Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Question 147
Select 3Google Cloud PlatformYour team is using Google Cloud Monitoring for infrastructure monitoring, but you need advanced alerting capabilities and integrations with collaboration tools like Slack and PagerDuty. Which of the following third-party tools would be appropriate for enhancing your alerting system?
- A
PagerDuty
- B
Slack
- C
Splunk On-Call
- D
Jira
- E
Datadog
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Correct answers: A, C, E
Explanation
PagerDuty, Splunk On-Call, and Datadog are widely used third-party tools that enhance alerting and incident management workflows. They integrate seamlessly with Google Cloud Monitoring and provide advanced features like on-call scheduling and deep integration with collaboration tools. While Slack is commonly used for receiving notifications, it is not a dedicated alerting tool, and Jira focuses on issue tracking rather than real-time alerting.
- A. Correct.
PagerDuty is a widely used third-party incident management and alerting tool. It integrates well with Google Cloud Monitoring and supports advanced alerting workflows.
- B. Incorrect.
Slack is a communication platform, not specifically an alerting tool. However, it is often used in conjunction with other alerting tools to deliver notifications.
- C. Correct.
Splunk On-Call (formerly VictorOps) is a powerful third-party tool for incident response and alerting. It is designed for DevOps teams and integrates well with Google Cloud environments.
- D. Incorrect.
Jira is primarily a project management and issue-tracking tool, not an alerting or incident management platform.
- E. Correct.
Datadog is a monitoring and analytics platform that includes advanced alerting capabilities. It integrates with Google Cloud Monitoring to provide enhanced alerting and visibility.