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Apache Superset on GKE Autopilot

Apache Superset on GKE Autopilot

Apache Superset is an open-source data exploration and visualisation platform trusted by organisations worldwide. This module deploys Superset on GKE Autopilot on top of the App_GKE foundation, which provisions and manages the shared Google Cloud and Kubernetes infrastructure.

This guide focuses on the cloud services Superset uses and how to explore and operate them from the Google Cloud Console and the command line. For the mechanics common to every GKE application — Workload Identity, ingress, autoscaling, CI/CD, Cloud Armor, IAP, Binary Authorization, VPC Service Controls, backups, and the deployment lifecycle — refer to the App_GKE foundation guide rather than repeating them here.


What Superset costs on RAD, and how that compares​

Superset on RAD's GKE Autopilot module costs about US$129.18 a month in a Google Cloud project you own, with a one-time 175-credit module fee (US$17.50, or 157.5 credits in a RAD-managed project, 10% lower). GKE suits Superset that needs to sit beside other Kubernetes workloads or run a larger pod continuously; for the lowest cost, the Cloud Run module runs the same Superset for about US$83.31 a month instead, with a lower module fee to match. If you only need Superset occasionally — a reporting cycle, an analytics trial — a RAD-managed project can be deleted and restored within 30 days for a handful of credits (under US$1) instead of paying for it to sit idle. See Pause it for free, below. Figures are as at 8 October 2026; sources are listed at the end of this section.

What you pay on RAD​

In a Google Cloud project you ownIn a project RAD manages for you
Module fee, once per deployment175 credits (US$17.50 at the top-up price)157.5 credits (10% lower)
Build timeAbout 3-6 credits per buildThe same
Google Cloud running costBilled by Google to your own billing account, about US$129.18 a month for the default configuration (table below)Metered hourly in credits; RAD publishes 107 credits a day, about 3,210 a month
Who owns whatYou own the project and its billing; RAD deploys and updates itRAD owns the project, with guardrails, quotas and budget alerts; you get console access, and a minimum purchased balance is held in reserve

10 credits cost US$1 on a one-off top-up, and less on a monthly plan. In a project RAD manages, the database and network are shared by every application in the project, so a second application does not add a second set of them.

Default running cost in your own project (us-central1, Google list prices):

Resource (module default)Per month
GKE Autopilot pod, 2x vCPU / 2 GiBUS$72.16
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, 1 vCPU / 3.75 GB, zonal, 10 GB SSDUS$51.02
Cloud NAT and networkingUS$5.00
Cloud Storage (add-ons, backups)US$1.00
GKE cluster management feeshared across every GKE app in the project; $0 if this is your only cluster, else ~73
TotalUS$129.18

How it compares​

  • Preset, the managed hosting company founded by Superset's creator, charges $20/user/month billed annually (or $25/user/month monthly) on its Professional plan for unlimited users and workspaces, after a free Starter tier for up to 5 users (source: preset.io/pricing). A five-analyst team on Preset Professional runs $100-125/month before any add-ons; RAD's own-project figure is a flat infrastructure cost that does not move with headcount.
  • A self-managed comparison: Hetzner CPX22 (2 vCPU/4GB) runs about $24/month, a DigitalOcean 2 vCPU/4GB Droplet is the same $24/month, and a GCP Compute Engine e2-standard-2 (2 vCPU/8GB) is about $49/month — cheaper, but Superset also needs a managed database, its own backups, and the shared cluster overhead you would then run by hand.
  • Superset's own licensing is free either way — the comparison here is per-seat managed hosting (Preset) against flat infrastructure (RAD), not software cost.

Pause it for free: delete a RAD-managed project, restore it when you need it​

If Superset runs in a project RAD manages for you, deleting the whole project unlinks its billing first, then asks Google to delete the project outright — Google's own 30-day recoverable soft delete. Unlike deleting one module, this does not tear down Cloud SQL or the compute resource one by one: the whole project simply stops, and nothing is charged while it waits, because billing is already unlinked.

Restoring, within 30 days and only by the project's owner, asks Google to undelete the project and reattaches its billing account, then asks you to run Update on each deployment to confirm everything came back. Because nothing was individually destroyed, that Update finds the same resources already there — it is a check, not a rebuild, and an Update never charges the module fee again. This costs only a handful of credits (under US$1) in total for a typical 2-3-deployment chain.

