Google Cloud Platform Tutorial
Welcome to our Google Cloud Platform Tutorial, which guides the beginner and expert through the foundational and advanced concepts of GCP. This tutorial covers a wide array of topics that are informative and useful for guiding you in understanding and using GCP effectively.
What is Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?
Google Cloud Platform is an integrated suite of cloud computing services offered by Google. They offer IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS for helping businesses develop, deploy, and scale applications and services.
Why Use Google Cloud Platform?
- Scalability: Applications can be scaled up or down with the ease of demand.
- Reliability: Backed up by the robust infrastructure and data centers that Google has.
- Global Reach: It operates in multiple regions and zones around the globe.
- Cost Effectiveness: Provides pay-as-you-go pricing models.
- Security: Uses data and applications with high-level security measures.
Benefits of Google Cloud Platform
- Flexibility: Supports most kinds of operating systems as well as development tools.
- Productivity: The integrated tools and APIs help in the collaboration of teams.
- Machine Learning & AI: The AI Platform and TensorFlow provides cutting-edge tools.
- Open Source Support: Works without any glitches by integrating open-source tools and services.
Key Features of Google Cloud Platform
- Compute Engine: Virtual machine instances.
- Cloud Storage: Secure and scalable storage.
- BigQuery: data warehouse for large-scale data analytics
- Cloud Functions: serverless computing for event-driven workloads
- Kubernetes Engine: managed Kubernetes for containerized applications.
Topics Covered in This Tutorial
- Introduction to Google Cloud Platform
- Why Use Google Cloud Platform?
- Benefits and Key Features
- Google Cloud Platform Services Overview
- Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Free Tier Account
- Launching Your First VM Instance on GCP
- Exploring Popular GCP Services
- Advanced GCP Concepts (e.g., Cloud Run, App Engine, BigQuery)
Hands-On Exercises
- Setting up a Free Tier Account on GCP.
- Creation and control of VM instances.
- Single Web App Deployment on Google App Engine
- Uploading files to Google Cloud Storage
- Serverless functions using Cloud Functions