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

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure-modernization/open-infrastructure-announcements-at-google-cloud-next/

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.