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Difficulty: Very hardProvisioning Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine Clusters

A specialized genomics enterprise is provisioning core infrastructure in Google Cloud to run large-scale DNA sequencing batch operations alongside a containerized administrative management plane. The target architecture specifies a private Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster for control services and a Compute Engine Managed Instance Group (MIG) configured with Spot VMs to handle high-volume compute tasks. During automated deployment, the pipeline fails to provision the intended 500 N2 Spot VMs in us-central1 due to immediate quota constraints. Simultaneously, security auditors notice that internal bioinformaticians cannot connect to the private GKE cluster control plane via `kubectl` from their corporate VPN subnet. Which combination of provisioning and security modifications correctly resolves both the compute deployment failure and the administrative connectivity issue?

  1. Submit a regional quota increase request for Spot N2 CPU cores in us-central1 prior to deployment, and add the corporate VPN egress CIDR range to the GKE Control Plane Authorized Networks configuration.Answer
  2. B
    Migrate the entire batch workload onto the private GKE cluster using an Autopilot node pool, assuming GKE Autopilot automatically bypasses GCP project resource quotas and enables master endpoint access globally by default.
  3. C
    Grant the bioinformaticians the Service Account User role (roles/iam.serviceAccountUser) on the cluster service account to bypass private master network restrictions, and configure the MIG to dynamically override regional quotas.
  4. D
    Assign the primitive Owner role to all internal bioinformaticians to grant administrative master endpoint privileges, and update the Terraform state file manually to force resource creation despite active quota limits.

Answer

Submit a regional quota increase request for Spot N2 CPU cores in us-central1 prior to deployment, and add the corporate VPN egress CIDR range to the GKE Control Plane Authorized Networks configuration.
Provisioning high-capacity compute workloads (such as 500 Spot VMs) requires verifying and requesting regional quota increases in advance. For private GKE clusters, master endpoint administration is restricted by default and requires explicit IP ranges to be configured under Control Plane Authorized Networks so authorized corporate VPN subnets can access the cluster control plane.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the Compute Engine MIG provisioning failure
Identify that launching 500 N2 Spot VMs requires sufficient preemptible/Spot CPU core quota in the target region (us-central1).
Large-scale node provisioning fails immediately if the requested capacity exceeds the GCP project regional quota.
2
Identify the proper remediation for GCP resource quotas
Submit a quota increase request in advance for Spot N2 CPUs in us-central1.
Quota adjustments must be requested and approved prior to automated IaC executions to prevent resource allocation errors.
3
Analyze the GKE master endpoint connectivity issue
Recognize that private GKE clusters block access to the control plane endpoint unless explicit IP ranges are permitted.
Private GKE control planes require Control Plane Authorized Networks to allow specific source CIDRs (such as corporate VPN egress IPs) to reach the master endpoint.

Key Concept

Provisioning Compute Engine MIGs and Securing Private GKE Clusters
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