GKE cluster creation (Autopilot vs Standard) in GCP - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a GKE cluster in Autopilot mode.

GCP

gcloud container clusters create-auto my-cluster --region [1]

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Aasia-east1

Bus-central1

Ceurope-west1

Dsouthamerica-east1

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a zone instead of a region for Autopilot clusters.

Choosing a region not supported by Autopilot.

The --region flag specifies the region for the Autopilot cluster. Here, europe-west1 is used as an example.

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medium

Complete the code to create a Standard GKE cluster with 3 nodes.

GCP

gcloud container clusters create my-standard-cluster --num-nodes=[1] --zone us-central1-a

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A1

B0

C5

D3

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Common Mistakes

Setting number of nodes to zero, which is invalid.

Confusing node count with number of zones.

The --num-nodes flag sets the number of nodes in the Standard cluster. Here, 3 nodes are specified.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to create an Autopilot cluster by selecting the correct flag.

GCP

gcloud container clusters create my-autopilot-cluster [1] us-central1

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A--region

B--zone

C--num-nodes

D--machine-type

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --zone instead of --region for Autopilot.

Adding node count flags which are not needed for Autopilot.

Autopilot clusters require the --region flag, not --zone.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a Standard GKE cluster with a specific machine type and node count.

GCP

gcloud container clusters create my-standard-cluster --machine-type=[1] --num-nodes=[2] --zone us-east1-b

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Ae2-medium

Bn1-standard-1

C3

D5

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Common Mistakes

Mixing machine type and node count values.

Using unsupported machine types.

The --machine-type flag sets the VM type for nodes, here n1-standard-1. The --num-nodes flag sets the number of nodes, here 3.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create an Autopilot cluster with a specific region and enable IP aliasing.

GCP

gcloud container clusters create-auto my-autopilot-cluster --region=[1] --enable-ip-alias=[2] --project=[3]

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Aus-west1

Btrue

Cmy-gcp-project

Dfalse

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Common Mistakes

Using false for IP aliasing which disables it.

Omitting the project flag or using an invalid project ID.

The --region flag sets the cluster region (us-west1). --enable-ip-alias enables IP aliasing (true). --project specifies the GCP project ID (my-gcp-project).