What this needs: you must own the project (not one RAD only manages billing for), you must restore it yourself within 30 days — after that Google deletes it for good — and restoring is admitted like creating a new project, so your purchased credit balance must still clear the tier's floor (100 credits for the sandbox tier most study/demo use fits). Google says most services are fully working again within 36 hours of a restore.

One real gap: nightly backups are written to a bucket inside the project, and that bucket has Cloud Storage's soft-delete explicitly turned off, so it is very likely gone as soon as you delete the project — even though the project itself is recoverable for 30 days. If you have built dashboards or saved datasets you want to keep, copy a backup out (to Google Drive, or a bucket outside the project) before deleting. For a default install with nothing irreplaceable in it, this does not matter.

Pay only while you use it, the other way: delete and redeploy​

In your own project, or once the 30-day restore window has passed, the alternative is to delete Superset outright and redeploy it later. A redeploy costs the module fee again, plus the builds — roughly 180 credits (about US$18) in your own project, or 162.5 credits in a RAD-managed one.

Deleting saves money only once Superset would otherwise sit unused long enough to clear that redeploy cost against its own daily running cost — against the own-project total above (about US$4.31 a day), that works out to about 5 days or more, or about 2 days or more in a RAD-managed one (107 credits a day). Most of the running cost here is the database and the GKE pod; they stop only when nothing else in the project uses them, so deleting Superset while something else shares the project saves only this app's own compute part.

Keep data first: nightly backups go to a bucket inside the deployment and are deleted with it, so copy the latest backup out before deleting if you want to keep it.

Lab sessions and Managed Environments​

  • Lab sessions, for training: a trainer runs a session for a class. Each participant gets the app in their own Google Cloud project for 15 minutes to 24 hours, within an allowance the trainer sets. Either the trainer funds every place, or each participant pays for their own. Everything is deleted when the session ends and unused credits go back to the trainer.
  • Managed Environments, for consultancies: a partner runs the app for a client from a ring-fenced wallet it funds, and settles with the client directly. If the wallet runs low, billing pauses and the data is kept, so nobody receives an unexpected charge. At the end the partner hands the project over and the deployments become the client's own.
  • Credits can be bought in more than 20 currencies, including XAF, XOF, NGN, GHS, KES and ZAR, by card, bank transfer or mobile money.

Sources (8 October 2026): Google Cloud Billing Catalog API list prices; radmodules.dev/pricing for RAD's own fees and daily-credit estimates; Delete and restore projects for the pause/restore mechanics; preset.io/pricing for Preset's hosted Superset plans.

1. Overview​

Superset runs as a Python/Gunicorn web workload. The deployment wires together a focused set of Google Cloud services:

CapabilityGoogle Cloud serviceNotes
ComputeGKE AutopilotPython/Gunicorn pods, 2 vCPU / 2 GiB by default, horizontally autoscaled
DatabaseCloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15Required — stores dashboards, charts, datasets, and user settings
Object storageCloud StorageA dedicated data bucket provisioned automatically
Cache & async queriesRedisDisabled by default; strongly recommended for production multi-user deployments
SecretsSecret ManagerAuto-generated SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY and database password
IngressCloud Load BalancingExternal LoadBalancer, optional custom domain + managed certificate

Sensible defaults worth knowing up front:

  • PostgreSQL 15 is required. Superset uses it as its metadata database for all dashboards, charts, datasets, and role definitions. MySQL is not supported.
  • SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY is auto-generated. A 50-character random key is generated and stored in Secret Manager. It signs Flask sessions — rotating it invalidates all active user sessions. Treat it as immutable after the first deploy.
  • Two-phase initialisation runs automatically. A db-init job creates the PostgreSQL database and user; then an app-init job runs schema migrations and creates the admin user. Both run on every deploy but are idempotent.
  • Session affinity is ClientIP. Superset's Flask sessions benefit from sticky routing so requests from the same browser reach the same pod.
  • Redis is disabled by default. Without Redis, Celery workers have no broker; async query execution and dashboard caching are unavailable. Enable for production.
  • The health probe targets /health — Superset's Gunicorn readiness endpoint.

