Rule Description
Rule Code: AWS-ELB-01
Identify unused Elastic Load Balancers, and consider to delete them if no needed.
By default, the ELB is consider "unused" if it isn't associated with any instances or services
Audit / Verification
Step 01: Login to the AWS Management Console.
![AWS Console login](https://cdn.dxcloudsuite.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image.png)
Step 02: Navigate Load Balance under Load Balancing section
![Load Balancer](https://cdn.dxcloudsuite.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/29204311/image-41-1024x345.png)
Step 03: Select your Elastic Load Balancer. Select the Description tab from the bottom panel.
Step 04: Search for the Status section:
![Status section of Load Balancer on AWS console](https://www.cloudconformity.com/assets/v2/images/knowledge-base/ELB/unused-elastic-load-balancers.png)
Step 05: If status indicates that “0 of 0 instances in service”. It means that there are no registered backend instances and the ELB can be safely removed and repeat the process for the other regions.
![In service section of Load Balancer on AWS console](https://www.cloudconformity.com/assets/v2/images/knowledge-base/ELB/unused-elastic-load-balancers1.png)