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Protecting Google Cloud VPC Resources with Cloud Armor
Cloud Armor is a full-featured service capable of blocking malicious distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks at its source, along with many other use case scenarios. In this lab, you will use a pre-created script to create a load balanced application. You will then attack your application with a flood of traffic and use Cloud Armor to block the malicious traffic, enabling proper operation of your website.
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Challenge
Create Infrastructure
In Cloud Shell, execute the provided script to build the necessary infrastructure.
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Simulate DDoS Attack
SSH into the DDoS Attack VM and execute the command to run Apache Benchmark in the background, directing traffic to the running application.
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Create Cloud Armor Policy
Set up a new Cloud Armor policy that allows ingress traffic by default, but blocks the traffic from a specified IP address.
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Challenge
Verify Results
Review Cloud Armor logs and load balancer monitoring to confirm that the DDoS attack has been successfully blocked.
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