Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer — Question 17

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?

Answer options

• A. Configure an HTTP(S) load balancer.
• B. Configure an internal TCP load balancer.
• C. Configure an external SSL proxy load balancer.
• D. Configure an external TCP proxy load balancer.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct choice is A, as an HTTP(S) load balancer is specifically designed to handle SSL termination for public web applications, following Google-recommended practices. The other options, B, C, and D, do not provide the necessary SSL termination features or are not intended for public-facing applications.