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Load balancer types
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References and resources
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Training
Training and tutorials
External Application Load Balancer
Learn how to set up an external Application Load Balancer and how load balancing can help scale your applications on Compute Engine.
Training
Training and tutorials
External Application Load Balancer with Cloud Armor
Learn how to configure an external Application Load Balancer with global backends, stress test the load balancer, and denylist the stress test IP address with Cloud Armor.
Training
Training and tutorials
Network Load Balancer
Learn the differences between Network Load Balancers and Application Load Balancers and how to set them up for your applications running on Compute Engine virtual machines.
Use case
Use cases
Using load balancing for highly available applications
Use load balancing with a regional managed instance group to redirect traffic away from busy or unavailable VM instances, allowing you to provide high availability even during a zonal outage.
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