Summary
Google Cloud Console is a web-based graphical user interface for managing GCP resources. Cloud SDK is a command-line package that allows engineers to manage cloud resources from the command line of their local device. Cloud Shell is a web-based terminal interface to VMs. Cloud SDK is installed in Cloud Shell.
When creating a VM, you have to specify a number of parameters, including a name for the VM, a region and zone where the VM will run, a machine type that specifies the number of vCPUs and the amount of memory, and a boot disk that includes an operating system.
gcloud is the top-level command of the hierarchical command structure in Cloud SDK.
Common tasks when managing VMs are starting and stopping instances, using SSH to access a terminal on the VM, monitoring, and tracking the cost of the VM.