2. Google Cloud Services & How to Explore Them​

All commands assume you have run gcloud container clusters get-credentials <cluster> --region <region> --project <project> and that PROJECT, REGION, and NAMESPACE are set. The namespace and other identifiers are reported in the deployment Outputs.

A. GKE Autopilot — the Superset workload​

Superset pods are scheduled on Autopilot, which bills for the CPU/memory the pods actually request. Horizontal Pod Autoscaling sizes the deployment between the minimum and maximum replica counts.

  • Console: Kubernetes Engine → Workloads → select the Superset workload to see pods, revisions, and events. Kubernetes Engine → Services & Ingress shows the external IP.
  • CLI:
    kubectl get pods,svc,hpa -n "$NAMESPACE"
    kubectl logs -n "$NAMESPACE" deploy/<service-name> --tail=100
    kubectl describe hpa -n "$NAMESPACE" # current vs target utilisation

See App_GKE for how Autopilot, scaling, and the workload type (Deployment vs StatefulSet) are managed.

B. Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15​

Superset stores all metadata (dashboards, charts, datasets, users, roles, database connections) in a managed Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL 15 instance. Pods connect privately through the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy sidecar over a Unix socket, so no public IP is exposed. On first deploy the db-init job creates the application database and user, and the app-init job runs superset db upgrade to apply the schema.

  • Console: SQL → select the instance for connections, backups, flags, and metrics.
  • CLI:
    gcloud sql instances list --project "$PROJECT"
    gcloud sql instances describe <instance-name> --project "$PROJECT"
    # Open an interactive shell to inspect schema/data:
    gcloud sql connect <instance-name> --user=<db-user> --project "$PROJECT"

The instance name, database name, user, and the Secret Manager secret holding the password are all surfaced in the Outputs. For the connection model, automated backups, and password rotation, see App_GKE.

C. Cloud Storage​

A dedicated Cloud Storage bucket is provisioned automatically for Superset data exports, chart outputs, and report files. The workload service account is granted access automatically.

  • Console: Cloud Storage → Buckets.
  • CLI:
    gcloud storage buckets list --project "$PROJECT"
    gcloud storage ls gs://<data-bucket>/ # bucket name is in the Outputs

See App_GKE for GCS Fuse mounts and CMEK options.

D. Redis cache and async query engine​

Redis serves as Superset's caching backend and Celery broker. When enabled, it powers async SQL execution, dashboard cache warming, and scheduled reports. Without Redis, all queries run synchronously and block Gunicorn workers.

  • Console: Memorystore → Redis (if using a managed instance).
  • CLI:
    redis-cli -h <redis-host> ping
    redis-cli -h <redis-host> info keyspace

E. Secret Manager​

The SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY and the database password are stored as Secret Manager secrets and injected into pods at runtime; plaintext never appears in configuration.

  • Console: Security → Secret Manager.
  • CLI:
    gcloud secrets list --project "$PROJECT"
    gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=<secret-name> --project "$PROJECT"

The database password secret name is in the Outputs. See App_GKE for the Secret Store CSI integration and rotation.

F. Networking & ingress​

By default the workload is exposed through an external Cloud Load Balancing IP. A custom domain with a Google-managed certificate can be enabled, and a static IP can be reserved so the address survives redeploys.

  • Console: Network services → Load balancing; VPC network → IP addresses.
  • CLI:
    kubectl get ingress,svc -n "$NAMESPACE"
    gcloud compute addresses list --project "$PROJECT"

See App_GKE for custom domains, Cloud CDN, and static IP details.

G. Cloud Logging & Monitoring​

Pod stdout/stderr flows to Cloud Logging; GKE and Cloud SQL metrics flow to Cloud Monitoring. An optional uptime check against /health and optional alert policies are available (disabled by default).

