---
title: How to manage frontends and backends
description: Learn how to manage frontends and backends with Scaleway Load Balancer. Configure endpoints, optimize traffic flow, and ensure seamless application performance.
tags: load-balancer frontend backend
dates:
  validation: 2025-10-30
  posted: 2021-05-26
---
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Once you have created a frontend and a backend for your Load Balancer, you can:
- Add additional frontends and backends
- Edit the settings of the frontend and backend
- Delete frontends and backends

This page shows you how to carry out these actions.

<Requirements />

- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)
- [Owner](/iam/concepts/#owner) status or [IAM permissions](/iam/concepts/#permission) allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
- [Created a Load Balancer](/load-balancer/how-to/create-load-balancer/)

## How to create and add frontends to a Load Balancer

See our [dedicated documentation](/load-balancer/how-to/create-frontends-backends/#how-to-create-a-frontend-after-creation-of-your-load-balancer).

## How to create and add backends to a Load Balancer

See our [dedicated documentation](/load-balancer/how-to/create-frontends-backends/#how-to-create-a-backend-after-creation-of-your-load-balancer).

## How to edit frontends

1. Click **Load Balancers** in the **Network** section of the [Scaleway console](https://console.scaleway.com) side menu. A listing of your Load Balancers displays.

2. Use the **region selector** at the top of the page to filter for the region of the Load Balancer you want to configure, then click the Load Balancer in the listing. The Load Balancer's **Overview** page displays.

3. Click the **Frontends** tab.

4. Click <Icon name="more" /> next to the frontend you want to edit.

5. Click **Edit**.

6. Make your edits. You can change:
    - Frontend name
    - Port
    - [SSL Certificate(s)](/load-balancer/how-to/add-certificate/)
    - Attached backend
    - [HTTP/3 activation](/load-balancer/reference-content/http2-http3/#http3) (under **Advanced Settings**)

4. Click **Edit frontend**.

## How to edit backends and health checks

1. Click **Load Balancers** in the **Network** section of the [Scaleway console](https://console.scaleway.com) side menu. A listing of your Load Balancers displays.

2. Use the **region selector** at the top of the page to filter for the region of the Load Balancer you want to configure, then click the Load Balancer in the listing. The Load Balancer's **Overview** page displays.

3. Click the **Backends** tab.

4. Click <Icon name="more" /> next to the backend you want to edit.

5. Click **Edit backend** or **Edit health check**.

6. Make your edits. 
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7. Click **Edit backend** (or **Edit health check**) once your edits are done.

## How to delete frontends

1. Click **Load Balancers** in the **Network** section of the [Scaleway console](https://console.scaleway.com) side menu. A listing of your Load Balancers displays.

2. Use the **region selector** at the top of the page to filter for the region of the Load Balancer you want to configure, then click the Load Balancer in the listing. The Load Balancer's **Overview** page displays.

3. Click the **Frontends** tab.

4. Click <Icon name="more" /> next to the frontend you want to delete.

5. Click **Delete**.

6. Confirm that you understand this action will irreversibly delete your frontend and its settings, by clicking **Delete frontend**.

## How to delete backends

1. Click **Load Balancers** in the **Network** section of the [Scaleway console](https://console.scaleway.com) side menu. A listing of your Load Balancers displays.

2. Use the **region selector** at the top of the page to filter for the region of the Load Balancer you want to configure, then click the Load Balancer in the listing. The Load Balancer's **Overview** page displays.

3. Click the **Backends** tab.

4. Click <Icon name="more" /> next to the backend you want to delete.

5. Click **Delete**.

6. Confirm that you understand this action will irreversibly delete your backend and its settings, by clicking **Delete backend**.