Why resource hierarchy matters in GCP - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the parent resource when creating a new project in GCP.

GCP

gcloud projects create my-project --[1]=123456789012

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Aorganization

Bparent

Cfolder

Dbilling-account

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3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --folder instead of --organization

Omitting the parent resource flag

Using --billing-account which is unrelated to hierarchy

The --organization flag sets the parent organization for the new project, placing it correctly in the resource hierarchy.

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medium

Complete the code to list all projects under a specific folder in GCP.

GCP

gcloud projects list --filter='parent.type:folder AND parent.id:[1]'

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Amy-folder

Bfolders/123456789012

C123456789012

Dorganizations/123456789012

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Including 'folders/' prefix in the ID

Using organization ID instead of folder ID

Using folder name instead of ID

The filter requires the folder ID only, not the full resource name.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to set IAM policy on a folder resource.

GCP

gcloud resource-manager folders set-iam-policy [1] policy.yaml

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Afolders/123456789012

Bmy-folder

C123456789012

Dorganizations/123456789012

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using only the numeric ID without prefix

Using organization prefix instead of folder

Using folder name instead of ID

The folder ID must be prefixed with 'folders/' to specify the resource correctly.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a folder under an organization with the correct parent and display name.

GCP

gcloud resource-manager folders create --[1]=[2] --display-name="My Folder"

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Aparent

Borganization

Corganizations/123456789012

Dfolders/123456789012

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'organization' as the flag name instead of 'parent'

Using numeric ID without prefix as parent value

Using folder prefix as parent value

The --parent flag requires the full resource name of the organization to create a folder under it.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to assign a project to a folder.

GCP

gcloud projects move [1] --[2]=[3]

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Amy-project-123

Bfolder

Cbilling-account

D987654321098

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '--billing-account' which is for billing, not hierarchy

Including 'folders/' prefix in the folder ID

Using full resource name instead of numeric ID

The --folder flag with the numeric folder ID is used with gcloud projects move to assign the project to the folder in the resource hierarchy.