GCP global infrastructure (regions, zones) - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the GCP region for your resource.

GCP

resource = compute.instances().insert(project=project_id, zone='[1]-a', body=instance_body)

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Aus-central1

Beurope-west1

Casia-east1

Dnorthamerica-northeast1

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a zone name instead of a region name in the region field.

Mixing up region and zone naming conventions.

The region code like europe-west1 is used to specify the location of the resource. Zones are named by appending a letter like '-a'.

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medium

Complete the code to select the correct zone within a region.

GCP

zone = '[1]-b'

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Aasia-southeast1

Beurope-west1

Cus-central1

Dsouthamerica-east1

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a zone letter without a valid region prefix.

Choosing a region that does not exist.

The zone is formed by the region name plus a letter. Here, 'asia-southeast1-b' is a valid zone.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly specify a zone for a VM instance.

GCP

instance = compute.instances().insert(project=project_id, zone='[1]', body=instance_body)

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Aus-central1

Bcentral1-a

Cus-central

Dus-central1-a

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using only the region name without the zone letter.

Using incomplete or incorrect region names.

The zone must include both the region and the zone letter, like 'us-central1-a'. Just the region or partial names are invalid.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a dictionary mapping regions to their zones.

GCP

region_zones = {'us-east1': ['[1]', '[2]']}

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Aus-east1-b

Bus-east1-c

Cus-east1-d

Dus-east1-e

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using zone letters that do not exist in the region.

Mixing zones from different regions.

Zones in a region are named by adding letters like '-b', '-c', etc. Here, 'us-east1-b' and 'us-east1-c' are valid zones.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a list of zones for the 'europe-west3' region.

GCP

zones = ['[1]', '[2]', '[3]']

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Aeurope-west3-a

Beurope-west3-b

Ceurope-west3-c

Deurope-west3-d

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using zones from other regions.

Repeating the same zone letter.

The 'europe-west3' region has zones named with letters like '-a', '-b', '-c', and '-d'. Here, we use 'europe-west3-d', 'europe-west3-b', and 'europe-west3-c'.