Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Developer Practice Mode

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• Chose A1

  Enabling private IP allows the Compute Engine instances and the Cloud SQL instance to communicate over a private, internal network within Google Cloud Platform (GCP), rather than relying on external IP whitelisting.

• Chose A1

  Selecting Answer A, "Enable private IP for the Cloud SQL instance," is the most efficient and secure method to allow your Google Compute Engine virtual machine instances to connect with a managed Cloud SQL database without the need to whitelist IP addresses. This approach involves configuring the Cloud SQL instance to use a private IP address that is accessible within your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) network. This setup ensures that your Compute Engine instances can securely connect to the Cloud SQL database over Google's private network, providing a high level of security as the database isn't exposed to the public internet. It simplifies the network configuration and avoids the management overhead and security risks associated with maintaining an IP whitelist.

• 1

  And off course, you can enable private IP on a Cloud SQL instance on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Private IP allows you to access a Cloud SQL instance from within the same VPC network, without the need to use a public IP or whitelist IP addresses. To enable private IP on a Cloud SQL instance, you need to do the following: Create a VPC network: First, you need to create a VPC network in which the Cloud SQL instance and the Compute Engine instance will be placed. Create a Cloud SQL instance: Next, you need to create a Cloud SQL instance and specify the VPC network that you created in step 1 as the network for the Cloud SQL instance. Enable private IP: Finally, you can enable private IP on the Cloud SQL instance by going to the "Networking" tab in the Cloud SQL instance's configuration page and selecting the "Private IP" option. Once you have enabled private IP on the Cloud SQL instance, you can access it from the Compute Engine instance using the private IP of the Cloud SQL instance. Answer is A