PCNE Implementing VPC Instances Practice Question
An engineer needs to configure DNS resolution for a Compute Engine instance named "web-1" in zone us-central1-a of project my-project. What is the internal DNS name for this instance?
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web-1.us-central1-a.c.my-project.internal
GCP internal DNS uses the format: [instance name].[zone].c.[project id].internal
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web-1.us-central1-a.c.my-project.internal
Why this is correct
Correct format.
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web-1.us-central1.c.my-project.internal
Why it's wrong here
Zone must be included, not just region.
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web-1.c.my-project.us-central1-a.internal
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect order.
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web-1.us-central1-a.my-project.internal
Why it's wrong here
Missing the 'c' label.
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