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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT · Question #145
You want to automate the creation of a managed instance group. The VMs have many OS package dependencies. You want to minimize the startup time for new VMs in the instance group. What should you do?
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Submitted by the_admin· Mar 30, 2026Managing and provisioning cloud solution infrastructure
Question
You want to automate the creation of a managed instance group. The VMs have many OS package dependencies. You want to minimize the startup time for new VMs in the instance group. What should you do?
Options
- AUse Terraform to create the managed instance group and a startup script to install the OS
- BCreate a custom VM image with all OS package dependencies. Use Deployment Manager to
- CUse Puppet to create the managed instance group and install the OS package dependencies.
- DUse Deployment Manager to create the managed instance group and Ansible to install the OS
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#custom VM images#managed instance groups#startup time optimization#image baking