---
title: "Configuring load balancing using <code class=\"cmdname\"><strong>dsconfig</strong></code>"
description: Create and configure a load-balancing algorithm with dsconfig.
component: pingdirectory
version: 11.0
page_id: pingdirectory:pingdirectoryproxy_server_administration_guide:pd_proxy_config_load_balancing_dsconfig
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/pingdirectoryproxy_server_administration_guide/pd_proxy_config_load_balancing_dsconfig.html
revdate: September 13, 2023
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  example: Example:
  choose-from: Choose from:
  example-2: Example:
  example-3: Example:
---

# Configuring load balancing using `dsconfig`

Create and configure a load-balancing algorithm with `dsconfig.`

## About this task

To create and configure a load-balance algorithm:

## Steps

1. Run the `dsconfig` tool.

   When prompted, specify the host name, connection method, port number, and bind distinguished name (DN).

   ### Example:

   ```shell
   $ bin/dsconfig
   ```

2. In the PingDirectoryProxy main menu, enter the selection for `load-balancing algorithms`.

3. To create the Load Balancing Algorithm, in the `Load Balancing Algorithm menu`, select an option.

   ### Choose from:

   * To use an existing load-balancing algorithm as a template, enter `t`.

   * To create a new load-balancing algorithm from scratch, enter `n`.

     ### Example:

     In this example, a new Load Balancing Algorithm is created from scratch.

     ```
     >>>>Choose how to create the new Load Balancing Algorithm:

     n) new Load Balancing Algorithm created from scratch
     t) use an existing Load Balancing Algorithm as a template
     b) back
     q) quit

     Enter a choice [n]: n
     ```

4. In `Select the type of Load Balancing Algorithm menu`, select the type of load-balancing algorithm that you want to create.

   Depending on the type of algorithm you select, you're guided through a series of configuration properties, such as providing a name and selecting an LDAP external server.

   ### Example:

   ```
   >>>> Select the type of Load Balancing Algorithm that you want to
   create:

       1)  Failover Load Balancing Algorithm
       2)  Fewest Operations Load Balancing Algorithm
       3)  Health Weighted Load Balancing Algorithm
       4)  Single Server Load Balancing Algorithm
       5)  Weighted Load Balancing Algorithm

       ?)  help
       c)  cancel
       q)  quit

   Enter choice [c]: 3
   ```

5. Review the configuration properties for your new load-balancing algorithm and enter `f`.