Getting started with the Google Cloud Platform services
Like other hyperscalers and cloud computing platforms, the Google Cloud computing services also provide a large variety of general-purpose compute, analytics, storage, and security services. Besides the well-known App Engine, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, Storage, Security, Networking, and IoT offerings, there are more than 100 products listed on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) products page. You can visit the GCP console by typing in console.cloud.google.com, as seen in the following figure:
Figure 8.1 – GCP console
The key products and offerings are divided into categories such as compute, storage, database, networking, operations, big data, AI, and general development tools. The GCP Services Summary (https://cloud.google.com/terms/services) offers the most up-to-date list of all the services and offerings from GCP. The scope and breadth of each of these services is enormous and...
