Chapter 5
Computing with Compute Engine Virtual Machines
THIS CHAPTER COVERS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES OF THE GOOGLE ASSOCIATE CLOUD ENGINEER EXAM:
1.3 Installing and configuring the command line interface (CLI), specifically Cloud SDK (e.g., setting the default project)- 2.2 Planning and configuring compute resources. Considerations include:
- Selecting appropriate compute choices for a given workload (e.g., Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, App Engine)
- Using preemptible VMs and custom machine types as appropriate
In this chapter, you will learn about Google Cloud Console, a graphical user interface for working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will learn how to install Google Cloud SDK and use it to create virtual machine instances and how to use Cloud Shell as an alternative to installing Google Cloud SDK locally.
