PCNE Configuring Network Services Practice Question
A company has a TCP-based application running on a group of Compute Engine VMs in us-central1. They need to provide a static internal IP address to clients within the VPC, while preserving the client source IP for logging. Which load balancer should they use?
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Why each option matters
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Regional Internal TCP/UDP Load Balancer
The Regional Internal TCP/UDP Load Balancer is a pass-through load balancer that preserves client IP. It provides a static internal IP and operates at L4.
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Regional Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancer
Why it's wrong here
L7 load balancer, does not preserve client IP by default and is for HTTP/S.
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Regional Internal TCP/UDP Load Balancer
Why this is correct
Correct. Pass-through L4 load balancer that preserves client IP.
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Regional External TCP/UDP Network Load Balancer
Why it's wrong here
External, not internal. Not suitable for internal clients.
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Global Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancer
Why it's wrong here
Global internal load balancers are L7 and do not preserve client IP.
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