Question
Add Zero Trust Network Access to a VPC Load Balancer
- Posted on June 16, 2023
- DigitalOcean VPCLoad Balancing
Asked by Cavelle Benjamin
I have been looking at how you can add zero trust network access to a VPC. Seems like doing this through a VPC Load Balancer would be the right path, but I don’t see any way to do this. Has this been done before? Has this been asked for?
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Hi there,
The DigitalOcean managed Load balancers are layer 4 load balancers, meaning that the zero trust network access might be beyond the capabilities of those load balancers.
There are a few other things that you could consider to secure your setup in general:
I could also suggest the following tutorial on a few other recommended security measures to protect your servers:
You can also use a self-managed load balancer like HAProxy where you will have full control.
Another thing that you could consider is a service like NetFoundry which there is a 1-Click installation option for:
Hope that this helps!
Best,
Bobby