# Getting Started with Load Balancers – DigitalOcean Documentation

> Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
- [Load Balancer Quickstart](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/load-balancers/getting-started/quickstart/index.html.md): Just the essentials to go from zero to working in a few minutes.
- [How to Work with DigitalOcean Load Balancers Using doctl](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/load-balancers/getting-started/with-doctl/index.html.md): Use the official command-line client for DigitalOcean’s API to create and configure a load balancer for multiple backend web servers.