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ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER · Question #254
Your company has developed a new application that consists of multiple microservices. You want to deploy the application to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and you want to ensure that the cluster can
The correct answer is A. Deploy the application on GKE, and add a HorizontalPodAutoscaler to the deployment.. https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/horizontalpodautoscaler
Submitted by miguelv· Mar 30, 2026Deploying and implementing a cloud solution
Question
Your company has developed a new application that consists of multiple microservices. You want to deploy the application to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and you want to ensure that the cluster can scale as more applications are deployed in the future. You want to avoid manual intervention when each new application is deployed. What should you do?
Options
- ADeploy the application on GKE, and add a HorizontalPodAutoscaler to the deployment.
- BDeploy the application on GKE, and add a VerticalPodAutoscaler to the deployment.
- CCreate a GKE cluster with autoscaling enabled on the node pool. Set a minimum and maximum
- DCreate a separate node pool for each application, and deploy each application to its dedicated
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A70% (19)
- B4% (1)
- C15% (4)
- D11% (3)
Explanation
https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/horizontalpodautoscaler
Topics
#GKE#HorizontalPodAutoscaler#cluster autoscaling#microservices
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