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Difficulty: MediumEnabling and Managing Cloud Service APIs

A cloud engineer needs to enable the Secret Manager API (`secretmanager.googleapis.com`) for a newly created Google Cloud project named `security-vault-prod` using the `gcloud` CLI, ensuring that the target environment is configured before enablement and verified afterward. Place the administrative steps in the correct chronological sequence from start to finish.

  1. 1Set the active `gcloud` configuration to target the `security-vault-prod` project.
  2. 2List enabled APIs in the project to verify that `secretmanager.googleapis.com` is not already enabled.
  3. 3Execute the enablement command for `secretmanager.googleapis.com`.
  4. 4Filter the list of enabled services to confirm that `secretmanager.googleapis.com` displays an state of enabled.

Answer

The correct operational sequence is: 1) Set the active `gcloud` project context to `security-vault-prod`, 2) Inspect currently enabled APIs to check state, 3) Execute the `gcloud services enable` command for `secretmanager.googleapis.com`, and 4) Verify successful activation by filtering enabled services.
The standard sequence for API management requires initializing the target CLI project context first, checking current state, enabling the service API, and validating activation upon completion.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Configure gcloud CLI target project context.
The CLI environment is bound to `security-vault-prod` (`gcloud config set project security-vault-prod`).
CLI commands act on the default configured project unless explicitly overridden, avoiding changes to the wrong project.
2
Inspect current API enablement state.
Run `gcloud services list --enabled` to verify active APIs.
Verifying existing configuration avoids redundant operational calls and establishes baseline state.
3
Enable the target API service.
Run `gcloud services enable secretmanager.googleapis.com`.
This enables the service API in Service Usage for the selected project.
4
Verify post-enablement API status.
Run `gcloud services list --enabled --filter="NAME:secretmanager.googleapis.com"` to verify output.
Confirmation validates that the service endpoint is active and ready for resource consumption.

Key Concept

Standard operational workflow for managing and enabling Google Cloud service APIs using the gcloud CLI tool.
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Enabling and Managing Cloud Service APIs

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