PCNE Configuring Network Services Practice Question
A company wants to expose a set of internal services running on Compute Engine instances in a private VPC to other internal services using HTTP load balancing. They require L7 features like URL-based routing and SSL termination. Which load balancer should they use?
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Regional Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancer
Regional Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancer is an Envoy-based L7 load balancer for internal traffic, supporting URL maps and SSL termination.
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Regional Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancer
Why this is correct
Correct. It provides internal L7 load balancing.
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Global HTTPS Load Balancer
Why it's wrong here
Global load balancers are external-facing.
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Internal TCP/UDP Load Balancer
Why it's wrong here
This is L4, not L7.
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Regional External HTTP(S) Load Balancer
Why it's wrong here
External load balancer is for internet-facing traffic.
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