Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer — Question 41

You support an application running on GCP and want to configure SMS notifications to your team for the most critical alerts in Stackdriver Monitoring. You have already identified the alerting policies you want to configure this for. What should you do?

Answer options

• A. Download and configure a third-party integration between Stackdriver Monitoring and an SMS gateway. Ensure that your team members add their SMS/phone numbers to the external tool.
• B. Select the Webhook notifications option for each alerting policy, and configure it to use a third-party integration tool. Ensure that your team members add their SMS/phone numbers to the external tool.
• C. Ensure that your team members set their SMS/phone numbers in their Stackdriver Profile. Select the SMS notification option for each alerting policy and then select the appropriate SMS/phone numbers from the list.
• D. Configure a Slack notification for each alerting policy. Set up a Slack-to-SMS integration to send SMS messages when Slack messages are received. Ensure that your team members add their SMS/phone numbers to the external integration.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because it allows team members to directly set their SMS/phone numbers in their Stackdriver Profile, ensuring that alerts are sent to the correct contacts. Options A and B require external tools and manual input of numbers, which adds complexity and potential errors. Option D involves an indirect method through Slack, which is not as straightforward as using the native SMS notification feature in Stackdriver Monitoring.