Guides

Managed cloud-based load balancing service that provides high availability and horizontal scaling to any application.

Basics

Introduction to Load Balancing: Learn the basics of load balancing and how NodeBalancers work.
Create a NodeBalancer: Instructions for creating a new NodeBalancer.
Manage NodeBalancers: View, edit, and manage NodeBalancers on your account.

Configuration Options: Edit the port configurations on a NodeBalancer.
Backend Nodes (Compute Instances): Manage the settings for backend nodes.
Available Protocols: A list of protocols supported by NodeBalancers
TLS/SSL Termination: Instructions on configuring TLS/SSL certificates on a NodeBalancer.
Client IP Address Pass-through: Learn the methods of retaining client connection details and passing them to backend nodes on a NodeBalancer.
Proxy Protocol: Obtain information about a client when using the TCP protocol.

Introduction to High Availability: Basic overview of high availability, covering redundancy, monitoring, and failover.
Host a Website with High Availability: A walk-through on deploying a high availability web application using Gluster (file replication), Galera (MySQL database replication), and a NodeBalancer.