Provide a Jenkins server for your development team using the fewest steps. What should you do?

Launching the Jenkins solution from the GCP Marketplace is the most straightforward and fastest way to deploy a Jenkins server. Marketplace solutions are pre-configured, often with a single-click deployment, minimizing manual setup steps. Downloading and deploying the Jenkins Java WAR to App Engine Standard is incorrect because App Engine Standard is not designed for running long-lived, stateful applications like Jenkins, which typically requires persistent storage and more control over the underlying infrastructure. Creating a Compute Engine VM and installing Jenkins via CLI is a valid method but involves more manual steps (VM creation, OS configuration, Jenkins installation, and dependency management) than using the Marketplace. Creating a Kubernetes cluster and deploying the official Jenkins Docker image is also a valid, but more complex, method that requires setting up and managing a Kubernetes cluster, which is overkill for simply deploying a Jenkins server with the fewest steps.