You want to enable your running Google Kubernetes Engine cluster to scale as demand for your application changes. What should you do?

The correct answer is C. Update the existing Kubernetes Engine cluster with the following command: gcloud alpha. https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cluster-autoscaler To enable autoscaling for an existing node pool, run the following command: gcloud container clusters update [CLUSTER_NAME] --enable-autoscaling \ --min-nodes 1 --max- nodes 10 --zone [COMPUTE_ZONE]…

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You want to enable your running Google Kubernetes Engine cluster to scale as demand for your application changes. What should you do?

Options

AAdd additional nodes to your Kubernetes Engine cluster using the following command: gcloud
BAdd a tag to the instances in the cluster with the following command: gcloud compute instances
CUpdate the existing Kubernetes Engine cluster with the following command: gcloud alpha
DCreate a new Kubernetes Engine cluster with the following command: gcloud alpha container

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Explanation

https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cluster-autoscaler To enable autoscaling for an existing node pool, run the following command: gcloud container clusters update [CLUSTER_NAME] --enable-autoscaling \ --min-nodes 1 --max- nodes 10 --zone [COMPUTE_ZONE] --node-pool default- pool

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#GKE autoscaling#cluster autoscaler#Kubernetes#horizontal scaling

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