Regional HTTP Load Balancers GA?

[gk]

Hello,

I was looking to use the Regional External HTTPS Loadbalancer in my production service. However, I do see that this load balancer is in Preview mode and I see this:

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Unless stated otherwise by Google, Preview offerings are intended for use in test environments only

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I wanted to check if these load balancers can be used outside of test environments and if so when is this expected to move from Preview to General Availability?

[sayem · Accepted solution]

Hello,

External HTTP(S) Load Balancing is available in a regional mode since September 29, 2021 in Public Preview not in General Availability mode. We do not have the ETA of its GA yet but you can keep an eye on “Cloud Load Balancing release notes”[1] regarding its GA date announcement. 

“This new regional external HTTP(S) load balancer contains many of the features of our existing global load balancer, but with an ever-growing list of advanced traffic management capabilities. You can use this load balancer for workloads with jurisdictional compliance requirements or to access the Standard Network Tier.”

Hope this information is helpful to you.

Link:

[1] Cloud Load Balancing release notes: https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/release-notes