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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-DEVELOPER · Question #282

You are a cluster administrator for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Your organization's clusters are enrolled in a release channel. You need to be informed of relevant events that affect your GKE clus

The correct answer is A. Configure cluster notifications to be sent to a Pub/Sub topic.. GKE has a built-in Cluster Notifications feature that publishes structured events - including upgrade availability, security bulletins, and maintenance windows - directly to a Pub/Sub topic. This is a fully managed, push-based integration that requires minimal configuration and w

Monitoring and Management of GKE Clusters

Question

You are a cluster administrator for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Your organization's clusters are enrolled in a release channel. You need to be informed of relevant events that affect your GKE clusters, such as available upgrades and security bulletins. What should you do?

Options

  • AConfigure cluster notifications to be sent to a Pub/Sub topic.
  • BExecute a scheduled query against the google_cloud_release_notes BigQuery dataset.
  • CQuery the GKE API for available versions.
  • DCreate an RSS subscription to receive a daily summary of the GKE release notes.

How the community answered

(49 responses)
  • A
    73% (36)
  • B
    16% (8)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    6% (3)

Explanation

GKE has a built-in Cluster Notifications feature that publishes structured events - including upgrade availability, security bulletins, and maintenance windows - directly to a Pub/Sub topic. This is a fully managed, push-based integration that requires minimal configuration and works programmatically within the Google Cloud ecosystem. Option B (scheduled BigQuery query) is indirect and requires setting up a dataset sync, a scheduled query job, and alerting - significantly more effort. Option C (querying the GKE API) is a manual, pull-based approach with no notification capability. Option D (RSS subscription) is a manual, human-readable feed not suitable for automated workflows or integration with GCP tooling such as alerting or ticketing systems.

Topics

#GKE Notifications#Pub/Sub#Cluster Management#Release Channels

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