**Applying the changes**


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[POST/ipLoadbalancing/{serviceName}/refresh](https://eu.api.ovh.com/console/?section=/ipLoadbalancing&branch=v1#post-/ipLoadbalancing/-serviceName-/refresh)

| Parameter   | Meaning                                  |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| serviceName | Identifier of your Load Balancer service |
| zone        | Deployment zone of the frontend          |

## Go further

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