Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Resolve "Target group is not configured to receive traffic from the load balancer"

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: April 26 2023
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) articles
Let's say "Target group is not configured to receive traffic from the load balancer" is displayed in the AWS console or in the output of the aws elbv2 describe-target-health command.
~]$ aws elbv2 describe-target-health --target-group-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-1:713512344252:targetgroup/my-target-group/b12348d3a5abcd1d
{
"TargetHealthDescriptions": [
{
"Target": {
"Id": "i-0182deb20171e5945",
"Port": 80
},
"HealthCheckPort": "80",
"TargetHealth": {
"State": "unused",
"Reason": "Target.NotInUse",
"Description": "Target group is not configured to receive traffic from the load balancer"
}
},
{
"Target": {
"Id": "i-0f9a8d82897695a66",
"Port": 80
},
"HealthCheckPort": "80",
"TargetHealth": {
"State": "unused",
"Reason": "Target.NotInUse",
"Description": "Target group is not configured to receive traffic from the load balancer"
}
}
]
}
This can be returned when the Elastic Load Balancer is not configured with a Listener. In this scenario, the fix is easy. Create a listener for the load balancer.
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