Summary

In this chapter, we started by discussing the features and advantages of using cloud vendors. Then, we introduced you to the GCP. First, we covered a detailed walkthrough of how you can get onboard to the Cloud Platform. Next, we covered Google Cloud SDK, which allows you to perform various tasks such as installing components, creating Kubernetes clusters, and enabling different services such as Google Container Registry and more.

We also discussed the browser-based Cloud Shell editor, which is powered by Google Compute Engine VM instances. You can use this as a temporary sandbox environment to test various services supported by GCP. Then, we looked at two different ways of creating a Kubernetes cluster using Cloud SDK and Cloud Console. After that, we introduced you to the serverless Kubernetes offering, GKE Autopilot, and covered its features and advantages over standard Kubernetes clusters. Finally, we successfully deployed a Spring Boot application to the GKE Autopilot...