Multi-Region GCP
Deploy highly available Ubuntu infrastructure across multiple GCP regions with global load balancing and auto-scaling

Global Load Balancer
Distributes traffic across regions with health checks and automatic failover
Auto Scaling
2-10 instances per region with CPU and load-based scaling
Security & Monitoring
Cloud Armor DDoS protection with comprehensive monitoring
Infrastructure Components
- 3 Regional deployments (US Central, US East, Europe West)
- Global VPC with regional subnets
- Managed Instance Groups with auto-healing
- Global HTTP(S) Load Balancer
- Cloud Armor security policies
Enterprise Security Features
- KMS-encrypted disks in all regions
- DDoS protection with Cloud Armor
- Regional traffic filtering
- Comprehensive health monitoring
- Automated security updates
Technical Requirements
- Google Cloud SDK with Deployment Manager
- Advanced YAML and Jinja2 knowledge
- Understanding of load balancing concepts
- Network architecture experience
GCP Requirements
- GCP project with sufficient quotas
- Multiple APIs enabled (Compute, KMS, etc.)
- IAM permissions for global resources
- Budget planning (~$200-500/month)
Create multi-region-deployment.yaml
with the complete multi-region infrastructure:
# Multi-Region GCP Deployment with Global Load Balancer
# This template creates a highly available infrastructure across multiple regions
imports:
- path: templates/instance-template.jinja
- path: templates/health-check.jinja
- path: templates/backend-service.jinja
resources:
# Global VPC Network
- name: global-vpc
type: compute.v1.network
properties:
autoCreateSubnetworks: false
routingConfig:
routingMode: GLOBAL
# Regional Subnets
- name: subnet-us-central1
type: compute.v1.subnetwork
properties:
region: us-central1
network: $(ref.global-vpc.selfLink)
ipCidrRange: 10.1.0.0/16
privateIpGoogleAccess: true
secondaryIpRanges:
- rangeName: pods
ipCidrRange: 10.101.0.0/16
- rangeName: services
ipCidrRange: 10.201.0.0/16
- name: subnet-us-east1
type: compute.v1.subnetwork
properties:
region: us-east1
network: $(ref.global-vpc.selfLink)
ipCidrRange: 10.2.0.0/16
privateIpGoogleAccess: true
secondaryIpRanges:
- rangeName: pods
ipCidrRange: 10.102.0.0/16
- rangeName: services
ipCidrRange: 10.202.0.0/16
- name: subnet-europe-west1
type: compute.v1.subnetwork
properties:
region: europe-west1
network: $(ref.global-vpc.selfLink)
ipCidrRange: 10.3.0.0/16
privateIpGoogleAccess: true
secondaryIpRanges:
- rangeName: pods
ipCidrRange: 10.103.0.0/16
- rangeName: services
ipCidrRange: 10.203.0.0/16
# Global Firewall Rules
- name: allow-health-check
type: compute.v1.firewall
properties:
network: $(ref.global-vpc.selfLink)
allowed:
- IPProtocol: TCP
ports: ["80", "443", "8080"]
sourceRanges:
- 130.211.0.0/22
- 35.191.0.0/16
targetTags: ["web-server"]
- name: allow-ssh
type: compute.v1.firewall
properties:
network: $(ref.global-vpc.selfLink)
allowed:
- IPProtocol: TCP
ports: ["22"]
sourceRanges: ["0.0.0.0/0"]
targetTags: ["ssh-access"]
- name: allow-internal
type: compute.v1.firewall
properties:
network: $(ref.global-vpc.selfLink)
allowed:
- IPProtocol: TCP
ports: ["0-65535"]
- IPProtocol: UDP
ports: ["0-65535"]
- IPProtocol: ICMP
sourceRanges:
- 10.1.0.0/16
- 10.2.0.0/16
- 10.3.0.0/16
targetTags: ["internal-access"]
# Instance Templates for each region
- name: instance-template-us-central1
type: templates/instance-template.jinja
properties:
region: us-central1
zone: us-central1-a
machineType: e2-standard-2
network: $(ref.global-vpc.selfLink)
subnet: $(ref.subnet-us-central1.selfLink)
tags: ["web-server", "ssh-access", "internal-access", "us-central1"]
- name: instance-template-us-east1
type: templates/instance-template.jinja
properties:
region: us-east1
zone: us-east1-b
machineType: e2-standard-2
network: $(ref.global-vpc.selfLink)
subnet: $(ref.subnet-us-east1.selfLink)
tags: ["web-server", "ssh-access", "internal-access", "us-east1"]
- name: instance-template-europe-west1
type: templates/instance-template.jinja
properties:
