You have created several preemptible Linux virtual machine instances using Google Compute Engine. You want to properly shut down your application before the virtual machines are preempted. What…

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• ACreate a shutdown script registered as a xinetd service in Linux and configure a StackDriver
• BCreate a shutdown script, registered as a xinetd service in Linux, and use the gcloud compute
• CCreate a shutdown script named shutdown in the /etc/ directory.
• DCreate a shutdown script and use it as the value for a new metadata entry with the key shutdown-

• B
  6% (1)
• D
  94% (15)

Explanation

Running Shutdown Scripts “Create and run shutdown scripts that execute commands right before an instance is terminated or restarted, on a best-effort basis. This is useful if you rely on automated scripts to start up and shut down instances, allowing instances time to clean up or perform tasks, such as exporting logs, or syncing with other systems.” https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/shutdownscript To setup Shutdown Scripts, go to GCP console and follow the steps: Compute Engine -> VM instance -> Create Instance -> (Expand) Management, disks, networking, Enter the key “shutdown-script” and proper value

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