A cloud operations team is setting up a new administrative management host to manage workloads on a newly provisioned Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster named `billing-cluster` in region `us-east4`. Arrange the following administrative and operational commands in the exact sequence required to authenticate, establish cluster context, verify cluster connectivity, and deploy a manifest named `billing-deployment.yaml`.
- 1Authenticate the Google Cloud CLI with valid project credentials.
- 2Execute `gcloud container clusters get-credentials billing-cluster --region us-east4` to generate local kubeconfig context entries.
- 3Execute `kubectl get nodes` to validate API server communication and cluster node readiness.
- 4Execute `kubectl apply -f billing-deployment.yaml` to declare and create the deployment resources.
- 5Execute `kubectl get pods` to inspect pod scheduling and container execution states.
Answer
The correct operational sequence begins with authenticating the gcloud CLI, followed by executing `gcloud container clusters get-credentials` to generate the local kubeconfig context, running `kubectl get nodes` to verify control plane connectivity, executing `kubectl apply -f billing-deployment.yaml` to apply the workload configuration, and concluding with `kubectl get pods` to confirm successful workload execution.
Deploying workloads to GKE from a new environment requires establishing Cloud IAM identity first, generating cluster connection entries in `kubeconfig` via `gcloud container clusters get-credentials`, testing cluster control plane responsiveness via `kubectl get nodes`, declaring resources via `kubectl apply`, and finally verifying pod runtime status with `kubectl get pods`.
Step-by-Step Solution
Key Concept
Sequential lifecycle management for GKE cluster access and workload deployment