diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package gce
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	compute "google.golang.org/api/compute/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	v1_service "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/service"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
+)
+
+const (
+	allInstances = "ALL"
+)
+
+type lbBalancingMode string
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalLoadBalancer(clusterName, clusterID string, svc *v1.Service, existingFwdRule *compute.ForwardingRule, nodes []*v1.Node) (*v1.LoadBalancerStatus, error) {
+	nm := types.NamespacedName{Name: svc.Name, Namespace: svc.Namespace}
+	ports, protocol := getPortsAndProtocol(svc.Spec.Ports)
+	scheme := schemeInternal
+	loadBalancerName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(svc)
+	shared := !v1_service.RequestsOnlyLocalTraffic(svc)
+	backendServiceName := makeBackendServiceName(loadBalancerName, clusterID, shared, scheme, protocol, svc.Spec.SessionAffinity)
+	backendServiceLink := gce.getBackendServiceLink(backendServiceName)
+
+	// Ensure instance groups exist and nodes are assigned to groups
+	igName := makeInstanceGroupName(clusterID)
+	igLinks, err := gce.ensureInternalInstanceGroups(igName, nodes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Lock the sharedResourceLock to prevent any deletions of shared resources while assembling shared resources here
+	gce.sharedResourceLock.Lock()
+	defer gce.sharedResourceLock.Unlock()
+
+	// Ensure health check for backend service is created
+	// By default, use the node health check endpoint
+	hcName := makeHealthCheckName(loadBalancerName, clusterID, shared)
+	hcPath, hcPort := GetNodesHealthCheckPath(), GetNodesHealthCheckPort()
+	if !shared {
+		// Service requires a special health check, retrieve the OnlyLocal port & path
+		hcPath, hcPort = v1_service.GetServiceHealthCheckPathPort(svc)
+	}
+	hc, err := gce.ensureInternalHealthCheck(hcName, nm, shared, hcPath, hcPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Ensure firewall rules if necessary
+	if gce.OnXPN() {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancer: cluster is on a cross-project network (XPN) network project %v, compute project %v - skipping firewall creation", gce.networkProjectID, gce.projectID)
+	} else {
+		if err = gce.ensureInternalFirewalls(loadBalancerName, clusterID, nm, svc, strconv.Itoa(int(hcPort)), shared, nodes); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	expectedFwdRule := &compute.ForwardingRule{
+		Name:                loadBalancerName,
+		Description:         fmt.Sprintf(`{"kubernetes.io/service-name":"%s"}`, nm.String()),
+		IPAddress:           svc.Spec.LoadBalancerIP,
+		BackendService:      backendServiceLink,
+		Ports:               ports,
+		IPProtocol:          string(protocol),
+		LoadBalancingScheme: string(scheme),
+	}
+
+	// Specify subnetwork if network type is manual
+	if len(gce.subnetworkURL) > 0 {
+		expectedFwdRule.Subnetwork = gce.subnetworkURL
+	} else {
+		expectedFwdRule.Network = gce.networkURL
+	}
+
+	// Delete the previous internal load balancer if necessary
+	fwdRuleDeleted, err := gce.clearExistingInternalLB(loadBalancerName, existingFwdRule, expectedFwdRule, backendServiceName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	bsDescription := makeBackendServiceDescription(nm, shared)
+	err = gce.ensureInternalBackendService(backendServiceName, bsDescription, svc.Spec.SessionAffinity, scheme, protocol, igLinks, hc.SelfLink)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// If we previously deleted the forwarding rule or it never existed, finally create it.
+	if fwdRuleDeleted || existingFwdRule == nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancer(%v(%v)): creating forwarding rule", loadBalancerName, svc.Name)
+		if err = gce.CreateRegionForwardingRule(expectedFwdRule, gce.region); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Get the most recent forwarding rule for the new address.
