Google Professional Cloud Developer Question 478
Select 4Google Cloud PlatformYou are a developer working on a cloud-native application deployed on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Your team wants to monitor application performance and troubleshoot errors effectively using Google Cloud’s operations suite. Which steps should you take to ensure proper integration and observability?
- A
Install the Cloud Operations for GKE add-on to enable metrics, logs, and traces collection.
- B
Manually modify your application to export logs directly to BigQuery for analysis.
- C
Instrument your application using OpenTelemetry to capture custom traces and spans.
- D
Configure alerts in Cloud Monitoring to notify your team about performance anomalies.
- E
Enable the Cloud Logging API and Cloud Monitoring API in your Google Cloud project.
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Correct answers: A, C, D, E
Explanation
To effectively integrate with Google Cloud’s operations suite and monitor your GKE-based application, you need to enable relevant APIs, install the Cloud Operations for GKE add-on, and optionally instrument your application with OpenTelemetry for custom traces. Additionally, setting up alerts is crucial to proactively address performance anomalies. Exporting logs directly to BigQuery is less practical for real-time observability and monitoring.
- A. Correct.
Correct. Installing the Cloud Operations for GKE add-on allows GKE to automatically collect metrics, logs, and traces for your cluster and workloads, simplifying observability.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Exporting logs directly to BigQuery is not an ideal solution for monitoring and troubleshooting in real-time. Google Cloud’s operations suite already provides better tools for these purposes.
- C. Correct.
Correct. Using OpenTelemetry for custom instrumentation helps capture detailed traces and spans, which are essential for identifying performance issues in your application.
- D. Correct.
Correct. Configuring alerts in Cloud Monitoring is a critical step to ensure your team is notified about anomalies or potential issues in application performance.
- E. Correct.
Correct. Enabling the Cloud Logging API and Cloud Monitoring API is required to use Google Cloud’s operations suite for observability and monitoring.