Summary

In this chapter, we have gone through basic networking concepts in GCP. We have learned about VPC, load balancing, firewall, DNS, and hybrid connectivity. Make sure that you understand how you connect VMs to the GCP network, as well as how to protect and load balance them. Now that you have an understanding of different ways to connect to your on-premises data center, we suggest that you get some hands-on experience. Set up your first VPC, create firewall rules, and deploy and manage a VM instance group with a load balancer of your choice. If you have any problems doing this, return to this book and check this chapter or Chapter 4, Working with Google Compute Engine.

In Chapter 11, Exploring Storage and Database Options in GCP – Part 1, and Chapter 12, Exploring Storage and Database Options in GCP – Part 2, we will see how we can store data. This is essential for stateful workloads.