+	existingFwdRule, err = gce.GetRegionForwardingRule(loadBalancerName, gce.region)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	status := &v1.LoadBalancerStatus{}
+	status.Ingress = []v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{IP: existingFwdRule.IPAddress}}
+	return status, nil
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) clearExistingInternalLB(loadBalancerName string, existingFwdRule, expectedFwdRule *compute.ForwardingRule, expectedBSName string) (fwdRuleDeleted bool, err error) {
+	if existingFwdRule == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	if !fwdRuleEqual(existingFwdRule, expectedFwdRule) {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("clearExistingInternalLB(%v: deleting existing forwarding rule with IP address %v", loadBalancerName, existingFwdRule.IPAddress)
+		if err = gce.DeleteRegionForwardingRule(loadBalancerName, gce.region); err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		fwdRuleDeleted = true
+	}
+
+	existingBSName := getNameFromLink(existingFwdRule.BackendService)
+	bs, err := gce.GetRegionBackendService(existingBSName, gce.region)
+	if err == nil {
+		if bs.Name != expectedBSName {
+			glog.V(2).Infof("clearExistingInternalLB(%v): expected backend service %q does not match actual %q - deleting backend service & healthcheck & firewall", loadBalancerName, expectedBSName, bs.Name)
+			// Delete the backend service as well in case it's switching between shared, nonshared, tcp, udp.
+			var existingHCName string
+			if len(bs.HealthChecks) == 1 {
+				existingHCName = getNameFromLink(bs.HealthChecks[0])
+			}
+			if err = gce.teardownInternalBackendResources(existingBSName, existingHCName); err != nil {
+				glog.Warningf("clearExistingInternalLB: could not delete old resources: %v", err)
+			} else {
+				glog.V(2).Infof("clearExistingInternalLB: done deleting old resources")
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		glog.Warningf("clearExistingInternalLB(%v): failed to retrieve existing backend service %v", loadBalancerName, existingBSName)
+	}
+	return fwdRuleDeleted, nil
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) updateInternalLoadBalancer(clusterName, clusterID string, svc *v1.Service, nodes []*v1.Node) error {
+	gce.sharedResourceLock.Lock()
+	defer gce.sharedResourceLock.Unlock()
+
+	igName := makeInstanceGroupName(clusterID)
+	igLinks, err := gce.ensureInternalInstanceGroups(igName, nodes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Generate the backend service name
+	_, protocol := getPortsAndProtocol(svc.Spec.Ports)
+	scheme := schemeInternal
+	loadBalancerName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(svc)
+	shared := !v1_service.RequestsOnlyLocalTraffic(svc)
+	backendServiceName := makeBackendServiceName(loadBalancerName, clusterID, shared, scheme, protocol, svc.Spec.SessionAffinity)
+	// Ensure the backend service has the proper backend instance-group links
+	return gce.ensureInternalBackendServiceGroups(backendServiceName, igLinks)
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(clusterName, clusterID string, svc *v1.Service) error {
+	loadBalancerName := cloudprovider.GetLoadBalancerName(svc)
+	_, protocol := getPortsAndProtocol(svc.Spec.Ports)
+	scheme := schemeInternal
+	shared := !v1_service.RequestsOnlyLocalTraffic(svc)
+	var err error
+
+	gce.sharedResourceLock.Lock()
+	defer gce.sharedResourceLock.Unlock()
+
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%v): deleting region internal forwarding rule", loadBalancerName)
+	if err = gce.DeleteRegionForwardingRule(loadBalancerName, gce.region); err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	backendServiceName := makeBackendServiceName(loadBalancerName, clusterID, shared, scheme, protocol, svc.Spec.SessionAffinity)
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%v): deleting region backend service %v", loadBalancerName, backendServiceName)
+	if err = gce.DeleteRegionBackendService(backendServiceName, gce.region); err != nil && !isNotFoundOrInUse(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Only delete the health check & health check firewall if they aren't being used by another LB.  If we get
+	// an ResourceInuseBy error, then we can skip deleting the firewall.
