# Load Balancer - Need some help

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 30, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/load-balancer-need-some-help/24495 "2019-04-30T05:36:23Z")\
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> [@Canuck](#):
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> Is this how Ignition expects load-balancing to be implemented?

Yes, an external load balancer.

> [@Canuck](#):
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> If so, how are the various gateways synchronized?

Manually. Via the gateway network and the Enterprise Administration Module. Or entirely manually, with gateway backups or scripted with a great deal of knowledge of the guts of Ignition.

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