Introduction to Cloud Workstations
Administrators create and configure Cloud workstations using the Google Cloud console, Google Cloud SDK, or Cloud Workstations API. Developers access their workstations remotely through a web browser or other means, as described in this chapter. With this approach, developers can be productive quickly, access pre-assembled environments for their language of choice, and have enough horsepower when they need it, while at the same time, operators can provide secure and consistent environments.
To start, let’s take a look at the components of the Cloud Workstations service.
Cloud Workstations architecture
The main architectural components of Cloud Workstations are as follows:
- Workstations are backed by Compute Engine VM instances running in your project and your VPC.
The creation, life cycle, and software deployment for these VMs are managed by a component called a controller. Software inside Cloud Workstation VMs is deployed in...
