Add instructions for deploying fleet-server behind load balancer#5273
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| The default timeout for long-poll in {{fleet-server}} is 5 minutes, the {{fleet-server}}'s write timeout, and the {{agent}}'s request timeout are set to 10 minutes. The load balancer timeout should be set to 10 minutes. | ||
| * It's recommended to configure the load balancer with TLS pass through. | ||
| ::::{note} | ||
| Starting with {{stack}} v9.4 or later, the {{fleet-server}} status API `GET /api/status` may be used to determine instance health from the load balancer. |
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Requires the change in elastic/elastic-agent#12917, the change may be back-ported if we need.
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Add instructions for deploying fleet-server behind load balancer.
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