--- title: Network Load Balancer description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > DDSQL Reference > Data Directory > Network Load Balancer --- # Network Load Balancer An OCI Network Load Balancer is a high-performance, ultra-low-latency load balancer designed for TCP, UDP, and TLS traffic. It provides pass-through load balancing, preserving client source IPs while distributing connections across backend servers. The service is optimized for large workloads, supports high throughput, and scales automatically. It is suited for applications requiring fast, reliable, and resilient network traffic handling. ```gdscript3 oci.networkloadbalancing_network_load_balancer ``` ## Fields | Title | ID | Type | Data Type | Description | | ------------------------------ | ---- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | | _key | core | string | | cloud_account_id | core | string | The identifier of the related cloud account. The concept of an account might have different names in different cloud providers. AWS is calling it account, GCP calls it project and Azure uses the term subscription. | | cloud_account_name | core | string | The name of the account this resource belongs to. | | cloud_provider | core | string | The name of the cloud provider. | | cloud_tags | core | hstore | | compartment_id | core | string | The value to assign to the compartment_id property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | created_at | core | timestamp | Time when the resource has been created. | | dns_name | core | string | Public or private DNS name of the load balancer. | | freeform_tags | core | hstore | The value to assign to the freeform_tags property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | id | core | string | The value to assign to the id property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | ip_addresses | core | json | The value to assign to the ip_addresses property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | is_preserve_source_destination | core | bool | The value to assign to the is_preserve_source_destination property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | is_private | core | bool | The value to assign to the is_private property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | is_symmetric_hash_enabled | core | bool | The value to assign to the is_symmetric_hash_enabled property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | lifecycle_details | core | string | The value to assign to the lifecycle_details property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | lifecycle_state | core | string | The value to assign to the lifecycle_state property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. Allowed values for this property are: "CREATING", "UPDATING", "ACTIVE", "DELETING", "DELETED", "FAILED", 'UNKNOWN_ENUM_VALUE'. Any unrecognized values returned by a service will be mapped to 'UNKNOWN_ENUM_VALUE'. | | name | core | string | The name of this resource. | | network_security_group_ids | core | array | The value to assign to the network_security_group_ids property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | nlb_ip_version | core | string | The value to assign to the nlb_ip_version property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. Allowed values for this property are: "IPV4", "IPV4_AND_IPV6", "IPV6", 'UNKNOWN_ENUM_VALUE'. Any unrecognized values returned by a service will be mapped to 'UNKNOWN_ENUM_VALUE'. | | oci_display_name | core | string | | region_id | core | string | The region this resource resides within. | | resource_type | core | string | The name of the resource type. | | scheme | core | string | Exposure scheme of the LB (e.g., internet-facing or internal). | | subnet_id | core | string | The value to assign to the subnet_id property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | tags | core | hstore_csv | | tenancy_ocid | core | string | The OCID of the tenancy containing the resource. | | time_created | core | timestamp | The value to assign to the time_created property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | time_updated | core | timestamp | The value to assign to the time_updated property of this NetworkLoadBalancerSummary. | | type | core | string | Load balancer type/class as reported by the provider. | | updated_at | core | timestamp | Time when the resource has been updated the last time. | | zone_id | core | string | The zone this resource resides within. |