# LoadBalancerState
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Information about the state of the load balancer.

## Contents
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 ** Code **   
The state code. The initial state of the load balancer is `provisioning`. After the load balancer is fully set up and ready to route traffic, its state is `active`. If load balancer is routing traffic but does not have the resources it needs to scale, its state is`active_impaired`. If the load balancer could not be set up, its state is `failed`.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `active | provisioning | active_impaired | failed`   
Required: No

 ** Reason **   
A description of the state.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/LoadBalancerState) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/LoadBalancerState) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/elasticloadbalancingv2-2015-12-01/LoadBalancerState)