Cloud Native Services Integration Questions

Understand how to integrate Kubernetes with cloud-native services: managed databases (RDS, Cloud SQL), object storage (S3, GCS), message queues (SQS, Pub/Sub), serverless compute (Lambda, Cloud Functions), observability services (CloudWatch, Stackdriver). Know how to configure Kubernetes to securely access these services: IAM roles, IRSA (IAM Roles for Service Accounts), managed identities. Discuss when to use managed services vs Kubernetes-hosted services. Understand cost implications and operational trade-offs.