Google PCA Practice Question: Managing and Provisioning a Solution Infrastructure
A company uses Cloud Deploy for continuous delivery. They have a delivery pipeline with multiple targets: dev, staging, and prod. They want to require manual approval before deploying to prod. How should they configure this?
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Correct answer & explanation
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Configure an approval gate on the prod target in the delivery pipeline
Approval gates in Cloud Deploy are configured as phases within a delivery pipeline, where a required approval step blocks progression until manually approved.
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Add a Cloud Build trigger that pauses and waits for approval
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Build triggers are separate from Cloud Deploy pipelines.
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Use IAM conditions to restrict deployment to prod
Why it's wrong here
IAM conditions cannot enforce manual approval workflows.
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Configure an approval gate on the prod target in the delivery pipeline
Why this is correct
Approval gates are natively supported in Cloud Deploy delivery pipelines.
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Set up a Pub/Sub notification and a Cloud Function to approve
Why it's wrong here
This is a possible workaround but not the native approach.
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