region: europe-west1
zone: europe-west1-b
machineType: e2-standard-2
network: $(ref.global-vpc.selfLink)
subnet: $(ref.subnet-europe-west1.selfLink)
tags: ["web-server", "ssh-access", "internal-access", "europe-west1"]
# Managed Instance Groups
- name: mig-us-central1
type: compute.v1.regionInstanceGroupManager
properties:
region: us-central1
baseInstanceName: web-server-us-central1
instanceTemplate: $(ref.instance-template-us-central1.selfLink)
targetSize: 2
namedPorts:
- name: http
port: 80
- name: https
port: 443
autoHealingPolicies:
- healthCheck: $(ref.health-check-http.selfLink)
initialDelaySec: 300
- name: mig-us-east1
type: compute.v1.regionInstanceGroupManager
properties:
region: us-east1
baseInstanceName: web-server-us-east1
instanceTemplate: $(ref.instance-template-us-east1.selfLink)
targetSize: 2
namedPorts:
- name: http
port: 80
- name: https
port: 443
autoHealingPolicies:
- healthCheck: $(ref.health-check-http.selfLink)
initialDelaySec: 300
- name: mig-europe-west1
type: compute.v1.regionInstanceGroupManager
properties:
region: europe-west1
baseInstanceName: web-server-europe-west1
instanceTemplate: $(ref.instance-template-europe-west1.selfLink)
targetSize: 2
namedPorts:
- name: http
port: 80
- name: https
port: 443
autoHealingPolicies:
- healthCheck: $(ref.health-check-http.selfLink)
initialDelaySec: 300
# Auto Scalers
- name: autoscaler-us-central1
type: compute.v1.regionAutoscaler
properties:
region: us-central1
target: $(ref.mig-us-central1.selfLink)
autoscalingPolicy:
minNumReplicas: 2
maxNumReplicas: 10
cpuUtilization:
utilizationTarget: 0.7
loadBalancingUtilization:
utilizationTarget: 0.8
coolDownPeriodSec: 300
- name: autoscaler-us-east1
type: compute.v1.regionAutoscaler
properties:
region: us-east1
target: $(ref.mig-us-east1.selfLink)
autoscalingPolicy:
minNumReplicas: 2
maxNumReplicas: 10
cpuUtilization:
utilizationTarget: 0.7
loadBalancingUtilization:
utilizationTarget: 0.8
coolDownPeriodSec: 300
- name: autoscaler-europe-west1
type: compute.v1.regionAutoscaler
properties:
region: europe-west1
target: $(ref.mig-europe-west1.selfLink)
autoscalingPolicy:
minNumReplicas: 2
maxNumReplicas: 10
cpuUtilization:
utilizationTarget: 0.7
loadBalancingUtilization:
utilizationTarget: 0.8
coolDownPeriodSec: 300
# Health Checks
- name: health-check-http
type: templates/health-check.jinja
properties:
protocol: HTTP
port: 80
requestPath: /health
checkIntervalSec: 10
timeoutSec: 5
healthyThreshold: 2
unhealthyThreshold: 3
- name: health-check-https
type: templates/health-check.jinja
properties:
protocol: HTTPS
port: 443
requestPath: /health
checkIntervalSec: 10
timeoutSec: 5
healthyThreshold: 2
unhealthyThreshold: 3
# Backend Services
- name: backend-service-http
type: templates/backend-service.jinja
properties:
protocol: HTTP
port: 80
healthCheck: $(ref.health-check-http.selfLink)
backends:
- group: $(ref.mig-us-central1.instanceGroup)
balancingMode: UTILIZATION
maxUtilization: 0.8
capacityScaler: 1.0
- group: $(ref.mig-us-east1.instanceGroup)
balancingMode: UTILIZATION
maxUtilization: 0.8
capacityScaler: 1.0
- group: $(ref.mig-europe-west1.instanceGroup)
balancingMode: UTILIZATION
maxUtilization: 0.8
capacityScaler: 1.0
- name: backend-service-https
type: templates/backend-service.jinja
properties:
protocol: HTTPS
port: 443
healthCheck: $(ref.health-check-https.selfLink)
backends:
- group: $(ref.mig-us-central1.instanceGroup)
balancingMode: UTILIZATION
maxUtilization: 0.8
capacityScaler: 1.0
- group: $(ref.mig-us-east1.instanceGroup)
balancingMode: UTILIZATION
maxUtilization: 0.8
capacityScaler: 1.0
- group: $(ref.mig-europe-west1.instanceGroup)
balancingMode: UTILIZATION
maxUtilization: 0.8
capacityScaler: 1.0
# Global IP Address
- name: global-ip
type: compute.v1.globalAddress
properties:
ipVersion: IPV4
# URL Map
- name: url-map
type: compute.v1.urlMap
properties:
defaultService: $(ref.backend-service-http.selfLink)
hostRules:
- hosts: ["*"]
pathMatcher: path-matcher-1
pathMatchers:
- name: path-matcher-1
