Google Kubernetes Engine
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is Google Cloud's managed Kubernetes service for deploying and operating containerized applications. ACE covers creating clusters, deploying workloads, and scaling on GKE.
All ACE Terms
Project
A project is the base-level organizing entity in Google Cloud that groups resources, billing, and permissions.
Resource Hierarchy
The resource hierarchy is the structure — organization, folders, projects, and resources — through which Google Cloud applies IAM policies and organization policies.
Cloud IAM
Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) is the service that controls who (members) can do what (roles) on which Google Cloud resources.
Service Account
A service account is a special Google Cloud identity used by applications and VMs rather than people, authenticating with keys or workload identity.
gcloud CLI
The gcloud CLI is the command-line tool, part of the Google Cloud SDK, for creating and managing Google Cloud resources.
Compute Engine
Compute Engine is Google Cloud's infrastructure-as-a-service for running virtual machines.
Google Kubernetes Engine
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is Google Cloud's managed Kubernetes service for deploying and operating containerized applications.
Cloud Run
Cloud Run is a managed compute platform that runs stateless containers in response to requests or events, scaling to zero when idle.
Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage is Google Cloud's object storage service, organizing data into buckets with storage classes (Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive) and lifecycle rules.
VPC Network
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network is a global, software-defined network that connects Google Cloud resources using regional subnets, firewall rules, and routes.
Cloud Load Balancing
Cloud Load Balancing is a managed service that distributes traffic across Google Cloud resources, with global and regional options for HTTP(S), TCP, and UDP.
BigQuery
BigQuery is Google Cloud's serverless, highly scalable data warehouse for running SQL analytics over large datasets.
Cloud Monitoring
Cloud Monitoring is part of the Google Cloud operations suite, collecting metrics, dashboards, uptime checks, and alerting policies.
Cloud Logging
Cloud Logging is the operations-suite service that stores, searches, and analyzes log data from Google Cloud resources and applications.