Summary

This chapter started with an introduction to the basic concepts of GKE before deep diving into key topics, such as cluster and fleet management, security, monitoring, and cost optimization.

Then, we discussed the similarities and differences between GKE and Cloud Run, and when to use which.

Finally, we worked on a hands-on example to show you how to use GKE to containerize and run a web application.

In the next chapter, we will discuss how the abstraction level of containers makes them, combined with the power of Anthos, the ideal choice for hybrid and multi-cloud architectures and deployments.