A development team wants to deploy a microservices application on Kubernetes. They want to focus entirely on writing code and defining pod specifications, without managing nodes, configuring cluster autoscaling, or worrying about node pool upgrades. Which compute option should you recommend?

Answer options:

GKE Standard

Compute Engine Managed Instance Groups

GKE Autopilot

Cloud Functions

How to approach this question

Identify the managed Kubernetes offering that abstracts away node management.

Full Answer

C.GKE Autopilot✓ Correct

GKE Autopilot provisions and manages the cluster's underlying infrastructure, including nodes and node pools, giving you an optimized cluster with a hands-off experience. You pay only for the CPU, memory, and storage requested by your pods.

Common mistakes

Choosing GKE Standard (A) out of habit, ignoring the explicit requirement to avoid managing nodes.

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