Intro
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a leading cloud services provider that offers a broad and powerful set of infrastructure, platform, and software services designed for businesses of all sizes. It is known for its engineering excellence, sustainability leadership, and strong global infrastructure.
Regions and Zones
Understanding the concepts of regions and zones is essential for designing highly available, fault-tolerant, and globally responsive applications in the cloud.
Project and Organization
GCP enforces a well-defined and scalable resource hierarchy to manage access control and policies:
GCE
Google Compute Engine (GCE) is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) component of Google Cloud Platform that allows users to create and manage virtual machines (VMs) on demand. It provides scalable, high-performance VMs that run on Google’s infrastructure.