Section 4 - Google Kubernetes Engine - GKE

Overview

GKE Provides:

• Cluster Management (including upgrades - auto upgrades to latest version of Kubernetes).
• Cluster can have different types of virtual machines.
• Auto Scaling (of Cluster and Pods).
• Service Discovery.
• Load Balancer.
• Self Healing (repair failed nodes).
• Zero Downtime Deployments.
• Enable Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring with simple configuration.
• Uses Container-Optimized OS, a hardened OS built by Google.
• Provides support for Persistent disks and Local SSD.

2 Cluster Modes:

Standard - Specify number and type of nodes - pay per node.

Autopilot - GCP handles nodes - pay per pod.