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PCNE Configuring Network Services Practice Question
Drag and drop the steps to set up a Google Cloud Armor security policy for a backend service into the correct order.
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Step 1: Create a Cloud Armor security policy. Step 2: Set the default action. Step 3: Add security rules. Step 4: Attach the policy to a backend service.
Security policy creation involves defining rules, setting default action, and attaching to a backend service. Testing ensures correct enforcement.
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Step 1: Create a Cloud Armor security policy. Step 2: Set the default action. Step 3: Add security rules. Step 4: Attach the policy to a backend service.
Why this is correct
This is the correct order because you must first create the policy, then set the default action to handle unmatched requests, then add specific rules to override the default for certain conditions, and finally attach the policy to the backend service so it takes effect.
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Step 1: Create a Cloud Armor security policy. Step 2: Add security rules. Step 3: Set the default action. Step 4: Attach the policy to a backend service.
Why it's wrong here
Adding rules before setting the default action is incorrect because the default action should be defined first to establish the baseline behavior; rules are then added to override that baseline for specific traffic.
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Step 1: Add security rules. Step 2: Create a Cloud Armor security policy. Step 3: Set the default action. Step 4: Attach the policy to a backend service.
Why it's wrong here
Adding rules before creating the policy is impossible because the policy must exist to contain the rules. This order would cause an error.
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Step 1: Create a Cloud Armor security policy. Step 2: Set the default action. Step 3: Attach the policy to a backend service. Step 4: Add security rules.
Why it's wrong here
Attaching the policy before adding rules would leave the backend service with only the default action, as no specific rules are enforced. Additionally, adding rules after attachment is possible but less logical because the policy would be incomplete when first applied.
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