JencoMart has decided to migrate user profile storage to Google Cloud Datastore and the application servers to Google Compute Engine (GCE). During the migration, the existing infrastructure will need access to Datastore to upload the data. What service account key-management strategy should you recommend?
- AProvision service account keys for the on-premises infrastructure and for the GCE virtual machines (VMs)
- BAuthenticate the on-premises infrastructure with a user account and provision service account keys for the VMs
- CProvision service account keys for the on-premises infrastructure and use Google Cloud Platform (GCP) managed keys for the VMs (correct answer)
- DDeploy a custom authentication service on GCE/Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for the on-premises infrastructure and use GCP managed keys for the VMs
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The correct answer is C. Option C: Provision service account keys for the on-premises infrastructure and use Google Cloud Platform (GCP) managed keys for the VMs
Explanation
A service account provides an identity for workloads to access Google Cloud APIs securely.