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Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
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Overview
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Create a cluster in the console
Explore your cluster
Fine-tune GKE services with Gemini assistance
Learn fundamentals
Start learning about GKE
Learn Kubernetes fundamentals
Start learning about Kubernetes
Introducing containers
Kubernetes comic
Kubernetes.io
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Learn GKE essentials
Video playlist: GKE Essentials
Common GKE user roles and tasks
Get started
Cluster lifecycle
Cluster administration overview
Cluster configuration
Deploying workloads
GKE cluster architecture
Workflows and tools
gcloud CLI overview
GKE in the Google Cloud console
Provision GKE resources with Terraform
Install kubectl and configure cluster access
Use the GKE remote MCP server
Learning path: Containerize your app
Overview
Understand the monolith
Modularize the monolith
Prepare for containerization
Containerize the modular app
Deploy the app to a cluster
Learning path: Scalable apps
Overview
Create a cluster
Monitor with Prometheus
Scale workloads
Simulate failure
Centralize changes
Production considerations
Design and plan
Code samples
Best practices for GKE
Set up GKE clusters
Plan clusters for running your workloads
Compare features in GKE Autopilot and Standard
About regional clusters
About feature gates
About machine support with GKE clusters
Design your GKE cluster with Gemini
Design for resource obtainability with Gemini
Set up Autopilot clusters
About GKE Autopilot
Create Autopilot clusters
Extend the run time of Autopilot Pods
Prepare to use clusters
Use labels to organize clusters
Manage GKE resources using Tags
Set up clusters for multi-tenancy
About cluster multi-tenancy
Plan a multi-tenant environment
Set up multi-tenant logging
Enhance scalability for clusters
Plan for scalability
Plan for large GKE clusters
About capacity buffers
Configure capacity buffers
Provision extra compute capacity for rapid Pod scaling
Consume reserved zonal resources
About quicker workload startup with fast-starting nodes
Reduce and optimize costs
Design and configure GKE clusters for cost optimization
Configure autoscaling for workloads
Scaling deployed applications
Autoscale workloads horizontally
About horizontal Pod autoscaling
Collect horizontal Pod autoscaler event logs
Autoscale Pods by using custom or external metrics
Expose custom metrics for autoscaling
Scale to and from zero using HPA
Scale to zero using KEDA
Autoscale workloads vertically
About vertical Pod autoscaling
Scale container resource requests and limits
Collect vertical Pod autoscaler event logs
Accelerate application startup using CPU startup boost
Configure autoscaling for infrastructure
Configure granular resource limits
View GKE costs
View cost-related optimization metrics
Provision storage
About storage for GKE clusters
Use Kubernetes features, primitives, and abstractions for storage
Use StatefulSets
About volume snapshots
Use volume expansion
Populate volumes with data from Cloud Storage
About the GKE Volume Populator
Automate data transfer to Hyperdisk ML
Block storage
Provision and use Persistent Disks
Using the Compute Engine Persistent Disk CSI driver
