You have an instance group that you want to load balance. You want the load balancer to terminate the client SSL session. The instance group is used to serve a public web application over HTTPS. You w

The correct answer is A. Configure an HTTP(S) load balancer.. According to this guide for setting up an HTTP (S) load balancer in GCP: The client SSL session terminates at the load balancer. Sessions between the load balancer and the instance can either be HTTPS (recommended) or HTTP.

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Question

You have an instance group that you want to load balance. You want the load balancer to terminate the client SSL session. The instance group is used to serve a public web application over HTTPS. You want to follow Google-recommended practices. What should you do?

Options

AConfigure an HTTP(S) load balancer.
BConfigure an internal TCP load balancer.
CConfigure an external SSL proxy load balancer.
DConfigure an external TCP proxy load balancer.

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A
71% (20)
B
18% (5)
C
4% (1)
D
7% (2)

Explanation

According to this guide for setting up an HTTP (S) load balancer in GCP: The client SSL session terminates at the load balancer. Sessions between the load balancer and the instance can either be HTTPS (recommended) or HTTP.

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#HTTPS load balancer#SSL termination#load balancer types#public web application

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