Deploying and Securing Containers on GKE

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Deploying and Securing Containers on GKE

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.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 23, 2025

Duration

45m

Challenge

Enable Container Scanning

Enable the Container Scanning API service using the GCP console.
Challenge

View Vulnerabilities

View the container security vulnerabilities using the Container Registry service.
Challenge

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.
Challenge

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

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