doctl compute load-balancer get
Generated on 20 Oct 2025
from doctl version
v1.146.0
Usage
doctl compute load-balancer get <load-balancer-id> [flags]Aliases
gDescription
Use this command to retrieve information about a load balancer instance, including:
- The load balancer’s ID
- The load balancer’s name
- The load balancer’s IP address
- The current state of the load balancer. This can be
new,active, orerrored. - The load balancer’s creation date, in ISO8601 combined date and time format.
- The load balancer’s forwarding rules. See
doctl compute load-balancer add-forwarding-rules --helpfor a list. - The
health_checksettings for the load balancer. - The
sticky_sessionssettings for the load balancer. - The datacenter region the load balancer is located in.
- The Droplet tag corresponding to the Droplets assigned to the load balancer.
- The IDs of the Droplets assigned to the load balancer.
- Whether HTTP request to the load balancer on port 80 will be redirected to HTTPS on port 443.
- Whether the PROXY protocol is in use on the load balancer.
Flags
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--format |
Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: ID, IP, IPv6, Name, Status, Created, Region, Size, SizeUnit, VPCUUID, Tag, DropletIDs, RedirectHttpToHttps, StickySessions, HealthCheck, ForwardingRules, Firewall, DisableLetsEncryptDNSRecords. |
--help, -h |
Help for this command |
--no-header |
Return raw data with no headers Default: false |
Related Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| doctl compute load-balancer | Display commands to manage load balancers |
Global Flags
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--access-token, -t |
API V2 access token |
--api-url, -u |
Override default API endpoint |
--config, -c |
Specify a custom config file Default: |
--context |
Specify a custom authentication context name |
--http-retry-max |
Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
Default: 5 |
--http-retry-wait-max |
Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 30 |
--http-retry-wait-min |
Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 1 |
--interactive |
Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
Default: false |
--output, -o |
Desired output format [text|json] Default: text |
--trace |
Show a log of network activity while performing a command Default: false |
--verbose, -v |
Enable verbose output Default: false |