Jul 25, 2017 · 1 min read
Well-written post! Thanks for crafting it! I’ve come to the same conclusion.
You can create a small VM on GCP, install a load balancing software (e.g. nginx) on it, configure it to point to your cluster, and give that VM a static IP, yeah.
The downsides, however, are huge:
- Your whole cluster goes down if that VM goes down and managing a HA load balancer is time-consuming and complicated.
- If the VM is recreated, it might have a different name and you’ll have to manually reconfigure the LB or the static IP.
