Google Cloud tools for resource monitoring and maintenance

Earlier in this chapter, we established the importance of visibility, monitoring, and observability for infrastructure teams. Without information related to system health, performance, and relationships, it can be extremely challenging to resolve technical issues. Let’s assume an organization would like to implement those practices – where should they start? The good news is that there is tooling built into Google Cloud to help organizations gain visibility and collect logs from their environment.

The Cloud Monitoring tool in Google Cloud provides clients with the visibility they need to understand their systems’ performance, health, and availability. Cloud Monitoring can collect data from systems such as metrics, events, and metadata. This data collection is supported for Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), application instruments, and hosted uptime probes. You can also extend Cloud Monitoring...