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title: "Traffic Policy"
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tags: ["Global Traffic Manager"]
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# Traffic Policy

Available in Classic and VPC

A Traffic Policy is a load balancing policy that operates on incoming traffic. It stores load balancing algorithms and response resource information. By configuring health checks and backup resources for resources in a Traffic Policy, you can ensure service continuity. You can create and manage Traffic Policies in the **Traffic Policy** menu.

## Traffic Policy interface

Here is a basic overview of the **Traffic Policy** menu for using Global Traffic Manager. ![gtm-policy_screen_ko](https://cdn.document360.io/6998976f-9d95-4df8-b847-d375892b92c2/Images/Documentation/gtm-policy_screen_en.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T05%3A16%3A26Z&se=2026-11-14T06%3A16%3A26Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=RmstrHPSr8PFtd6l6QxcZUB9bVDHuPwHslqXS1Capfw%3D)

| Component | Description |
| --- | --- |
| ① Menu name | Current menu name. |
| ② Basic features | Create a Traffic Policy, view Global Traffic Manager details, and refresh the Traffic Policy interface. |
| ③ Post-creation features | Change settings for created Traffic Policies and delete Traffic Policies. |
| ④ Search area | Search for Traffic Policies and filter the Traffic Policy list. |
| ⑤ Traffic Policy list | List of Traffic Policies currently being viewed. |

## View the Traffic Policy list

To view information about created Traffic Policies:

1. In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to **Menu** > **All Services** > **Networking** > **Global Traffic Manager**.
2. Click the **Traffic Policy** menu.
3. When the Traffic Policy list appears, review the summary information or click Traffic Policy to view details.
  - **Traffic Policy name**: The Traffic Policy name entered at creation.
  - **Traffic Policy ID**: The automatically assigned Traffic Policy ID.
  - **Applied algorithm**: The configured load balancing algorithm.
  - **Associated Traffic Profile**: The Traffic Profile to which the Traffic Policy is applied.
    - **[View all]**: View the full list of associated Traffic Profiles.
  - **Created date and time**: The date and time when the Traffic Policy was created.
  - **Resource status**: Click **[View]** to check the list and status of configured resources.
    - If no Traffic Profile is associated or no health check is configured, the resource status (**Status**) is displayed as N/A.
  - **Health Check**: Whether health check settings are applied and the configuration details.
    - **[Test]**: Enabled when health check settings are **Applied**. Click to run a real-time health check on the configured resources.

## Create a Traffic Policy

To create a Traffic Policy:

1. In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to **Menu** > **All Services** > **Networking** > **Global Traffic Manager**.
2. Click the **Traffic Policy** menu.
3. Click **[Create Traffic Policy]**.
4. When the Create a Traffic Policy screen appears, complete the following steps in order:
  - [1. Traffic Policy settings](/docs/en/gtm-policy#1TrafficPolicy%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95)
  - [2. Resource settings](/docs/en/gtm-policy#2%EB%A6%AC%EC%86%8C%EC%8A%A4%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95)
  - [3. Health check settings](/docs/en/gtm-policy#3%ED%97%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%B2%B4%ED%81%AC%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95)

### 1. Traffic Policy settings

Enter the Traffic Policy name and select the load balancing algorithm to apply.

1. Enter the **Traffic Policy name**.
2. Click the **algorithm** dropdown menu and select a load balancing algorithm.
  - **Round Robin**: Resources respond to requests sequentially.
  - **Weight Based**: Traffic is distributed based on the weight assigned to each resource.
  - **Geolocation**: Traffic is distributed based on the user's location.
  - **CIDR**: Traffic is distributed based on the user's IP address range.

### 2. Resource settings

Configure the responding resources according to the selected **algorithm**.

- [When **Round Robin** or **Weight Based** is selected](/docs/en/gtm-policy#RoundRobin%EB%98%90%EB%8A%94WeightBased%EB%A5%BC%EC%84%A0%ED%83%9D%ED%95%9C%EA%B2%BD%EC%9A%B0)
- [When **Geolocation** or **CIDR** is selected](/docs/en/gtm-policy#Geolocation%EB%98%90%EB%8A%94CIDR%EB%A5%BC%EC%84%A0%ED%83%9D%ED%95%9C%EA%B2%BD%EC%9A%B0)

#### When Round Robin or Weight Based is selected

When **Round Robin** or **Weight Based** is selected from the **algorithm**, configure the resources as follows:

1. Click the **[Basic settings]** or the **[Advanced settings]** tab to select whether to assign backup resources.
  - **[Basic settings]** tab: Do not assign backup resources.
  - **[Advanced settings]** tab: Assign backup resources. Health check settings are required (see [3. Health check settings](/docs/en/gtm-policy#3%ED%97%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%B2%B4%ED%81%AC%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95)).
2. Select a resource type and enter the resource according to the selected type.
  - **Type**: Click the dropdown menu and select a resource type.
    - **External public IP**: A public IP that was not created in the NAVER Cloud Platform.
    - **External Domain**: A domain that was not created in the NAVER Cloud Platform.
  - **Health check Region**: Enabled when the resource type is **External Public IP**. Click the dropdown menu and select a Region to support health checks.
  - **Weight (%)**: When the **Weight Based** algorithm is selected, enter the weight for each resource.
    - Enter the total weight so that the sum equals 100.
  - ![i-gtm-add](https://cdn.document360.io/6998976f-9d95-4df8-b847-d375892b92c2/Images/Documentation/i-gtm-add.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T05%3A16%3A26Z&se=2026-11-14T06%3A16%3A26Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=RmstrHPSr8PFtd6l6QxcZUB9bVDHuPwHslqXS1Capfw%3D): Click to add a resource input field.
  - ![i-gtm-resourcedelete](https://cdn.document360.io/6998976f-9d95-4df8-b847-d375892b92c2/Images/Documentation/i-gtm-resourcedelete.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T05%3A16%3A26Z&se=2026-11-14T06%3A16%3A26Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=RmstrHPSr8PFtd6l6QxcZUB9bVDHuPwHslqXS1Capfw%3D): Click to delete a resource input field.
  - When the **[Advanced settings]** tab is selected, enter backup resources for each resource.

