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Cloud Digital Leader Practice Question: Google Cloud products, services, and solutions
Drag and drop the steps to deploy a containerized application to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) into the correct order.
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Build the Docker container image, push it to Container Registry, create a GKE cluster, apply a Deployment manifest using kubectl, then expose the Deployment as a Service.
The correct sequence starts with containerizing the app, creating a cluster, defining the deployment, applying it, and exposing it as a service.
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Build the Docker container image, push it to Container Registry, create a GKE cluster, apply a Deployment manifest using kubectl, then expose the Deployment as a Service.
Why this is correct
This order is correct because the container image must be built and pushed to a registry before creating the cluster and deploying. The cluster is created next, then the Deployment is applied, and finally the Service exposes the application.
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Create a GKE cluster, build the Docker container image, push it to Container Registry, apply a Deployment manifest, then expose as a Service.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because the container image is built and pushed after the cluster is created. While the cluster can exist beforehand, the deployment step requires the image to be available in a registry, so pushing must occur before applying the Deployment. Also, building before pushing is logical.
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Build the Docker container image, create a GKE cluster, apply a Deployment manifest, push the image to Container Registry, then expose as a Service.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because the container image must be pushed to a registry before applying the Deployment. The Deployment manifest references the image location, so it must be available in the registry. Pushing after applying would cause the Deployment to fail.
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Build the Docker container image, push it to Container Registry, create a GKE cluster, expose as a Service, then apply a Deployment manifest.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because the Service cannot be created before the Deployment exists. A Service targets a set of Pods defined by a Deployment, so the Deployment must be applied first. Exposing before deploying would result in an empty Service.
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