GCP Overview

Overview Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) provides a managed environment for deploying, managing, and scaling your containerized applications using Google infrastructure. The GKE environment consists of multiple machines (specifically Compute Engine instances) grouped to form a container cluster. In this lab, you get hands-on practice with container creation and application deployment with GKE. Objectives In this lab you will learn how to: w Create a GKE cluster w Deploy an application to the cluster w Delete the cluster Cluster orchestration with Google Kubernetes Engine Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters are powered by the Kubernetes open source cluster management system. Kubernetes provides the mechanisms through which you interact with your container cluster. You use Kubernetes commands and resources to deploy and manage your applications, perform administrative tasks, set policies, and monitor the health of your deployed workloads. Kubernetes draws on the same design principles that run popular Google services and provides the same benefits: automatic management, monitoring and liveness probes for application containers, automatic scaling, rolling updates, and more. When you run your applications on a container cluster, you're using technology based on Google's 10+ years of experience with running production workloads in containers. Kubernetes on Google Cloud When you run a GKE cluster, you also gain the benefit of advanced cluster management features that Google Cloud provides. These include: w Load balancing for Compute Engine instances w Node pools to designate subsets of nodes within a cluster for additional flexibility w Automatic scaling of your cluster's node instance count w Automatic upgrades for your cluster's node software w Node auto-repair to maintain node health and availability w Logging and Monitoring with Cloud Monitoring for visibility into your cluster