Load Balancers (Regional Load Balancers and Global Load Balancers)

Quake AI concept: Load Balancer

• Product shape: DigitalOcean provides regional and global managed load balancers. Quake AI workloads use a self-managed reverse proxy, CDN/WAF edge, or Kubernetes LoadBalancer Service.
• DigitalOcean can select backend Droplets by explicit list or by tag. Self-managed Quake AI edges select backends through proxy or ingress configuration.
• VPC connectivity behavior: the load balancer automatically connects to Droplets in its VPC network and falls back to public IP if private networking is disabled. Self-managed Quake AI edges route to backends through proxy configuration.
• DigitalOcean documents built-in Let’s Encrypt certificate management, optional PROXY protocol v1, and regional HTTP/3 support. On Quake AI, configure these features on the selected self-managed edge.