+	hcInUse := false
+	hcName := makeHealthCheckName(loadBalancerName, clusterID, shared)
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%v): deleting health check %v", loadBalancerName, hcName)
+	if err = gce.DeleteHealthCheck(hcName); err != nil && !isNotFoundOrInUse(err) {
+		return err
+	} else if isInUsedByError(err) {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%v): healthcheck %v still in use", loadBalancerName, hcName)
+		hcInUse = true
+	}
+
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%v): deleting firewall for traffic", loadBalancerName)
+	if err = gce.DeleteFirewall(loadBalancerName); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if hcInUse {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%v): skipping firewall for healthcheck", loadBalancerName)
+	} else {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(%v): deleting firewall for healthcheck", loadBalancerName)
+		fwHCName := makeHealthCheckFirewallkName(loadBalancerName, clusterID, shared)
+		if err = gce.DeleteFirewall(fwHCName); err != nil && !isInUsedByError(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Try deleting instance groups - expect ResourceInuse error if needed by other LBs
+	igName := makeInstanceGroupName(clusterID)
+	if err = gce.ensureInternalInstanceGroupsDeleted(igName); err != nil && !isInUsedByError(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) teardownInternalBackendResources(bsName, hcName string) error {
+	if err := gce.DeleteRegionBackendService(bsName, gce.region); err != nil {
+		if isNotFound(err) {
+			glog.V(2).Infof("backend service already deleted: %v, err: %v", bsName, err)
+		} else if err != nil && isInUsedByError(err) {
+			glog.V(2).Infof("backend service in use: %v, err: %v", bsName, err)
+		} else {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete backend service: %v, err: %v", bsName, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if hcName == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	hcInUse := false
+	if err := gce.DeleteHealthCheck(hcName); err != nil {
+		if isNotFound(err) {
+			glog.V(2).Infof("health check already deleted: %v, err: %v", hcName, err)
+		} else if err != nil && isInUsedByError(err) {
+			hcInUse = true
+			glog.V(2).Infof("health check in use: %v, err: %v", hcName, err)
+		} else {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete health check: %v, err: %v", hcName, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	hcFirewallName := makeHealthCheckFirewallkNameFromHC(hcName)
+	if hcInUse {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("skipping deletion of health check firewall: %v", hcFirewallName)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := gce.DeleteFirewall(hcFirewallName); err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete health check firewall: %v, err: %v", hcFirewallName, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalFirewall(fwName, fwDesc string, sourceRanges []string, ports []string, protocol v1.Protocol, nodes []*v1.Node) error {
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalFirewall(%v): checking existing firewall", fwName)
+	targetTags, err := gce.GetNodeTags(nodeNames(nodes))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	existingFirewall, err := gce.GetFirewall(fwName)
+	if err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	expectedFirewall := &compute.Firewall{
+		Name:         fwName,
+		Description:  fwDesc,
+		Network:      gce.networkURL,
+		SourceRanges: sourceRanges,
+		TargetTags:   targetTags,
+		Allowed: []*compute.FirewallAllowed{
+			{
+				IPProtocol: strings.ToLower(string(protocol)),
+				Ports:      ports,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if existingFirewall == nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalFirewall(%v): creating firewall", fwName)
+		return gce.CreateFirewall(expectedFirewall)
+	}
+
+	if firewallRuleEqual(expectedFirewall, existingFirewall) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalFirewall(%v): updating firewall", fwName)
+	return gce.UpdateFirewall(expectedFirewall)
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalFirewalls(loadBalancerName, clusterID string, nm types.NamespacedName, svc *v1.Service, healthCheckPort string, shared bool, nodes []*v1.Node) error {
+	// First firewall is for ingress traffic
+	fwDesc := makeFirewallDescription(nm.String(), svc.Spec.LoadBalancerIP)
+	ports, protocol := getPortsAndProtocol(svc.Spec.Ports)
+	sourceRanges, err := v1_service.GetLoadBalancerSourceRanges(svc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = gce.ensureInternalFirewall(loadBalancerName, fwDesc, sourceRanges.StringSlice(), ports, protocol, nodes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Second firewall is for health checking nodes / services