#### When Geolocation or CIDR is selected

When **Geolocation** or **CIDR** is selected from the **algorithm**, configure the resources as follows:

1. Click the **[Basic settings]** or the **[Advanced settings]** tab to select whether to assign backup resources.
  - **[Basic settings]** tab: Do not assign backup resources.
  - **[Advanced settings]** tab: Assign backup resources. Health check settings are required (see [3. Health check settings](/docs/en/gtm-policy#3%ED%97%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%B2%B4%ED%81%AC%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95)).
2. Click the **Map selection** dropdown menu and select the Geo/CIDR Map to apply.
  - **[Create Map]**: Click to create a Map (see [Create Geo/CIDR Map](/docs/en/gtm-map#GeoCIDRMap%EC%83%9D%EC%84%B1)).
  - ![i-gtm-refresh](https://cdn.document360.io/6998976f-9d95-4df8-b847-d375892b92c2/Images/Documentation/i-gtm-refresh.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T05%3A16%3A26Z&se=2026-11-14T06%3A16%3A26Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=RmstrHPSr8PFtd6l6QxcZUB9bVDHuPwHslqXS1Capfw%3D): Click to refresh the Map list in the **Map selection** dropdown menu.
3. For each Zone/CIDR block, select a resource type and enter the resource.
  - **Type**: Click the dropdown menu and select a resource type.
    - **External public IP**: A public IP that was not created in the NAVER Cloud Platform.
    - **External Domain**: A domain that was not created in the NAVER Cloud Platform.
  - **Health check Region**: Enabled when the resource type is **External Public IP**. Click the dropdown menu and select a Region to support health checks.
  - When you hover over a Zone/CIDR block name, the region or IP address range assigned to the Zone/CIDR block is displayed.
  - When the **[Advanced settings]** tab is selected, enter backup resources for each resource.

### 3. Health check settings

Select **whether to enable health checks**.

- **Disable**: Select this option and click **[OK]** to complete Traffic Policy creation.
- **Enable**: Select this option and configure the health check.

              Note

              

Health checks for external domains are not supported.

To configure the health check and complete Traffic Policy creation:

1. Click the **[Basic settings]** or the **[Advanced settings]** tab to select the settings to configure.
  - **[Basic settings]** tab: Configure the access information for health checks.
  - **[Advanced settings]** tab: In addition to the access information, configure the health check interval, success threshold, and failure threshold.
2. Enter the health check configuration.
  - **Protocol**: Select the protocol to use for the health check. (Select among **TCP**, **HTTP**, or **HTTPS**.)
    - For HTTP/HTTPS, the health check is considered successful only when a 200 response is returned.
  - **Port**: Enter the port number to use for the health check.
  - **Host Header**/**Path**: Enter the request information to use for the health check.
    - This option is available only when the **protocol** is set to **HTTP** or **HTTPS**.
    - If not configured, the Host Header is set to the domain of the Traffic Profile, and the Path is set to "/."
  - When the **[Advanced settings]** tab is selected, enter the following values:
    - **Health Check interval**: Click the dropdown menu and select a health check interval.
    - **Success threshold**: Enter the number of consecutive successful health checks required for an unhealthy resource to be returned to service.
    - **Failure threshold**: Enter the number of consecutive failed health checks required for a healthy resource to be removed from service.
3. Click **[OK]**.

## Change Traffic Policy settings

To change the settings of a created Traffic Policy:

1. In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to **Menu** > **All Services** > **Networking** > **Global Traffic Manager**.
2. Click the **Traffic Policy** menu.
3. Select the Traffic Policy to change, and click **[Policy settings]**.
4. Change the settings and click **[OK]**.
  - For more information on the setting items, see [Create a Traffic Policy](/docs/en/gtm-policy#TrafficPolicy%EC%83%9D%EC%84%B1).

              Note

              

If a Traffic Profile is associated with the Traffic Policy, the changed settings are also applied to the associated Traffic Profile.

## Delete a Traffic Policy

To delete a created Traffic Policy:

              Note

              

If a Traffic Profile is associated with the Traffic Policy, you cannot delete the Traffic Policy. First, remove the association or delete the Traffic Profile (see [Change Traffic Profile settings](/docs/en/gtm-profile#TrafficProfile%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95%EB%B3%80%EA%B2%BD) or [Delete a Traffic Profile](/docs/en/gtm-profile#TrafficProfile%EC%82%AD%EC%A0%9C)).

1. In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to **Menu** > **All Services** > **Networking** > **Global Traffic Manager**.
2. Click the **Traffic Policy** menu.
3. Select the Traffic Policy to delete and click **[Delete]**.
4. When the Delete Traffic Policy popup appears, click **[OK]**.