PCNE Configuring Network Services Practice Question
You need to invalidate Cloud CDN cached content for specific URLs after updating files in Cloud Storage. Which command should you use?
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gcloud compute url-maps invalidate-cdn-cache
gcloud compute url-maps invalidate-cdn-cache invalidates CDN cache for a specific URL map. gcloud compute ssl-certificates is for certificates. gcloud compute backend-buckets update is for updating backend bucket configuration. gcloud compute cdn-cache invalidate does not exist.
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gcloud compute cdn-cache invalidate
Why it's wrong here
This command does not exist.
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gcloud compute backend-buckets update
Why it's wrong here
Updates backend bucket settings, not cache invalidation.
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gcloud compute url-maps invalidate-cdn-cache
Why this is correct
Correct command to invalidate CDN cache for a URL map.
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gcloud compute ssl-certificates update
Why it's wrong here
For managing SSL certificates, not cache invalidation.
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