GCP Load Balancer
GCP's Load Balancers are not a single entity, instead, a "Load Balancer" is just a term for a collection of services working together: These are the frontend-side of your Load Balancer: The basic creation flow of an HTTP(S) LB is like so: (Nested elements are external requirements for creating the resource) 1. URL map ➝ 2. HTTP(S) Target proxy ➝ 1. (SSL certificate) ➝ 3. Port 80/443 Forwarding rule ➝ 1. IP address ➝ 2. (SSL Certificate) ➝ 4. Backend service. 1. Instance group 2. Health check