Exam Professional Cloud Architect topic 1 question 110 discussion

A. App Engine

Answer should be A as only with App Engine we have a default service account which allows the user to deploy the changes per project. for GKE we may have to configure additional permission for both DEV and Operations team to deploy the changes. https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/php/service-account

A. App Engine. Explanation: Why A is correct: App Engine: Google App Engine is a fully managed platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that allows developers to build and deploy applications quickly and easily without worrying about managing the underlying infrastructure. It supports continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes, enabling developers to stage new versions of applications easily. Staging and Promotion: App Engine has built-in support for traffic splitting and versioning, which allows you to stage new versions of your application and gradually promote them to production. This can be done with minimal operational overhead, making it ideal for scenarios where operational functions are outsourced. Minimal Operational Overhead: Since App Engine is fully managed, it reduces the operational burden significantly, making it easier for the outsourced operations team to handle promotions and manage the application.

A. App Engine

Is this answers are really correct or misleading to us..?

While both GKE and App Engine offer functionalities for deploying cloud-based applications, App Engine is more managed service compared to GKE, resulting in lower operational overhead.

I did my exam today and saw this question. But I am sure A was the answer due to the operational overhead phrase

A why not D? It requires more operational overhead compared to App Engine, as it involves managing the Kubernetes infrastructure.

In the question, we see "cloud-based application" - I assume, it means cloud native -> dockers/containers -> K8s -> GKE. Hence, D is my option.

I agreed with "omermahgoub" the answer should be D. As you will bundle the application and its dependencies into container image and deploy. All environments will have same image deployed from Dev, TEST, Staging to PROD. There will be less operational overheard for operations team.

A App Engine reduces ops overhead

A. You deploy your new version to App Engine without setting it as the default version. The ops team then just has to make it the default version when they want to promote it. Simplest answer.

App Engine because of less ovehead.

Answer is A. By process of elimination you arrive at App Engine or GKE. Now the requirement is to "to minimize the operational overhead of the solution". On the IaaS to PaaS spectrum, this can only be App Engine! IaaS = Compute Engine. Hybrid = GKE (engineering heavy). PaaS = App Engine.

"You want to minimize the operational overhead of the solution" ..This sentence is they key to go with Option A. GKE carries overhead as it's not purely PaaS.

It should be D. As GKE is considered to be the master product/service for creating a deployment and managing and keeping all the environments in SYNC

A is right as the requirement is to deploy new changes and manage the application with no operational overhead.