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This error message is common and could be due to several reasons:
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Account Activation Issues: If your AWS account is new, it might not be fully activated yet. Make sure you've completed all required steps including adding a valid payment method, verifying your phone number, and choosing an AWS Support Plan. It can take up to 24 hours after activation for all services to become available.
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Service Quota Limits: You may have reached the maximum number of load balancers allowed in your account for that specific region.
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API Throttling: If you've been creating and deleting load balancers rapidly, or if you have a new account, AWS might temporarily restrict your ability to create new resources to prevent service abuse.
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Transient Service Issues: There could be temporary internal problems with the Elastic Load Balancing service or the underlying network.
Here are some steps you can try to resolve this issue:
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Wait and Retry: Sometimes these issues resolve themselves after 15-30 minutes or up to 24 hours for new accounts.
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Try a Different Region: Service availability can vary by region, so attempt to create the load balancer in a different AWS region.
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Check for Unused Resources: Ensure you don't have any hidden load balancer resources in other regions.
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Contact AWS Support: As suggested in the error message, reaching out to AWS Support is the most direct way to resolve account-specific issues. They can investigate and potentially enable load balancer creation for your account.
In the meantime, you might be able to continue working with other AWS services that are functioning correctly while waiting for this issue to be resolved.
Sources
Load balancer creation error | AWS re:Post
AWS Free tier account -Not sure why create load balancer gives | AWS re:Post
Getting this AWS account currently does not support creating load balancers. For more information, please contact AWS Support. | AWS re:Post
Cannot create Application Load Balancer — "This AWS account currently does not support creating load balancers" (new account, verified, credits active) | AWS re:Post
