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A software development company is building a new application that uses microservices architecture. They need a platform that can deploy, manage, and scale these containerized microservices across multiple environments (development, staging, production) with robust features for service discovery, load balancing, and automated rollouts/rollbacks. Which Google Cloud product is the most appropriate for this scenario?
- AApp Engine Standard Environment
- BCloud Functions
- CGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- DCompute Engine
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Correct answer: C. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a managed service for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using Kubernetes. It natively provides features like service discovery, load balancing, automated rollouts/rollbacks, and is ideal for microservices across multiple environments.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. App Engine Standard is a PaaS for specific language runtimes, not ideal for arbitrary containerized microservices and full Kubernetes orchestration features.
- B. Cloud Functions is a FaaS for event-driven functions, not for managing and orchestrating entire microservices applications.
- D. Compute Engine provides IaaS VMs, requiring manual setup and management of containers and orchestration.
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
GKE is a managed service for deploying and managing containerized applications using Kubernetes, simplifying orchestration.
- Automates Kubernetes cluster management.
- Provides features for service discovery, load balancing, scaling.
- Ideal for microservices architectures and continuous deployment.
Memory trick: Containers in GCP: GKE for Orchestration, Cloud Run for Serverless, Artifact Registry for Storage.