Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer PCD — Topic 1 Question 171

Question

You are developing an application that consists of several microservices running in a Google Kubernetes Engine cluster. One microservice needs to connect to a third-party database running on-premises. You need to store credentials to the database and ensure that these credentials can be rotated while following security best practices. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: D. The correct answer is D. Option D: Store the credentials as a Kubernetes Secret, and use the Cloud Key Management Service plugin to handle encryption and decryption.

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer PCD — Question 171