+	fwHCName := makeHealthCheckFirewallkName(loadBalancerName, clusterID, shared)
+	hcSrcRanges := LoadBalancerSrcRanges()
+	return gce.ensureInternalFirewall(fwHCName, "", hcSrcRanges, []string{healthCheckPort}, v1.ProtocolTCP, nodes)
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalHealthCheck(name string, svcName types.NamespacedName, shared bool, path string, port int32) (*compute.HealthCheck, error) {
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalHealthCheck(%v, %v, %v): checking existing health check", name, path, port)
+	expectedHC := newInternalLBHealthCheck(name, svcName, shared, path, port)
+
+	hc, err := gce.GetHealthCheck(name)
+	if err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if hc == nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalHealthCheck: did not find health check %v, creating one with port %v path %v", name, port, path)
+		if err = gce.CreateHealthCheck(expectedHC); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		hc, err = gce.GetHealthCheck(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Failed to get http health check %v", err)
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalHealthCheck: created health check %v", name)
+		return hc, nil
+	}
+
+	if healthChecksEqual(expectedHC, hc) {
+		return hc, nil
+	}
+
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalHealthCheck: health check %v exists but parameters have drifted - updating...", name)
+	if err := gce.UpdateHealthCheck(expectedHC); err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("Failed to reconcile http health check %v parameters", name)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalHealthCheck: corrected health check %v parameters successful", name)
+	return hc, nil
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalInstanceGroup(name, zone string, nodes []*v1.Node) (string, error) {
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalInstanceGroup(%v, %v): checking group that it contains %v nodes", name, zone, len(nodes))
+	ig, err := gce.GetInstanceGroup(name, zone)
+	if err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	kubeNodes := sets.NewString()
+	for _, n := range nodes {
+		kubeNodes.Insert(n.Name)
+	}
+
+	gceNodes := sets.NewString()
+	if ig == nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalInstanceGroup(%v, %v): creating instance group", name, zone)
+		ig, err = gce.CreateInstanceGroup(name, zone)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	} else {
+		instances, err := gce.ListInstancesInInstanceGroup(name, zone, allInstances)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		for _, ins := range instances.Items {
+			parts := strings.Split(ins.Instance, "/")
+			gceNodes.Insert(parts[len(parts)-1])
+		}
+	}
+
+	removeNodes := gceNodes.Difference(kubeNodes).List()
+	addNodes := kubeNodes.Difference(gceNodes).List()
+
+	if len(removeNodes) != 0 {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalInstanceGroup(%v, %v): removing nodes: %v", name, zone, removeNodes)
+		instanceRefs := gce.ToInstanceReferences(zone, removeNodes)
+		// Possible we'll receive 404's here if the instance was deleted before getting to this point.
+		if err = gce.RemoveInstancesFromInstanceGroup(name, zone, instanceRefs); err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(addNodes) != 0 {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalInstanceGroup(%v, %v): adding nodes: %v", name, zone, addNodes)
+		instanceRefs := gce.ToInstanceReferences(zone, addNodes)
+		if err = gce.AddInstancesToInstanceGroup(name, zone, instanceRefs); err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ig.SelfLink, nil
+}
+
+// ensureInternalInstanceGroups generates an unmanaged instance group for every zone
+// where a K8s node exists. It also ensures that each node belongs to an instance group
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalInstanceGroups(name string, nodes []*v1.Node) ([]string, error) {
+	zonedNodes := splitNodesByZone(nodes)
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalInstanceGroups(%v): %d nodes over %d zones in region %v", name, len(nodes), len(zonedNodes), gce.region)
+	var igLinks []string
+	for zone, nodes := range zonedNodes {
+		igLink, err := gce.ensureInternalInstanceGroup(name, zone, nodes)
+		if err != nil {
+			return []string{}, err
+		}
+		igLinks = append(igLinks, igLink)
+	}
+
+	return igLinks, nil
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalInstanceGroupsDeleted(name string) error {
+	// List of nodes isn't available here - fetch all zones in region and try deleting this cluster's ig
