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GCP ACE · Question 17 · Domain 2.4: Planning and configuring network resources
You are deploying a web application on Compute Engine instances located in three different regions: us-central1, europe-west1, and asia-east1. You want to provide a single global IP address to your users. Traffic should be routed to the region closest to the user, and you need to terminate SSL/TLS at the load balancer.
Which load balancer should you configure?
You are deploying a web application on Compute Engine instances located in three different regions: us-central1, europe-west1, and asia-east1. You want to provide a single global IP address to your users. Traffic should be routed to the region closest to the user, and you need to terminate SSL/TLS at the load balancer.
Which load balancer should you configure?
Answer options:
A.
External Network Load Balancer
B.
Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer
C.
Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancer
D.
TCP Proxy Load Balancer
How to approach this question
Match the requirements: 'global IP', 'cross-region routing', and 'SSL termination' (Layer 7).
Full Answer
B.Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer✓ Correct
Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer
The Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer is a proxy-based Layer 7 load balancer that enables you to run and scale your services worldwide behind a single external IP address. It automatically routes user traffic to the closest healthy instance group and handles SSL/TLS termination.
Common mistakes
Selecting Network Load Balancer, which is a regional pass-through load balancer and cannot fulfill the global IP or SSL termination requirements.
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