defaultService: $(ref.backend-service-http.selfLink)
pathRules:
- paths: ["/api/*"]
service: $(ref.backend-service-http.selfLink)
- paths: ["/static/*"]
service: $(ref.backend-service-http.selfLink)
# HTTP(S) Proxy
- name: target-http-proxy
type: compute.v1.targetHttpProxy
properties:
urlMap: $(ref.url-map.selfLink)
# Global Forwarding Rule
- name: global-forwarding-rule-http
type: compute.v1.globalForwardingRule
properties:
IPAddress: $(ref.global-ip.address)
IPProtocol: TCP
portRange: 80
target: $(ref.target-http-proxy.selfLink)
# Cloud Armor Security Policy
- name: security-policy
type: compute.v1.securityPolicy
properties:
description: "Multi-region security policy with DDoS protection"
rules:
- priority: 1000
match:
versionedExpr: SRC_IPS_V1
config:
srcIpRanges: ["*"]
action: allow
description: "Allow all traffic by default"
- priority: 2000
match:
expr:
expression: "origin.region_code == 'CN'"
action: deny(403)
description: "Block traffic from specific regions"
adaptiveProtectionConfig:
layer7DdosDefenseConfig:
enable: true
ruleVisibility: STANDARD
outputs:
- name: global-ip-address
value: $(ref.global-ip.address)
- name: load-balancer-url
value: http://$(ref.global-ip.address)
- name: regions-deployed
value: "us-central1, us-east1, europe-west1"
- name: total-instances
value: "6 (2 per region)"
- name: auto-scaling-enabled
value: "2-10 instances per region"
Create templates/instance-template.jinja
:
# Instance Template Jinja2 Template
# File: templates/instance-template.jinja
resources:
- name: {{ env["name"] }}
type: compute.v1.instanceTemplate
properties:
properties:
machineType: {{ properties["machineType"] }}
disks:
- deviceName: boot
type: PERSISTENT
boot: true
autoDelete: true
initializeParams:
sourceImage: projects/ubuntu-os-cloud/global/images/family/ubuntu-2204-lts
diskType: pd-ssd
diskSizeGb: 20
diskEncryptionKey:
kmsKeyName: projects/{{ env["project"] }}/locations/{{ properties["region"] }}/keyRings/vm-encryption/cryptoKeys/vm-key
networkInterfaces:
- network: {{ properties["network"] }}
subnetwork: {{ properties["subnet"] }}
accessConfigs:
- name: External NAT
type: ONE_TO_ONE_NAT
tags:
items: {{ properties["tags"] }}
serviceAccounts:
- email: default
scopes:
- https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
metadata:
items:
- key: startup-script
value: |
#!/bin/bash
# Update system
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
# Install required packages
apt-get install -y \
nginx \
ufw \
fail2ban \
htop \
curl \
wget \
git \
vim \
unattended-upgrades \
google-cloud-ops-agent \
certbot \
python3-certbot-nginx
# Configure UFW firewall
ufw default deny incoming
ufw default allow outgoing
ufw allow ssh
ufw allow 'Nginx Full'
ufw allow 8080
ufw --force enable
# Configure Nginx with health check endpoint
cat > /etc/nginx/sites-available/default << 'EOF'
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
server_name _;
# Security headers
add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
add_header X-Region "{{ properties['region'] }}";
add_header X-Zone "{{ properties['zone'] }}";
root /var/www/html;
index index.html index.htm;
# Health check endpoint
location /health {
access_log off;
return 200 "healthy\n";
add_header Content-Type text/plain;
}
# Status endpoint with region info
location /status {
return 200 '{"status":"ok","region":"{{ properties['region'] }}","zone":"{{ properties['zone'] }}","timestamp":"'$(date -Iseconds)'"}';
add_header Content-Type application/json;
}
location / {
try_files \$uri \$uri/ =404;
}
# Hide server version
server_tokens off;
}
EOF
# Create custom index page with region information
cat > /var/www/html/index.html << 'EOF'
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Multi-Region Ubuntu Server</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
body {
font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
margin: 0;
padding: 40px;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #667eea 0%, #764ba2 100%);
color: white;