+	zones, err := gce.ListZonesInRegion(gce.region)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalInstanceGroupsDeleted(%v): deleting instance group in all %d zones", name, len(zones))
+	for _, z := range zones {
+		if err := gce.DeleteInstanceGroup(name, z.Name); err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalBackendService(name, description string, affinityType v1.ServiceAffinity, scheme lbScheme, protocol v1.Protocol, igLinks []string, hcLink string) error {
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalBackendService(%v, %v, %v): checking existing backend service with %d groups", name, scheme, protocol, len(igLinks))
+	bs, err := gce.GetRegionBackendService(name, gce.region)
+	if err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	backends := backendsFromGroupLinks(igLinks)
+	expectedBS := &compute.BackendService{
+		Name:                name,
+		Protocol:            string(protocol),
+		Description:         description,
+		HealthChecks:        []string{hcLink},
+		Backends:            backends,
+		SessionAffinity:     translateAffinityType(affinityType),
+		LoadBalancingScheme: string(scheme),
+	}
+
+	// Create backend service if none was found
+	if bs == nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalBackendService: creating backend service %v", name)
+		err := gce.CreateRegionBackendService(expectedBS, gce.region)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalBackendService: created backend service %v successfully", name)
+		return nil
+	}
+	// Check existing backend service
+	existingIGLinks := sets.NewString()
+	for _, be := range bs.Backends {
+		existingIGLinks.Insert(be.Group)
+	}
+
+	if backendSvcEqual(expectedBS, bs) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalBackendService: updating backend service %v", name)
+	if err := gce.UpdateRegionBackendService(expectedBS, gce.region); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalBackendService: updated backend service %v successfully", name)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) ensureInternalBackendServiceGroups(name string, igLinks []string) error {
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalBackendServiceGroups(%v): checking existing backend service's groups", name)
+	bs, err := gce.GetRegionBackendService(name, gce.region)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	backends := backendsFromGroupLinks(igLinks)
+	if backendsListEqual(bs.Backends, backends) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalBackendServiceGroups: updating backend service %v", name)
+	bs.Backends = backends
+	if err := gce.UpdateRegionBackendService(bs, gce.region); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalBackendServiceGroups: updated backend service %v successfully", name)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func backendsFromGroupLinks(igLinks []string) []*compute.Backend {
+	var backends []*compute.Backend
+	for _, igLink := range igLinks {
+		backends = append(backends, &compute.Backend{
+			Group: igLink,
+		})
+	}
+	return backends
+}
+
+func newInternalLBHealthCheck(name string, svcName types.NamespacedName, shared bool, path string, port int32) *compute.HealthCheck {
+	httpSettings := compute.HTTPHealthCheck{
+		Port:        int64(port),
+		RequestPath: path,
+	}
+	desc := ""
+	if !shared {
+		desc = makeHealthCheckDescription(svcName.String())
+	}
+	return &compute.HealthCheck{
+		Name:               name,
+		CheckIntervalSec:   gceHcCheckIntervalSeconds,
+		TimeoutSec:         gceHcTimeoutSeconds,
+		HealthyThreshold:   gceHcHealthyThreshold,
+		UnhealthyThreshold: gceHcUnhealthyThreshold,
+		HttpHealthCheck:    &httpSettings,
+		Type:               "HTTP",
+		Description:        desc,
+	}
+}
+
+func firewallRuleEqual(a, b *compute.Firewall) bool {
+	return a.Description == b.Description &&
+		len(a.Allowed) == 1 && len(a.Allowed) == len(b.Allowed) &&
+		a.Allowed[0].IPProtocol == b.Allowed[0].IPProtocol &&
+		equalStringSets(a.Allowed[0].Ports, b.Allowed[0].Ports) &&
+		equalStringSets(a.SourceRanges, b.SourceRanges) &&
+		equalStringSets(a.TargetTags, b.TargetTags)
+}
+
+func healthChecksEqual(a, b *compute.HealthCheck) bool {
+	return a.HttpHealthCheck != nil && b.HttpHealthCheck != nil &&
+		a.HttpHealthCheck.Port == b.HttpHealthCheck.Port &&
+		a.HttpHealthCheck.RequestPath == b.HttpHealthCheck.RequestPath &&
+		a.Description == b.Description &&
+		a.CheckIntervalSec == b.CheckIntervalSec &&
+		a.TimeoutSec == b.TimeoutSec &&
+		a.UnhealthyThreshold == b.UnhealthyThreshold &&
+		a.HealthyThreshold == b.HealthyThreshold
+}
+
+// backendsListEqual asserts that backend lists are equal by instance group link only