  • Console: Logging → Logs Explorer; Monitoring → Dashboards / Alerting.
  • CLI:
    gcloud logging read 'resource.type="k8s_container" AND resource.labels.namespace_name="'"$NAMESPACE"'"' \
    --project "$PROJECT" --limit 50

3. Superset Application Behaviour​

  • First-deploy database setup. The db-init job creates the Superset database and user idempotently before the application starts. It runs with postgres:15-alpine and shuts down the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy sidecar via quitquitquit on completion.
  • Schema migrations on every deploy. The app-init job runs superset db upgrade on each deploy, applying any pending Flask-AppBuilder and Superset schema changes automatically. This job then creates or updates the admin user with superset fab create-admin, and finally runs superset init to load default roles and permissions.
  • Startup sequence. The app-init job depends on db-init completing successfully. Its 30-minute timeout accommodates slow first-run migrations on large or complex schemas. The startup probe allows up to 180 seconds (60 s initial delay, 12 failure thresholds at 10 s intervals) for the Gunicorn worker pool to come up.
  • Flask secret key. SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY signs Flask sessions and encrypts database connection credentials stored in Superset's metadata. Changing it after the first deploy invalidates all sessions and makes stored credentials unreadable. The key is auto-generated as a 50-character random string in Secret Manager.
  • Async queries and scheduled reports. Superset's Celery workers use Redis as the broker and result backend. Without Redis, async queries and scheduled reports are unavailable. Configure enable_redis = true and supply redis_host for production.
  • Health path. Readiness/liveness probes target /health, which returns HTTP 200 when the Gunicorn worker pool is ready.
  • Admin login. The admin credentials are set through the environment variables SUPERSET_ADMIN_USERNAME, SUPERSET_ADMIN_EMAIL, and SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD. The password defaults to the value of SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY when not explicitly set.

4. Configuration Variables​

Variables are grouped exactly as they appear on the deployment platform. Only settings specific to or notable for Superset are listed; every other input is inherited from App_GKE with its standard behaviour and defaults.

Group 1 — Project & Identity​

VariableDefaultDescription
project_id(required)Target Google Cloud project.
regionus-central1Region for the workload and regional resources.

Group 2 — Deployment Environment​

VariableDefaultDescription
tenant_iddemoShort suffix that makes resource names unique per environment.
support_users[]Emails granted project access and monitoring alerts.
resource_labels{}Labels applied to all resources for cost/ownership tracking.

Group 3 — Application Identity​

VariableDefaultDescription
application_namesupersetBase name for resources. Do not change after first deploy.
application_display_nameApache SupersetFriendly name shown in the Console.
application_description(set)Workload description annotation.
application_versionlatestSuperset image version tag; pin to a specific release for production.

Group 4 — Runtime & Scaling​

VariableDefaultDescription
deploy_applicationtrueSet false to provision infrastructure only.
container_resources{ cpu_limit = "2000m", memory_limit = "2Gi" }CPU and memory per pod; 2 vCPU / 2 GiB minimum for Superset.
container_port8088Superset/Gunicorn listens on port 8088.
container_image_sourcecustomcustom builds the bundled Dockerfile (required for psycopg2); prebuilt uses an existing image.
min_instance_count1Minimum replicas. Keep ≥ 1 to avoid cold-start delays.
max_instance_count5Maximum replicas (autoscaler ceiling).
timeout_seconds600Request timeout; extended for long-running SQL queries.
enable_cloudsql_volumetrueCloud SQL Auth Proxy sidecar for socket connections.
enable_vertical_pod_autoscalingfalseLet Autopilot tune resource requests automatically.

Group 5 — Environment Variables & Secrets​

VariableDefaultDescription
environment_variables{}Extra non-secret settings. SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY is injected automatically.
secret_environment_variables{}Map of env var → Secret Manager secret name.

Group 6 — GKE Backend & Cluster​

VariableDefaultDescription
service_typeLoadBalancerHow the Service is exposed.
session_affinityClientIPSticky routing recommended for Superset Flask sessions.
workload_typenullAuto-resolves to StatefulSet when per-pod storage is enabled.
network_tags['nfsserver']Node/pod tags for firewall rules.

Group 7 — StatefulSet​

VariableDefaultDescription
stateful_pvc_enablednullEnable PVC templates in a StatefulSet. Superset does not require per-pod storage.
stateful_pvc_size10GiStorage size for each PVC when enabled.
stateful_pvc_mount_path/dataContainer mount path for the PVC.
stateful_pvc_storage_classstandard-rwoKubernetes StorageClass for PVCs.

