For more details see https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/features
Abiquo 6.0 adds added support for load balancers in Google Cloud Platform . GCP load balancing entities can be regional or global.
In the myCloud view, there is a new Load balancers page in the Global section to manage global entities, in addition to the page in the Locations section to manage regional entities.
To use a load balancer in GCP, first create a target group. Depending on the type of target group you select, different UI fields will display.
NOTE: You cannot create target groups in Abiquo of type: MANAGED_INSTANCE_GROUP and REGIONAL_MANAGED_INSTANCE_GROUP. However, you can onboard these target groups into Abiquo.
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After you create the target group, you can create a load balancer.
Abiquo load balancer addresses are forwarding rule IP addresses in GCP. Abiquo supports one IP address.
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Abiquo
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GCP
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Comments
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Algorithm
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Session affinity
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https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/backend-service#session_affinity
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Addresses
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Forwarding rule IP
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Can be an IP from a subnet (internal LB) or a public IP (external LB). Although it’s possible to create more than one forwarding rule IP inside a LB from GCP, only 1 IP address is supported by abiquo since we cannot relate addresses to routing rules.
Used to identify if a LB is internal or external.
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Subnets
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Internal LB address subnet
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A subnet used to create the forwarding rule IP in case of internal LB.
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Routing rules
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Forwarding rule protocol and port + target proxy (if proxy based) + url map (if http(s)) + backend service
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Forward rule protocol used to identify LB type.
Forward rule protocol/ port -> Routing rule protocol/port IN
Backend service protocol/ named port -> routing rule protocol OUT/ port name out (Only for proxy based LBs).
Backend service backends -> Forward action target groups target of the default conditional action. Balancing mode will be “Rate” for HTTP(S) LBs and “Connection” for other LBs. See https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/backend-service#balancing-mode
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Health check
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Backend service health check
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A health check is needed for each backend service.
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Firewall
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None
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Assigned to the VMs directly.
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Nodes
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None
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Use target groups.
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SSL Cert.
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Self managed SSL Cert.
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(GCP).
For documentation, see GCP load balancers.