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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT · Question #368

Your organization is a cloud-native shop which uses Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) extensively to run its containerized workloads. You want to embrace infrastructure as code (IaC) principles to…

The correct answer is C. Set up Config Controller, and use YAML manifests to define the desired state of your Google. Config Controller provides a fully managed control plane that includes Config Connector, allowing you to define and manage Google Cloud resources declaratively using YAML manifests. This approach follows infrastructure as code principles, integrates naturally with Git-based…

Submitted by certguy· Mar 30, 2026Managing and provisioning cloud solution infrastructure

Question

Your organization is a cloud-native shop which uses Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) extensively to run its containerized workloads. You want to embrace infrastructure as code (IaC) principles to streamline and automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of Google Cloud resources and minimize operational cost. What should you do?

Options

  • AInstall Config Sync, and use YAML manifests in your GitHub repository to automate the
  • BInstall Config Connector, and use Python to define the desired state of your Google Cloud
  • CSet up Config Controller, and use YAML manifests to define the desired state of your Google
  • DDevelop a custom Kubernetes operator within your GKE cluster to automate the execution of your

How the community answered

(63 responses)
  • A
    6% (4)
  • B
    3% (2)
  • C
    76% (48)
  • D
    14% (9)

Explanation

Config Controller provides a fully managed control plane that includes Config Connector, allowing you to define and manage Google Cloud resources declaratively using YAML manifests. This approach follows infrastructure as code principles, integrates naturally with Git-based workflows, and minimizes operational cost by removing the need to run and manage your own GKE cluster solely for infrastructure management.

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#Config Controller#GitOps#infrastructure as code#GKE resource management

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