What is required when deploying a search engine?

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• AAn IPv6 address
• BFour virtual CPUs with two cores each
• C16 GB RAM
• DA fully qualified domain name

• A
  7% (2)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  86% (24)

Explanation

Deploying a search engine requires a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) because the search engine must be uniquely and consistently addressable on the network - enabling DNS resolution, SSL certificate binding, and authenticated access from clients and crawlers. Without an FQDN, services cannot reliably locate or trust the search engine endpoint.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (IPv6 address): An IP address of any version may be involved, but IPv6 specifically is not a requirement - IPv4 works equally well, and neither replaces the need for a resolvable hostname.
• B (Four vCPUs with two cores each): Hardware specs vary by vendor and deployment scale; no universal rule mandates this exact configuration.
• C (16 GB RAM): Again, memory requirements depend on index size and traffic load - this figure is not a fixed deployment prerequisite.

Memory tip: Think "search = find by name." A search engine's job is to make things findable, and it must itself be findable - which requires a proper, fully qualified name on the network. FQDN = the search engine's own "searchable identity."

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