Google Compute Engine

Managing Secure and Scalable Cloud Computing

By: Marc Cohen, Kathryn Hurley, Paul Newson

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eText | 15 December 2014 | Edition Number 1

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Learn how to run large-scale, data-intensive workloads with Compute Engine, Google’s cloud platform. Written by Google engineers, this tutorial walks you through the details of this Infrastructure as a Service by showing you how to develop a project with it from beginning to end. You’ll learn best practices for using Compute Engine, with a focus on solving practical problems.

With programming examples written in Python and JavaScript, you’ll also learn how to use Compute Engine with Docker containers and other platforms, frameworks, tools, and services. Discover how this IaaS helps you gain unparalleled performance and scalability with Google’s advanced storage and computing technologies.

Access and manage Compute Engine resources with a web UI, command-line interface, or RESTful interface
Configure, customize, and work with Linux VM instances
Explore storage options: persistent disk, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL (MySQL in the cloud), or Cloud Datastore NoSQL service
Use multiple private networks, and multiple instances on each network
Build, deploy, and test a simple but comprehensive cloud computing application step-by-step
Use Compute Engine with Docker, Node.js, ZeroMQ, Web Starter Kit, AngularJS, WebSocket, and D3.js