Your startup has a strict monthly cloud budget of $500. You want to be notified immediately if your spending exceeds $400, but you DO NOT want your services to be automatically shut down, as this would disrupt your users.

What should you configure?

Answer options:

Create a billing budget for $500 and set a threshold alert at 80%.

Set a project quota of $400.

Create a billing budget with a Pub/Sub trigger that invokes a Cloud Function to disable billing at $400.

Configure a spending limit on the billing account.

How to approach this question

Understand the difference between billing alerts (notifications) and quotas/automation (actions).

Full Answer

A.Create a billing budget for $500 and set a threshold alert at 80%.✓ Correct

GCP Budgets and Alerts are designed to send notifications when spending approaches or exceeds defined thresholds. By default, they do not take any action to stop resources, ensuring your applications remain online even if you overspend.

Common mistakes

Assuming billing alerts automatically stop resources.

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