Google Cloud Platform for Architects

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Preface

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The Case for Cloud Computing

Genesis

Why Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?

Autoscaling and autohealing

Capital expenditure (CAPEX) versus operating expenses (OPEX)

Career implications

Summary

Introduction to Google Cloud Platform

Global regional and zonal resources

Accessing the Google Cloud Platform

Projects and billing

Setting up a GCP account

Using the Cloud Shell

Summary

Compute Choices – VMs and the Google Compute Engine

Google Compute Engine – GCE

Creating VMs

Creating a VM instance using the web console

Creating a VM instance using the command line

VM customization options

Operating system

Compute zone

Machine type

Networks – aka VPCs

Storage options

Persistent disks and local SSDs – block storage for GCE

Understanding persistent disks and local SSDs

Creating and attaching a persistent disk

Linux procedure for formatting and mounting a persistent disk

Sharing a persistent disk between multiple instances

Resizing a persistent disk

More on working with GCE VMs

Rightsizing recommendations

Availability policies

Auto-restart

Preemptibillity

Load balancing

Autoscaling and managed instance groups

Billing

Labels and tags

Startup scripts

Snapshots and images

How to snapshot a disk

How to create an image of a disk

Cloud launcher

Deploying LAMP stack using GCE

Modifying GCE VMs

Summary

GKE App Engine and Cloud Functions

GKE

Contrasting containers and VMs

What is a container?

Docker containers and Kubernetes – complements not substitutes

GKE

Creating a Kubernetes cluster and deploying a WordPress container

Using the features of GKE

Storage and persistent disks

Load balancing

Auto scaling

Scaling nodes with the cluster autoscaler

Scaling pods with the horizontal pod autoscaler

Multi-zone clusters

Cloud VPN integration

Rolling updates

The container registry

Federated clusters

Google App Engine – flexible

Hosted Docker containers with App Engine Flex

Running a simple Python application with App Engine Flex

Cron Jobs with App Engine Flex

Advantages of GKE over Docker on VMs or App Engine Flex

Google App Engine – standard

Hosted web apps with App Engine Standard

Typical App Engine architecture

Deploying and running on App Engine Standard

Traffic splitting

Serverless compute with cloud functions

Cloud Functions triggered by HTTP

Cloud Functions triggered by Pub/Sub

Cloud functions triggered by GCS object notifications

Summary

Google Cloud Storage – Fishing in a Bucket

Knowing when (and when not) to use GCS

Serving Static Content with GCS Buckets