What you are learning
Balancroft is load balancer options and failure modes. The teaching focus is Load Balancing (L4/L7 LB, health checks, sticky sessions).
Work in order. Early parts set vocabulary and environment; later parts assume the earlier checkpoints.
How to use these lessons
Read the goal, open the matching GitHub folder, complete the lab or exercises, then return for the explanation. If a command fails, check you are in the numbered folder first.
Parts in order
Each chapter below is one checkpoint in this track.