Which load balancer use is right for global HTTP traffic?
Why C is the answer
An external Application Load Balancer
Application Load Balancers handle HTTP(S) traffic.
In detail
- An external Application Load Balancer handles global HTTP traffic.
- It works at the application layer.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A global site uses an external Application Load Balancer for its HTTP traffic.
See it in different ways
mindmap
root((Connectivity))
Hybrid
Cloud Interconnect
Cloud VPN
Shared
Shared VPC
Private access
Private Service Connect
Identity-Aware Proxy
APIs
Apigeeflowchart LR S0["User"] --> S1["Application Load Balancer"] --> S2["Nearest healthy backend"]
Key point: Application Load Balancers handle HTTP(S).
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A Cloud Router only
- A Cloud Router exchanges routes.
- B. A Cloud NAT gateway
- NAT handles outbound traffic.
- D. A VPN tunnel
- A VPN connects networks.