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title: Custom load balancing rules · Cloudflare Learning Paths
description: Custom load balancing rules let you customize the behavior of your load balancer based on the characteristics of a request.
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Custom load balancing rules let you customize the behavior of your load balancer based on the characteristics of a request.

For example, you can use URL-based routing, or create a rule that selects a pool based on the URI path of an HTTP request.

For more details, refer to [Custom load balancing rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/).