min-height: 100vh;
}
.container {
max-width: 800px;
margin: 0 auto;
background: rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
padding: 40px;
border-radius: 15px;
backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
box-shadow: 0 8px 32px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}
.header { text-align: center; margin-bottom: 30px; }
.status {
background: rgba(255,255,255,0.2);
padding: 20px;
border-radius: 10px;
margin: 20px 0;
border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50;
}
.info {
background: rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
padding: 15px;
border-radius: 10px;
margin: 10px 0;
}
.region-badge {
display: inline-block;
background: #4CAF50;
color: white;
padding: 5px 15px;
border-radius: 20px;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 5px;
}
.metric {
display: inline-block;
margin: 10px 20px 10px 0;
}
.metric-value {
font-size: 24px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #4CAF50;
}
.metric-label {
font-size: 12px;
opacity: 0.8;
}
</style>
<script>
function updateStatus() {
fetch('/status')
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => {
document.getElementById('timestamp').textContent = new Date(data.timestamp).toLocaleString();
document.getElementById('region').textContent = data.region;
document.getElementById('zone').textContent = data.zone;
})
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
}
setInterval(updateStatus, 30000);
window.onload = updateStatus;
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header">
<h1>🌍 Multi-Region Ubuntu Server</h1>
<p>High Availability Infrastructure with Global Load Balancing</p>
<div class="region-badge">Region: {{ properties['region'] }}</div>
<div class="region-badge">Zone: {{ properties['zone'] }}</div>
</div>
<div class="status">
<h3>✅ Server Status: Active</h3>
<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value" id="region">{{ properties['region'] }}</div>
<div class="metric-label">Current Region</div>
</div>
<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value" id="zone">{{ properties['zone'] }}</div>
<div class="metric-label">Availability Zone</div>
</div>
<div class="metric">
<div class="metric-value" id="timestamp">Loading...</div>
<div class="metric-label">Last Updated</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="info">
<h4>🔒 Security Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>UFW Firewall configured</li>
<li>Fail2Ban intrusion prevention</li>
<li>SSH hardening applied</li>
<li>Google Cloud Ops Agent monitoring</li>
<li>Automatic security updates</li>
<li>Cloud Armor DDoS protection</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="info">
<h4>🚀 Infrastructure Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Global Load Balancer distribution</li>
<li>Auto-scaling (2-10 instances per region)</li>
<li>Health check monitoring</li>
<li>Multi-region deployment</li>
<li>Automatic failover capability</li>
<li>SSL/TLS termination ready</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="info">
<h4>📊 Endpoints:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="/health" style="color: #4CAF50;">/health</a> - Health check endpoint</li>
<li><a href="/status" style="color: #4CAF50;">/status</a> - Status and region info</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
EOF
# Configure Fail2Ban
cat > /etc/fail2ban/jail.local << 'EOF'
[DEFAULT]
bantime = 3600
findtime = 600
maxretry = 3
[sshd]
enabled = true
port = ssh
filter = sshd
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 3
bantime = 3600
[nginx-http-auth]
enabled = true
filter = nginx-http-auth
logpath = /var/log/nginx/error.log
maxretry = 5
bantime = 3600
EOF
# Start and enable services
systemctl restart nginx
systemctl enable nginx
systemctl enable fail2ban
systemctl start fail2ban
systemctl enable google-cloud-ops-agent
systemctl start google-cloud-ops-agent
# Configure automatic security updates
echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "false";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
