The QUIC protocol helps you access applications faster and achieves multiplexing with no reconnection required in scenarios such as weak network or frequent switch between Wi-Fi and 4G. This document introduces how to configure QUIC protocol in the CLB Console.

QUIC Overview

Quick UDP Internet Connection QUIC is a transport layer network protocol designed by Google, multiplexing concurrent data streams using UDP. Compared with the popular TCP+TLS+HTTP2 protocol, QUIC has the following advantages:

• Reduce the time to establish a connection.
• Improve congestion control.
• Multiplex without head-of-line (HOL) blocking.
• Connection migration.

After QUIC is enabled, the client can establish a QUIC connection with a CLB instance. If the QUIC connection fails due to negotiation between the client and the CLB instance, HTTPS or HTTP/2 will be used. However, the CLB instance and the real server still use the HTTP1.x protocol.

Note：

Currently, CLB supports QUIC Q044 and earlier versions.

Use Limits

• The QUIC protocol in CLB is currently in beta test. To use it, please submit an application.
• The QUIC protocol is now available in Beijing, Shanghai, and Mumbai.
• Currently, only public network CLB with layer-7 HTTPS listeners supports the QUIC protocol.
• The current QUIC protocol only supports single-AZ CLB instances.

Directions

1. Create a CLB instance as needed. For more information, see Creating CLB Instances.

   Note：

   When creating a CLB instance, select “Beijing”, “Shanghai” or “Mumbai” for Region, and “Public Network” for Network Type.

2. Log in to the CLB Console, and click Instance Management on the left sidebar.
3. On the Instance Management page, select the Cloud Load Balancer tab.
4. Locate the public network CLB instance created in Beijing, Shanghai or Mumbai region, and click Configure Listener under the Operation column.
5. On the Listener Management page, click Create under HTTP/HTTPS Listener.
6. On the Create Listener page, choose “HTTPS” as the protocol of the listening port. Complete other configurations, and click Submit.
7. On the Listener Management page, click the + symbol next to the listener you just created.
8. On the CreateForwarding rules page, enable QUIC and create a layer-7 rule. Fill in relevant fields and click Next to complete the basic configuration.

   Note：

   • If you enabled the QUIC protocol when creating a HTTPS fowarding rule, you can enable or disable the QUIC protocol later as needed. If you did not enable the QUIC protocol when creating a HTTPS forwarding rule, you cannot enable it later.
   • Based on the UDP protocol, QUIC will use the UDP port of a CLB instance. If you enable QUIC for a HTTPS listener, UDP and TCP ports will be used. For example, you enable QUIC for the HTTPS:443 listener, both TCP:443 and UDP:443 ports are used, and you cannot create the TCP:443 or UDP:443 listener.

Subsequent Operations

After the basic configuration is completed, you can configure health check and session persistence.