Introduction - bobbae/gcp GitHub Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cloud_Platform
Google Cloud consists of a set of assets that are contained in Google's secure infrastructure around the globe.
Google Cloud Platform offers these main kinds of products and services: Compute, Storage, Big Data, AI Platform and Machine Learning.
GCP also includes Google App Engine, Google Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud SQL, and BigQuery. There are resource and policy management tools, such as the Google Cloud Resource Manager hierarchy and Google Cloud Identity and Access Management.
GCP has been around since 2008 and benefitted from fundamental research that continue to influence the product development.
Getting Started using Cloud Console
https://console.cloud.google.com/getting-started
Regions and Zones
Each data center location is in a region. Regions are available in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Each region is a collection of zones, which are isolated from each other within the region. When architecting your apps in GCP, it’s important to understand regions and zones, as well as the resources that are regional or zonal. While some of the core resources in GCP are global, others may be restricted by region or zone.
Locations
https://cloud.google.com/about/locations
https://www.cloudinfrastructuremap.com/
What makes GCP Different?
https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/what-makes-google-cloud-platform-different
GCP Youtube Channel
Google produced videos that help you learn about GCP are collected in this channel.
GCP Useful Links
Review this awesome list of resources related to GCP.
Review the lists of industry specific solutions and GCP Architecture reference solutions and samples.
Summary of GCP Services
Summary of google cloud services in 4 words.
https://googlecloudcheatsheet.withgoogle.com/
Infrastructure Modernization
Compare Platforms
Here are some comparisons to AWS, Azure, Openstack and On-prem.
https://www.avenga.com/magazine/top-cloud-service-providers/
Google Cloud setup checklist
This checklist helps you set up Google Cloud for scalable, production-ready enterprise workloads.
Admin console and Cloud console
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/googles-cloud-console-vs-admin-console
Basic Tools
Cloud SDK
Google Cloud SDK is a set of tools that you can use to manage resources and applications hosted on Google Cloud. These include the gcloud, gsutil, and bq command line tools. The gcloud command-line tool is downloaded along with the Cloud SDK; a comprehensive guide to the gcloud CLI can be found in gcloud command-line tool overview.
Learn more about the integrated command line tools to help manage resources and apps on Google Cloud. Try the Google Cloud SDK: Qwik Start lab.
Cloud Shell
Google Cloud Shell is an interactive shell environment for Google Cloud Platform that makes it easy for you to learn and experiment with GCP and manage your projects and resources from your web browser.
Unix Command Line
Dev Library
https://devlibrary.withgoogle.com/products/cloud
Google cloud architecture diagramming tool
https://googlecloudcheatsheet.withgoogle.com/architecture
Infrastructure as code
Tools such as terraform and cloud formation can codify infrastructures.
Google Cloud Quality Management System
Tutorials
A list of short tutorials on getting started with GCP.
Whitepapers
Google Cloud whitepapers explain the technology underlying gcp products and services.
Cloud Architecture Center
https://cloud.google.com/architecture/
Compare AWS and Azure services to GCP
https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/aws-azure-gcp-service-comparison
AWS
Survey of other cloud providers
https://geekflare.com/cloud-hosting-platform/
GCP Sustainability
https://cloud.google.com/sustainability
Commitments
https://sustainability.google/commitments/
Renewable energy
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/5-years-of-100-percent-renewable-energy
Water
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41545-021-00101-w
Links
https://github.com/bobbae/gcp/wiki/GCP-Learning-Links