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Getting Started with GCP

Short intro to GCP

GCP stands for Google Cloud Platform. It is a suite of cloud computing services provided by Google, similar to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

GCP offers a wide range of cloud-based infrastructure, platform, and software services that businesses and developers can leverage to build, deploy, and manage applications and services.

GCP Deployment Platform - Tutorial provided by AppSeed.

Here are some key components and services offered by Google Cloud Platform:

✅ Compute Services​

  • Compute Engine: Provides virtual machines (VMs) for running applications.
  • App Engine: A platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering for building and deploying applications without managing the underlying infrastructure.
  • Kubernetes Engine: A managed Kubernetes service for container orchestration.

✅ Storage and Databases​

  • Cloud Storage: Object storage service for storing and retrieving data.
  • Cloud SQL: Managed relational database service.
  • Firestore: A NoSQL document database for web, mobile, and server applications.
  • Bigtable: A fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service.

✅ Networking​

  • Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): Provides private, isolated network environments in the cloud.
  • Load Balancing: Automatically distributes incoming network traffic across multiple instances to ensure high availability.
  • Cloud CDN: Content Delivery Network service for fast and secure delivery of web content.

✅ Big Data and Analytics​

  • BigQuery: A fully managed, serverless data warehouse for running fast, SQL-like queries on large datasets.
  • Dataflow: A managed stream and batch data processing service.
  • Dataprep: A data preparation service for cleaning, enriching, and transforming data.

✅ Machine Learning and AI​

  • AI Platform: A platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models.
  • Vision AI, Speech AI, Natural Language AI: APIs for adding AI capabilities to applications.

✅ Identity and Security​

  • Identity and Access Management (IAM): Provides fine-grained access control to GCP resources.
  • Security Command Center: A security and risk management platform for GCP.
  • Cloud Identity: Identity and access management for G Suite and GCP.

✅ Developer Tools​

  • Cloud SDK: A set of command-line tools for managing GCP resources.
  • Cloud Build: A fully managed continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform.

✅ IoT and Edge Computing​

  • IoT Core: Managed service for securely connecting and managing IoT devices.
  • Edge TPU: A hardware accelerator for machine learning workloads at the edge.

✅ In Summary​

Google Cloud Platform is known for its scalability, global reach with data centers in multiple regions, and integration with various Google services. It's a popular choice for businesses and developers looking to harness the power of cloud computing for their applications and services.

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