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Cloud Scheduler
Topic in 10 exam domains
Also called: managed cron job scheduler
A fully managed cron job scheduler used to send scheduled trigger messages to Pub/Sub.
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7 objectives in 3 of 5 domains
~22% of exam
~25% of exam
~18% of exam
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- Cloud Run works with Cloud Scheduler From the official documentation: “Create a Cloud Scheduler job that triggers the Cloud Run service daily.”
- Cloud Run functions works with Cloud Scheduler From the official documentation: “Create a Cloud Scheduler job to trigger the Cloud Run function on a regular schedule.”
- Cloud Scheduler works with Workflows From the official documentation: “Manage Workflows with optional Cloud Scheduler or Eventarc triggers”
- Cloud Scheduler works with Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “Create a Pub/Sub topic to set up as your Cloud Scheduler job target.”
- Cloud Scheduler works with Pub/Sub topic From the official documentation: “Create a Pub/Sub topic that Cloud Scheduler will use to trigger the Cloud Run function.”
- Cloud Build works with Cloud Scheduler From the official documentation: “Use Cloud Build triggered by Cloud Scheduler to run a containerized export job on a schedule.”
- AlloyDB for PostgreSQL works with Cloud Scheduler From the official documentation: “Although AlloyDB doesn't provide a built-in method for automating exports, you can build an automation tool using other Google Cloud components such as Cloud Scheduler, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Run functions.”
- Batch works with Cloud Scheduler From the official documentation: “Specifically, you can use Terraform to schedule and run a Cloud Scheduler cron job that targets the Batch API to create and run Batch jobs.”
- BigQuery works with Cloud Scheduler From the official documentation: “To learn more about using Cloud Scheduler with BigQuery, see [Scheduling workflows with Cloud Scheduler](/scheduler/docs/tut-workflows).”
- Cloud Audit Logs works with Cloud Scheduler From the official documentation: “This document describes audit logging for Cloud Scheduler. Google Cloud services generate audit logs that record administrative and access activities within your Google Cloud resources. For more information about Cloud Audit Logs, see the following:”
- Cloud Scheduler depends on Identity and Access Management From the official documentation: “Cloud Scheduler uses Identity and Access Management (IAM) for authorization.”
- Cloud Scheduler depends on Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “Cloud Pub/Sub (required for Cloud Scheduler to invoke functions)”
- Cloud Scheduler works with VPC Service Controls From the official documentation: “If your Google Cloud project is inside a VPC Service Controls perimeter in a Virtual Private Cloud network, the Cloud Scheduler integration with VPC Service Controls supports Cloud Run jobs as a target using the following URI format:”
- Identity and Access Management secures Cloud Scheduler From the official documentation: “Cloud Scheduler uses IAM for access control.”
- VPC Service Controls secures Cloud Scheduler From the official documentation: “This guide shows you how to include Cloud Scheduler jobs in a VPC Service Controls perimeter.”
- Application Default Credentials works with Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Application Default Credentials secures BigQuery From the official documentation: “To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- BigQuery depends on Application Default Credentials From the official documentation: “To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Application Default Credentials works with Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Pub/Sub, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- BigQuery is an alternative to Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “The `import_result_sink` must be a Cloud Storage path or a BigQuery table.”
- BigQuery works with Cloud Logging From the official documentation: “BigQuery utilizes Cloud Logging for some of your log data.”
- BigQuery works with Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “External BigQuery data source backed by Cloud Storage”
- Application Default Credentials works with BigQuery From the official documentation: “Create a BigQuery client using application default credentials.”
- Application Default Credentials secures Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Pub/Sub, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Pub/Sub depends on Application Default Credentials From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Pub/Sub, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Application Default Credentials works with Secret Manager From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Secret Manager, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Application Default Credentials works with Compute Engine From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- VPC Service Controls secures BigQuery From the official documentation: “BigQuery data is protected with VPC Service Controls”
- Application Default Credentials secures Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Cloud Storage depends on Application Default Credentials From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Application Default Credentials works with Google Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Cloud Run works with Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “Route Cloud Pub/Sub events to Cloud Run”
- Cloud Run works with Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “Route Cloud Storage events to Cloud Run”
- Cloud Run works with Secret Manager From the official documentation: “You can integrate Secret Manager with other Google Cloud products such as Cloud Run.”
- Application Default Credentials works with Cloud Run functions From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Cloud Run functions, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Cloud Build works with Secret Manager From the official documentation: “You can substitute secrets from [Secret Manager](/secret-manager/docs) in Cloud Build.”
- Cloud Run functions depends on Application Default Credentials From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Cloud Run functions, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Pub/Sub works with Secret Manager From the official documentation: “Receive notifications via Pub/Sub when Secret Manager resources change.”
- Application Default Credentials secures Compute Engine From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- BigQuery is an alternative to Google Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “The training data can be either a CSV file in Cloud Storage or a table in BigQuery.”
- BigQuery is an alternative to Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “To keep audit logs for a longer period of time or to use more powerful search capabilities, you can route copies of your audit logs to Cloud Storage, BigQuery, or Pub/Sub.”
- Cloud Run functions works with Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “Set up functions in response to events in Cloud Storage:”
- Secret Manager depends on Application Default Credentials From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Secret Manager, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- BigQuery works with Cloud Run functions From the official documentation: “BigQuery supports external function calls through Cloud Run functions.”
- BigQuery works with Google Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “Load Cloud Storage data into BigQuery”
- Cloud Run depends on Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “Create a Pub/Sub topic that Cloud Scheduler will publish to and the Cloud Run function will subscribe to.”
- Cloud Run functions works with Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “Use Cloud Run functions to publish messages on Pub/Sub.”
- Compute Engine works with Secret Manager From the official documentation: “To use Secret Manager with workloads running on Compute Engine or GKE, the underlying instance or node must have the `cloud-platform` OAuth scope.”
- Application Default Credentials works with Workflows From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Workflows, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Batch depends on Application Default Credentials From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Batch, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- BigQuery works with Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “createBigQuerySubscription creates a Pub/Sub subscription that exports messages to BigQuery.”
- Cloud Build works with Cloud Run From the official documentation: “Cloud Build - create container images and deploy to Cloud Run.”
- Cloud Build works with Cloud Storage From the official documentation: “Cloud Build then stores Terraform files and the Terraform State File in a Cloud Storage bucket.”
- Cloud Run depends on Application Default Credentials From the official documentation: “To authenticate to Cloud Run, set up Application Default Credentials.”
- Cloud Run works with Workflows From the official documentation: “Route Workflows events to Cloud Run”
- Cloud Run functions depends on Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “The Pub/Sub message triggers Cloud Run functions.”
- BigQuery works with Cloud Audit Logs From the official documentation: “Cloud Audit Logs maintain a record of Google Cloud events, including BigQuery events.”
- Cloud Storage works with Identity and Access Management From the official documentation: “To learn how to use IAM with Cloud Storage, see [Using IAM Permissions](/storage/docs/access-control/using-iam-permissions).”
- Cloud Storage works with Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “| **Google Cloud** | Cloud Storage | Pub/Sub |”
- Cloud Storage is an alternative to Pub/Sub From the official documentation: “To keep audit logs for a longer period of time or to use more powerful search capabilities, you can route copies of your audit logs to Cloud Storage, BigQuery, or Pub/Sub.”
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