Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Question 253
Select 3Google Cloud PlatformYour company is using Google Cloud Monitoring to track application performance. However, the team has decided to integrate a third-party alerting tool to centralize alerts from multiple cloud services, including Google Cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Which of the following tools would be appropriate for this integration?
- A
PagerDuty
- B
Slack
- C
Prometheus
- D
Opsgenie
- E
Datadog
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Correct answers: A, D, E
Explanation
PagerDuty, Opsgenie, and Datadog are widely used third-party alerting tools that integrate well with Google Cloud Monitoring and other cloud services. They are designed to centralize alert management and streamline incident response processes. While Slack and Prometheus have some capabilities for notifications and monitoring, they are not specialized alerting tools in the context of this scenario.
- A. Correct.
PagerDuty is widely used as an incident management and alerting tool that integrates well with Google Cloud Monitoring and other cloud services.
- B. Incorrect.
Slack is primarily a messaging and collaboration tool, not specifically designed for alerting, though it can be used to receive notifications.
- C. Incorrect.
Prometheus is a monitoring and alerting tool but is more focused on collecting and storing time-series data rather than centralizing alerts from multiple services.
- D. Correct.
Opsgenie is a widely used third-party alerting and incident response tool that integrates seamlessly with Google Cloud Monitoring and other platforms.
- E. Correct.
Datadog is a comprehensive monitoring and alerting tool that supports integration with Google Cloud and other services to centralize alerts effectively.