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Actual exam question from Google's Professional Cloud Developer

Question #: 366
Topic #: 1

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You are developing an application that needs to connect to a Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL database by using the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy. The Cloud SQL Auth Proxy is hosted in a different Google Cloud VPC network. The Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance has public and private IP addresses. You are required to use the private IP for security reasons. When testing the connection to the Cloud SQL instance, you can connect by using the public IP address, but you are unable to connect by using the private IP address. How should you fix this issue?

A. Run the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy as a background service.
B. Add the --private-ip option when starting the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy.
C. Set up VPC Network Peering between your VPC and the VPC where the Cloud SQL instance is deployed.
D. Grant yourself the IAM role that provides access to the Cloud SQL instance.

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

by Sai_Vignesh at Aug. 7, 2025, 4:58 p.m.

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Sai_Vignesh

1 day, 17 hours ago

Selected Answer: C

My best guess is C right now, but I need to study this area more.

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