What condition requires using a CloudHub Dedicated Load Balancer?

What condition requires using a CloudHub Dedicated Load Balancer?
A . When cross-region load balancing is required between separate deployments of the same Mule application
B . When custom DNS names are required for API implementations deployed to customer-hosted Mule runtimes
C . When API invocations across multiple CloudHub workers must be load balanced
D . When server-side load-balanced TLS mutual authentication is required between API implementations and API clients

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Answer: D

Explanation:

Correct Answer. When server-side load-balanced TLS mutual authentication is required between API implementations and API clients

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Fact/ Memory Tip: Although there are many benefits of CloudHub Dedicated Load balancer, TWO important things that should come to ones mind for considering it are:

>> Having URL endpoints with Custom DNS names on CloudHub deployed apps

>> Configuring custom certificates for both HTTPS and Two-way (Mutual) authentication. Coming to the options provided for this question:

>> We CANNOT use DLB to perform cross-region load balancing between separate deployments of the same Mule application.

>> We can have mapping rules to have more than one DLB URL pointing to same Mule app. But vicevera (More than one Mule app having same DLB URL) is NOT POSSIBLE

>> It is true that DLB helps to setup custom DNS names for Cloudhub deployed Mule apps but NOT true for apps deployed to Customer-hosted Mule Runtimes.

>> It is true to that we can load balance API invocations across multiple CloudHub workers using DLB but it is NOT A MUST. We can achieve the same (load balancing) using SLB (Shared Load Balancer) too. We DO NOT necessarily require DLB for achieve it.

So the only right option that fits the scenario and requires us to use DLB is when TLS mutual authentication is required between API implementations and API clients.

Reference: https://docs.mulesoft.com/runtime-manager/cloudhub-dedicated-load-balancer