How-to Guides

Overview Guides

• Choosing a Load Balancer

  A short guide to choosing the right load balancer

HTTP(S) Guides

• Setting Up HTTP(S) Load Balancing

  Set up an HTTP(S) load balancer

• Creating Content-Based Load Balancing

  Create content-based load balancing

• Adding a Cloud Storage Bucket to Content-Based Load Balancing

  Add a bucket to content-based load balancing

• Creating Cross-region Load Balancing

  Create cross-region load balancing

• HTTP(S) logging and monitoring

  Set up Stackdriver logging and monitoring for HTTP(S) Load Balancing

SSL Proxy Load Balancing Guides

• Setting Up SSL Proxy Load Balancing

  Set up SSL proxy Load Balancing

TCP Proxy Load Balancing Guides

• Setting Up TCP Proxy Load Balancing

  Set up TCP Proxy Load Balancing

• TCP/SSL Logging and Monitoring

  Set up Stackdriver logging and monitoring for TCP/SSL Load Balancing

Network Load Balancing Guides

• Setting Up Network Load Balancing

  Set up Network Load Balancing

Internal Load Balancing Guides

• Setting Up Internal Load Balancing

  Set up Internal Load Balancing

• Internal Load Balancing Logging and Monitoring

  Set up Stackdriver logging and monitoring for Internal Load Balancing

Network Endpoint Groups in Load Balancing Guides

• Setting Up Network Endpoint Groups in Load Balancing

  Set up network endpoint groups in load balancing

Load Balancing Components

• Using Backend Services

  Configure a backend service for your load balancer

• Using Backend Buckets

  Use a Cloud Storage bucket as a load balancer backend

• Creating and Using SSL Certificates

  Create and install one or more SSL certificates

• Using SSL Policies

  Control the features of SSL that your SSL proxy or HTTPS load balancer negotiates.

• Enabling Connection Draining

  Enable connection draining on backend services to ensure minimal interruption when an instance is removed from an instance group

• Adding Health Checks

  Add health checks to monitor your instances' condition

• Using Target Proxies

  Use target proxies to direct incoming requests to a URL map or backend services

• Using Target Pools

  Create a group of instances that receive incoming traffic from forwarding rules

• Using Forwarding Rules

  Create forwarding rules to provide the frontend configuration for GCP load balancers

• Using URL Maps

  Direct traffic to different instances based on the incoming URL