Deploying and Securing Containers on GKE

45 minutes
  • 4 Learning Objectives

About this Hands-on Lab

A critical step in software development security is to deploy secure apps. In this hands-on lab, you’ll use the Container Scanning API to identify security vulnerabilities within a container image and deploy that image on GKE.

Learning Objectives

Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:

Enable Container Scanning

Enable the Container Scanning API service using the GCP console.

Docker Pull, Tag, and Push the Image

Docker pull, tag, and push the DVWA Docker image to the Google Container Registry.

Hint: The Docker image is located at vulnerables/web-dvwa.

View Vulnerabilities

View the container security vulnerabilities using the Container Registry service.

Deploy App on GKE
  1. Enable the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) service using the GCP console.
  2. Create a Kubernetes cluster in autopilot mode.
  3. Deploy the container on GKE.

What are Hands-on Labs

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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