diff --git a/libraries/elb.rb b/libraries/elb.rb
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+module WebsterClay
+  module Aws
+    module Elb
+      def elb
+        @@elb ||= Fog::AWS::ELB.new(
+          :aws_access_key_id => new_resource.aws_access_key,
+          :aws_secret_access_key => new_resource.aws_secret_access_key,
+          :region => new_resource.region
+        )
+      end
+
+      def ec2
+        @@ec2 ||= Fog::Compute.new(:provider => 'AWS',
+          :aws_access_key_id => new_resource.aws_access_key,
+          :aws_secret_access_key => new_resource.aws_secret_access_key,
+          :region => new_resource.region
+        )
+      end
+
+      def load_balancer_by_name(name)
+        elb.describe_load_balancers.body["DescribeLoadBalancersResult"]["LoadBalancerDescriptions"].detect { |lb| lb["LoadBalancerName"] == new_resource.lb_name }
+      end
+
+      def availability_zone_for_instances(instances)
+        ec2.describe_instances('instance-id' => [*instances]).body['reservationSet'].map { |r| r['instancesSet'] }.flatten.map { |i| i['placement']['availabilityZone'] }
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
+    
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diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
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+{
+  "dependencies": {
+  },
+  "name": "elb",
+  "maintainer_email": "jesse@websterclay.com",
+  "attributes": {
+  },
+  "license": "Apache 2.0",
+  "suggestions": {
+  },
+  "platforms": {
+  },
+  "maintainer": "Jesse Newland",
+  "long_description": "= DESCRIPTION:\n\n= REQUIREMENTS:\n\n= ATTRIBUTES: \n\n= USAGE:\n\n",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "recommendations": {
+  },
+  "recipes": {
+  },
+  "groupings": {
+  },
+  "conflicting": {
+  },
+  "replacing": {
+  },
+  "description": "Configure Elastic Load Balancers at AWS",
+  "providing": {
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
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+maintainer       "Jesse Newland"
+maintainer_email "jesse@websterclay.com"
+license          "Apache 2.0"
+description      "Configure Elastic Load Balancers at AWS"
+long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.rdoc'))
+version          "0.1"
diff --git a/providers/load_balancer.rb b/providers/load_balancer.rb
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+++ b/providers/load_balancer.rb
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+include WebsterClay::Aws::Elb
+
+# TODO: error handling
+# TODO: count instances in each zone and warn if not equal
+# TODO: warn if only one availability zone
+
+def load_current_resource
+
+  @current_lb = load_balancer_by_name(new_resource.lb_name)
+
+  @current_resource = Chef::Resource::ElbLoadBalancer.new(new_resource.lb_name)
+  @current_resource.lb_name(new_resource.lb_name)
+  @current_resource.aws_access_key(new_resource.aws_access_key)
+  @current_resource.aws_secret_access_key(new_resource.aws_secret_access_key)
+  @current_resource.region(new_resource.region)
+  @current_resource.listeners(new_resource.listeners)
+  @current_resource.timeout(new_resource.timeout)
+
+  if @current_lb
+    @current_resource.availability_zones(@current_lb['AvailabilityZones'])
+    @current_resource.instances(@current_lb['Instances'])
+  end
+  @current_resource.availability_zones || @current_resource.availability_zones([])
+  @current_resource.instances || @current_resource.instances([])
+
+  if new_resource.instances.nil? && new_resource.search_query
+    new_resource.instances(search(:node, new_resource.search_query).map { |n| n['ec2']['instance_id']})
+  end
+
+  all_zones = availability_zone_for_instances(new_resource.instances)
+  unique_zones = all_zones.compact.uniq
+
+  if new_resource.availability_zones.nil?