Group 8 — Resource Quota​

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_resource_quotafalseCap namespace CPU/memory/object counts.
quota_memory_requests / quota_memory_limits""Must use binary units (4Gi, 8192Mi) — bare integers are read as bytes and block all scheduling.

Group 9 — Reliability Policies​

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_pod_disruption_budgetfalseProtect availability during node upgrades.
pdb_min_available1Raise min_instance_count above 1 if you need eviction headroom.

Group 10 — Observability & Health​

VariableDefaultDescription
startup_probe_configHTTP /health, 60 s delay, 12 failuresAllows up to 180 s for the Gunicorn worker pool to initialise.
health_check_configHTTP /health, 60 s delayLiveness probe.
uptime_check_configdisabled, /healthCloud Monitoring uptime check.
alert_policies[]Optional metric alert policies.

Group 11 — Jobs & Scheduled Tasks​

VariableDefaultDescription
initialization_jobs[]Leave empty to use the built-in two-phase db-init + app-init pipeline.
cron_jobs[]Recurring CronJobs — useful for cache warmup or report generation.
additional_services[]Sidecar or helper GKE services (e.g. Celery workers).

Group 12 — CI/CD & GitHub Integration​

Standard App_GKE Cloud Build / Cloud Deploy integration — see App_GKE. Key inputs: enable_cicd_trigger, github_repository_url, github_token, enable_cloud_deploy.

Group 13 — Filesystem (NFS)​

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_nfsfalseShared Filestore volume. Superset does not require NFS — state lives in PostgreSQL.
nfs_mount_path/mnt/nfsMount path inside the container if NFS is enabled.

Group 14 — Cloud Storage & Artifact Registry​

VariableDefaultDescription
create_cloud_storagetrueProvision the data bucket.
storage_buckets / gcs_volumes(set)Additional buckets / GCS Fuse mounts.
manage_storage_kms_iam / enable_artifact_registry_cmekfalseCMEK options.

Group 15 — Redis Cache​

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_redisfalseEnable Redis for Celery and caching. Strongly recommended for production.
redis_host""Redis hostname or IP. Required when enable_redis = true.
redis_port"6379"Redis port (string in the GKE variant).
redis_auth""Optional Redis authentication password (sensitive).

Group 16 — Database Backend​

VariableDefaultDescription
database_typePOSTGRES_15Fixed — do not change. Superset requires PostgreSQL.
application_database_namesuperset_dbDatabase name. Immutable after first deploy.
application_database_usersuperset_userApplication user. Immutable after first deploy.
database_password_length32Generated password length (16–64).
enable_auto_password_rotationfalseZero-downtime DB password rotation.

Group 17 — Backup & Maintenance​

VariableDefaultDescription
backup_schedule0 2 * * *Automated backup cron (UTC).
backup_retention_days7Retention; raise to 30–90 for production/compliance.
enable_backup_import / backup_source / backup_urirestore optionsRestore from a backup on deploy.

Group 18 — Custom SQL Scripts​

enable_custom_sql_scripts, custom_sql_scripts_bucket, custom_sql_scripts_path, custom_sql_scripts_use_root — run SQL from a GCS bucket after provisioning. See App_GKE.

Group 19 — Custom Domain, Static IP & Networking​

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_custom_domaintrueProvision Ingress for custom hostnames + managed certificate.
application_domains[]Hostnames to serve.
reserve_static_iptrueStable external IP across redeploys.

Group 20 — Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP)​

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_iapfalseRequire Google sign-in in front of Superset.
iap_authorized_users / iap_authorized_groups[]Who may access.
iap_oauth_client_id / iap_oauth_client_secret""Required when IAP is enabled (sensitive).
iap_support_email""Shown on the OAuth consent screen.

Group 21 — Cloud Armor​

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_cloud_armorfalseAttach a Cloud Armor (WAF) policy to the Ingress backend.
admin_ip_ranges[]CIDRs allowed privileged access.
cloud_armor_policy_name(set)Policy name.

Group 22 — VPC Service Controls & Audit Logging​

VariableDefaultDescription
enable_vpc_scfalseEnforce a VPC-SC perimeter (requires organization_id).
vpc_cidr_ranges / vpc_sc_dry_run(set)Access level CIDRs / dry-run mode.
enable_audit_loggingfalseDetailed Cloud Audit Logs.

