You need a dynamic way of provisioning VMs on Compute Engine. The exact specifications will be in a dedicated configuration file. You want to follow Google's recommended practices. Which method…

The correct answer is A. Deployment Manager. Google Cloud Deployment Manager allows you to specify all the resources needed for your application in a declarative format using yaml. You can also use Python or Jinja2 templates to parameterize the configuration and allow reuse of common deployment paradigms such as a load…

Submitted by omar99· Mar 30, 2026Deploying and implementing a cloud solution

Question

You need a dynamic way of provisioning VMs on Compute Engine. The exact specifications will be in a dedicated configuration file. You want to follow Google's recommended practices. Which method should you use?

Options

ADeployment Manager
BCloud Composer
CManaged Instance Group
DUnmanaged Instance Group

How the community answered

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A
93% (37)
B
3% (1)
C
5% (2)

Explanation

Google Cloud Deployment Manager allows you to specify all the resources needed for your application in a declarative format using yaml. You can also use Python or Jinja2 templates to parameterize the configuration and allow reuse of common deployment paradigms such as a load balanced, auto-scaled instance group. Treat your configuration as code and perform repeatable https://cloud.google.com/deployment-manager

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#Deployment Manager#infrastructure as code#VM provisioning#configuration management

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