+    new_resource.availability_zones(unique_zones)
+  end
+end
+
+action :create do
+  ruby_block "Create ELB #{new_resource.lb_name}" do
+    block do
+      elb.create_load_balancer(new_resource.availability_zones, new_resource.lb_name, new_resource.listeners)
+      data = nil
+      begin
+        Timeout::timeout(new_resource.timeout) do
+          while true
+            data = load_balancer_by_name(new_resource.lb_name)
+            break if data
+            sleep 3
+          end
+        end
+      rescue Timeout::Error
+        raise "Timed out waiting for ELB data after #{new_resource.timeout} seconds"
+      end
+      node.set[:elb][new_resource.lb_name] = data
+      node.save if !Chef::Config.solo
+    end
+    action :create
+    not_if do
+      if data = load_balancer_by_name(new_resource.lb_name)
+        node.set[:elb][new_resource.lb_name] = data
+        node.save if !Chef::Config.solo
+        true
+      else
+        false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true)
+
+  instances_to_add = new_resource.instances - current_resource.instances
+  instances_to_delete = current_resource.instances - new_resource.instances
+
+  instances_to_add.each do |instance_to_add|
+    ruby_block "Register instance #{instance_to_add} with ELB #{new_resource.lb_name}" do
+      block do
+        elb.register_instances_with_load_balancer([instance_to_add], new_resource.lb_name)
+        node.set[:elb][new_resource.lb_name] = load_balancer_by_name(new_resource.lb_name)
+        node.save if !Chef::Config.solo
+      end
+      action :create
+    end
+    new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true)
+  end
+
+  instances_to_delete.each do |instance_to_delete|
+    ruby_block "Deregister instance #{instance_to_delete} from ELB #{new_resource.lb_name}" do
+      block do
+        elb.deregister_instances_from_load_balancer([instance_to_delete], new_resource.lb_name)
+        node.set[:elb][new_resource.lb_name] = load_balancer_by_name(new_resource.lb_name)
+        node.save if !Chef::Config.solo
+      end
+      action :create
+    end
+    new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true)
+  end
+
+  zones_to_add = new_resource.availability_zones - current_resource.availability_zones
+  zones_to_delete = current_resource.availability_zones - new_resource.availability_zones
+
+  zones_to_add.each do |zone_to_add|
+    ruby_block "Enabling Availability Zone #{zone_to_add} for ELB #{new_resource.lb_name}" do
+      block do
+        elb.enable_availability_zones_for_load_balancer([zone_to_add], new_resource.lb_name)
+        node.set[:elb][new_resource.lb_name] = load_balancer_by_name(new_resource.lb_name)
+        node.save if !Chef::Config.solo
+      end
+      action :create
+    end
+    new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true)
+  end
+
+  zones_to_delete.each do |zone_to_delete|
+    ruby_block "Disable Availability Zone #{zone_to_delete} for ELB #{new_resource.lb_name}" do
+      block do
+        elb.disable_availability_zones_for_load_balancer([zone_to_delete], new_resource.lb_name)
+        node.set[:elb][new_resource.lb_name] = load_balancer_by_name(new_resource.lb_name)
+        node.save if !Chef::Config.solo
+      end
+      action :create
+    end
+    new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true)
+  end
+
+end
+
+action :delete do
+  ruby_block "Delete ELB #{new_resource.lb_name}" do
+    block do
+      elb.delete_load_balancer(new_resource.lb_name)
+      node.set[:elb][new_resource.lb_name] = nil
+      node.save if !Chef::Config.solo
+    end
+    action :create
+    not_if do
+      !!!load_balancer_by_name(new_resource.lb_name)
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: elb
+# Recipe:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2011, Webster Clay, LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+r = gem_package "fog" do
+  action :nothing
+end
+
+r.run_action(:install)
+
+require 'rubygems'
+Gem.clear_paths
+require 'fog'
diff --git a/resources/load_balancer.rb b/resources/load_balancer.rb
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+actions :create, :delete
+
+attribute :lb_name,               :kind_of => String, :name_attribute => true
+attribute :aws_access_key,        :kind_of => String
+attribute :aws_secret_access_key, :kind_of => String
+attribute :region,                :kind_of => String, :default => 'us-east-1'
+attribute :availability_zones,    :kind_of => Array
+attribute :listeners,             :kind_of => Array,  :default => [{"InstancePort" => 80, "Protocol" => "HTTP", "LoadBalancerPort" => 80}]
+attribute :instances,             :kind_of => Array
+attribute :search_query,          :kind_of => String
+attribute :timeout,                                   :default => 60
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