5. Outputs​

These values are returned on a successful deployment and are the quickest way to locate and explore the running resources.

OutputDescription
service_nameKubernetes Service name.
namespaceNamespace the workload runs in.
service_cluster_ipIn-cluster ClusterIP.
stage_service_cluster_ipsMap of ClusterIPs for stage-specific services.
service_external_ipExternal LoadBalancer IP (when a static IP is reserved).
service_urlURL to reach Superset.
database_instance_nameCloud SQL instance name.
database_nameApplication database name.
database_userApplication database user.
database_password_secretSecret Manager secret holding the DB password.
database_host / database_portDB endpoint (127.0.0.1 via the Auth Proxy) / port.
storage_bucketsCreated Cloud Storage buckets.
network_name / network_exists / regionsVPC network, presence, available regions.
container_image / container_registryDeployed image and Artifact Registry repo.
monitoring_enabled / monitoring_notification_channelsMonitoring status and channels.
initialization_jobs / db_import_jobNames of the setup and (optional) import jobs.
deployment_id / tenant_id / resource_prefixNaming identifiers.
project_id / project_numberProject identifiers.
cicd_enabled / cicd_configurationCI/CD status and details.
github_repository_url / github_repository_owner / github_repository_nameGitHub repo details.
artifact_registry_repository / cloudbuild_trigger_name / cloudbuild_trigger_idRegistry and build trigger.
kubernetes_readyWhether the cluster/workload is ready.
vpc_sc_enabled / vpc_sc_perimeter_name / vpc_sc_dry_run_modeVPC-SC status.
audit_logging_enabled / artifact_registry_cmek_enabledAudit logging and CMEK status.

6. Configuration Pitfalls & Sensible Defaults​

Risk: Critical (data loss / outage / security) — High (service degraded) — Medium (cost or partial degradation) — Low (minor).

SettingSensible valueRiskConsequence if wrong
SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY (auto-generated)immutable after first deployCriticalChanging the key invalidates all active sessions and makes stored database connection credentials in Superset's metadata permanently unreadable.
database_typePOSTGRES_15CriticalSuperset requires PostgreSQL; changing breaks startup.
enable_cloudsql_volumetrueCriticalDisabling removes the Auth Proxy sidecar; all PostgreSQL connections fail.
application_database_name / _userset onceCriticalImmutable after first deploy; renaming recreates the DB/user and destroys all dashboards and metadata.
enable_backup_importfalse unless restoringCriticalEnabling without a valid backup_uri fails the import job.
quota_memory_requests / _limitsbinary unitsCriticalBare integers are bytes and block all pod scheduling.
enable_redistrue for productionHighWithout Redis, Celery workers have no broker; async queries and scheduled reports are unavailable.
redis_hostset explicitlyHighRequired when enable_redis = true; empty causes Celery workers to fail on startup.
container_resources.memory_limit2Gi minimumHighUnder 1 GiB Gunicorn workers are OOM-killed during query execution.
container_resources.cpu_limit2000mHighUnder 1000m the app-init migration job may time out in its 30-minute window.
min_instance_count1High0 causes scale-to-zero; async queries submitted during cold-start are lost.
session_affinityClientIPHighWithout stickiness, Flask session state is lost between requests on multi-replica deployments.
startup_probe_config.failure_threshold12 or higherHighReducing too far causes GKE to kill pods before Superset finishes database migrations.
application_versionpin to a specific releaseMediumlatest triggers uncontrolled upgrades that may introduce breaking API changes.
enable_iap / enable_cloud_armorenable for productionMediumWithout them, the Superset login form is publicly reachable.
backup_retention_days7 (raise for prod)MediumToo short for compliance retention.
pdb_min_available vs min_instance_countleave headroomMedium1/1 can stall node upgrades.

For the foundation behaviour referenced throughout — IAM and Workload Identity, autoscaling, ingress and certificates, CI/CD, Cloud Armor, IAP, Binary Authorization, VPC-SC, backups, and image mirroring — see App_GKE. Superset-specific application configuration shared with the Cloud Run variant is described in Superset_Common.

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