Chapter 15
Networking in the Cloud: DNS, Load Balancing, and IP Addressing

THIS CHAPTER COVERS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES OF THE GOOGLE ASSOCIATE CLOUD ENGINEER CERTIFICATION EXAM:

•  2.4 Planning and configuring network resources
•  3.5 Deploying and implementing networking resources
•  4.5 Managing network resources

 This chapter continues the focus on networking, specifically configuring the Domain Name System (DNS), load balancing, and managing IP addresses. Cloud DNS is a managed service providing authoritative domain naming services. It is designed for high availability, low latency, and scalability. Load balancing services in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offer five types of load balancers to address a range of needs. In this chapter, you will see how HTTP(S), SSL Proxy, TCP Proxy, Network TCP/UDP, and Internal TCP/UDP Network differ and when to use each. Cloud engineers should also be familiar with managing IP addresses, in particular managing Classless...