systemctl enable unattended-upgrades
# Log deployment completion
echo "Multi-region instance deployment completed at $(date)" >> /var/log/deployment.log
echo "Region: {{ properties['region'] }}, Zone: {{ properties['zone'] }}" >> /var/log/deployment.log
Create templates/health-check.jinja
:
# Health Check Jinja2 Template
# File: templates/health-check.jinja
resources:
- name: {{ env["name"] }}
type: compute.v1.healthCheck
properties:
type: {{ properties["protocol"] }}
{{ properties["protocol"].lower() }}HealthCheck:
port: {{ properties["port"] }}
requestPath: {{ properties["requestPath"] }}
checkIntervalSec: {{ properties["checkIntervalSec"] }}
timeoutSec: {{ properties["timeoutSec"] }}
healthyThreshold: {{ properties["healthyThreshold"] }}
unhealthyThreshold: {{ properties["unhealthyThreshold"] }}
description: "Health check for {{ properties['protocol'] }} on port {{ properties['port'] }}"
logConfig:
enable: true
Create templates/backend-service.jinja
:
# Backend Service Jinja2 Template
# File: templates/backend-service.jinja
resources:
- name: {{ env["name"] }}
type: compute.v1.backendService
properties:
protocol: {{ properties["protocol"] }}
port: {{ properties["port"] }}
portName: {{ properties["protocol"].lower() }}
healthChecks:
- {{ properties["healthCheck"] }}
backends: {{ properties["backends"] }}
loadBalancingScheme: EXTERNAL
sessionAffinity: NONE
timeoutSec: 30
connectionDraining:
drainingTimeoutSec: 300
logConfig:
enable: true
sampleRate: 1.0
securityPolicy: $(ref.security-policy.selfLink)
description: "Backend service for {{ properties['protocol'] }} traffic"
# Multi-Region GCP Deployment Commands
# 1. Set up environment variables
export PROJECT_ID="your-project-id"
export DEPLOYMENT_NAME="multi-region-infrastructure"
# 2. Enable required APIs
gcloud services enable compute.googleapis.com
gcloud services enable deploymentmanager.googleapis.com
gcloud services enable cloudkms.googleapis.com
gcloud services enable logging.googleapis.com
gcloud services enable monitoring.googleapis.com
# 3. Create KMS keys for each region
regions=("us-central1" "us-east1" "europe-west1")
for region in "${regions[@]}"; do
gcloud kms keyrings create vm-encryption --location=$region
gcloud kms keys create vm-key --location=$region --keyring=vm-encryption --purpose=encryption
done
# 4. Create the deployment directory structure
mkdir -p multi-region-deployment/templates
cd multi-region-deployment
# 5. Create all template files (instance-template.jinja, health-check.jinja, backend-service.jinja)
# Copy the templates provided in this guide
# 6. Deploy the multi-region infrastructure
gcloud deployment-manager deployments create $DEPLOYMENT_NAME \
--config=multi-region-deployment.yaml \
--description="Multi-region Ubuntu infrastructure with global load balancer"
# 7. Monitor deployment progress
gcloud deployment-manager deployments describe $DEPLOYMENT_NAME
# 8. Get the global IP address
GLOBAL_IP=$(gcloud compute addresses describe global-ip --global --format="value(address)")
echo "Global Load Balancer IP: $GLOBAL_IP"
# 9. Test the deployment
curl -H "Host: your-domain.com" http://$GLOBAL_IP/health
curl -H "Host: your-domain.com" http://$GLOBAL_IP/status
# 10. Set up DNS (replace with your domain)
# gcloud dns record-sets transaction start --zone=your-zone
# gcloud dns record-sets transaction add $GLOBAL_IP --name=your-domain.com. --ttl=300 --type=A --zone=your-zone
# gcloud dns record-sets transaction execute --zone=your-zone
Deployment Timeline:
- • Infrastructure provisioning: ~15-20 minutes
- • Instance group creation: ~10-15 minutes
- • Load balancer configuration: ~10-15 minutes
- • Health check stabilization: ~15-20 minutes
- • Total deployment time: ~50-70 minutes
# Multi-Region Monitoring and Management Commands
# Check instance groups status across all regions
regions=("us-central1" "us-east1" "europe-west1")
for region in "${regions[@]}"; do
echo "=== Region: $region ==="
