Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect — Question 179

Your company has decided to make a major revision of their API in order to create better experiences for their developers. They need to keep the old version of the API available and deployable, while allowing new customers and testers to try out the new API. They want to keep the same SSL and DNS records in place to serve both APIs.

What should they do?

Answer options

• A. Configure a new load balancer for the new version of the API
• B. Reconfigure old clients to use a new endpoint for the new API
• C. Have the old API forward traffic to the new API based on the path
• D. Use separate backend pools for each API path behind the load balancer

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Option D is correct because it allows both versions of the API to coexist while effectively managing traffic through separate backend pools. This approach maintains the existing SSL and DNS configurations. The other options either complicate the process or do not adequately ensure both APIs can be accessed without interference.