+func backendsListEqual(a, b []*compute.Backend) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(a) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	aSet := sets.NewString()
+	for _, v := range a {
+		aSet.Insert(v.Group)
+	}
+	bSet := sets.NewString()
+	for _, v := range b {
+		bSet.Insert(v.Group)
+	}
+
+	return aSet.Equal(bSet)
+}
+
+func backendSvcEqual(a, b *compute.BackendService) bool {
+	return a.Protocol == b.Protocol &&
+		a.Description == b.Description &&
+		a.SessionAffinity == b.SessionAffinity &&
+		a.LoadBalancingScheme == b.LoadBalancingScheme &&
+		equalStringSets(a.HealthChecks, b.HealthChecks) &&
+		backendsListEqual(a.Backends, b.Backends)
+}
+
+func fwdRuleEqual(a, b *compute.ForwardingRule) bool {
+	return (a.IPAddress == "" || b.IPAddress == "" || a.IPAddress == b.IPAddress) &&
+		a.IPProtocol == b.IPProtocol &&
+		a.LoadBalancingScheme == b.LoadBalancingScheme &&
+		equalStringSets(a.Ports, b.Ports) &&
+		a.BackendService == b.BackendService
+}
+
+func getPortsAndProtocol(svcPorts []v1.ServicePort) (ports []string, protocol v1.Protocol) {
+	if len(svcPorts) == 0 {
+		return []string{}, v1.ProtocolUDP
+	}
+
+	// GCP doesn't support multiple protocols for a single load balancer
+	protocol = svcPorts[0].Protocol
+	for _, p := range svcPorts {
+		ports = append(ports, strconv.Itoa(int(p.Port)))
+	}
+	return ports, protocol
+}
+
+func (gce *GCECloud) getBackendServiceLink(name string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/%s/regions/%s/backendServices/%s", gce.projectID, gce.region, name)
+}
+
+func getNameFromLink(link string) string {
+	fields := strings.Split(link, "/")
+	return fields[len(fields)-1]
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_naming.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_naming.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7279be63ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_naming.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package gce
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+)
+
+// Internal Load Balancer
+
+// Instance groups remain legacy named to stay consistent with ingress
+func makeInstanceGroupName(clusterID string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("k8s-ig--%s", clusterID)
+}
+
+func makeBackendServiceName(loadBalancerName, clusterID string, shared bool, scheme lbScheme, protocol v1.Protocol, svcAffinity v1.ServiceAffinity) string {
+	if shared {
+		affinity := ""
+		switch svcAffinity {
+		case v1.ServiceAffinityClientIP:
+			affinity = "clientip"
+		default:
+			affinity = "noaffinity"
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Sprintf("k8s-%s-%s-%s-%s", clusterID, strings.ToLower(string(scheme)), strings.ToLower(string(protocol)), affinity)
+	}
+	return loadBalancerName
+}
+
+func makeHealthCheckName(loadBalancerName, clusterID string, shared bool) string {
+	if shared {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("k8s-%s-node", clusterID)
+	}
+
+	return loadBalancerName
+}
+
+func makeHealthCheckFirewallkNameFromHC(healthCheckName string) string {
+	return healthCheckName + "-hc"
+}
+
+func makeHealthCheckFirewallkName(loadBalancerName, clusterID string, shared bool) string {
+	if shared {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("k8s-%s-node-hc", clusterID)
+	}
+	return loadBalancerName + "-hc"
+}
+
+func makeBackendServiceDescription(nm types.NamespacedName, shared bool) string {
+	if shared {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`{"kubernetes.io/service-name":"%s"`, nm.String())
+}
+
+// External Load Balancer
+
+// makeNodesHealthCheckName returns name of the health check resource used by
+// the GCE load balancers (l4) for performing health checks on nodes.
+func makeNodesHealthCheckName(clusterID string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("k8s-%v-node", clusterID)
+}
+
+func makeHealthCheckDescription(serviceName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`{"kubernetes.io/service-name":"%s"}`, serviceName)
+}
+
+// MakeHealthCheckFirewallName returns the firewall name used by the GCE load
+// balancers (l4) for performing health checks.
+func MakeHealthCheckFirewallName(clusterID, hcName string, isNodesHealthCheck bool) string {
+	if isNodesHealthCheck {
+		return makeNodesHealthCheckName(clusterID) + "-http-hc"
+	}
+	return "k8s-" + hcName + "-http-hc"
+}
+
+func makeFirewallName(name string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("k8s-fw-%s", name)
+}
+
+func makeFirewallDescription(serviceName, ipAddress string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`{"kubernetes.io/service-name":"%s", "kubernetes.io/service-ip":"%s"}`,
+		serviceName, ipAddress)
+}