gcloud compute instance-groups managed describe mig-$region --region=$region
echo ""
done
# Check auto-scaler status
for region in "${regions[@]}"; do
echo "=== Auto-scaler status for $region ==="
gcloud compute instance-groups managed describe mig-$region --region=$region --format="value(status.autoscaler)"
echo ""
done
# Monitor load balancer backend health
gcloud compute backend-services get-health backend-service-http --global
# Check global forwarding rule status
gcloud compute forwarding-rules describe global-forwarding-rule-http --global
# Monitor traffic distribution
gcloud logging read "resource.type=http_load_balancer" --limit=50 --format=json
# Scale instance groups manually (if needed)
gcloud compute instance-groups managed resize mig-us-central1 --size=5 --region=us-central1
# Update instance template (rolling update)
gcloud compute instance-groups managed rolling-action start-update mig-us-central1 \
--version=template=instance-template-us-central1-v2 \
--region=us-central1
# Check SSL certificate status (if configured)
gcloud compute ssl-certificates list
# Monitor Cloud Armor security policy
gcloud compute security-policies describe security-policy
# View metrics in Cloud Monitoring
gcloud alpha monitoring dashboards list
# Troubleshooting Multi-Region Deployment
# 1. Check deployment status and errors
gcloud deployment-manager deployments describe $DEPLOYMENT_NAME --format="value(operation.error)"
# 2. Verify network connectivity between regions
for region in "${regions[@]}"; do
echo "Testing connectivity from $region"
gcloud compute ssh --zone=$region-a $(gcloud compute instances list --filter="zone:$region-a" --format="value(name)" | head -1) --command="ping -c 3 10.1.1.1"
done
# 3. Check health check failures
gcloud compute operations list --filter="operationType:compute.healthChecks.insert"
# 4. Debug load balancer issues
gcloud compute url-maps validate --url-map=url-map
# 5. Check firewall rules
gcloud compute firewall-rules list --filter="network:global-vpc"
# 6. Monitor instance startup scripts
gcloud compute instances get-serial-port-output INSTANCE_NAME --zone=ZONE
# 7. Check Cloud Armor logs
gcloud logging read "resource.type=http_load_balancer AND jsonPayload.enforcedSecurityPolicy.name=security-policy"
# 8. Verify SSL certificate provisioning
gcloud compute ssl-certificates describe CERT_NAME --global
# 9. Test regional failover
# Temporarily stop instances in one region to test failover
gcloud compute instance-groups managed resize mig-us-central1 --size=0 --region=us-central1
# 10. Check quota limits
gcloud compute project-info describe --format="value(quotas[].limit,quotas[].metric,quotas[].usage)"
Performance Optimization
- Use SSD persistent disks for better I/O
- Configure CPU and memory-based auto-scaling
- Implement connection draining for updates
- Use preemptible instances for cost savings
Cost Management
- Set up budget alerts and quotas
- Use committed use discounts
- Monitor and optimize instance sizes
- Implement proper resource tagging
What's the estimated cost for this multi-region deployment?
With 6 instances (2 per region) running e2-standard-2, expect $200-500/month depending on traffic and data transfer. Use sustained use discounts and committed use contracts for savings.
How does failover work between regions?
The global load balancer automatically routes traffic away from unhealthy regions based on health checks. Failover typically occurs within 30-60 seconds of detecting issues.
Can I add more regions later?
Yes! You can extend the deployment template to include additional regions. Update the template with new subnets, instance groups, and backend service configurations.
How do I handle data consistency across regions?
This guide focuses on stateless applications. For stateful applications, consider Cloud SQL with read replicas, Cloud Spanner for global consistency, or implement application-level data synchronization.
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