Guides
Grouped by subject and numbered in reading order. New to Google Cloud operations? Start at the top.
- Start here
- 01Getting startedThe gcloud CLI from PowerShell, sign-in and configurations, working across projects, and Cloud Asset Inventory.
- Foundations
- 02Resource hierarchy and accessOrganization, folders and projects, organisation policies, IAM, service accounts, and protecting the super admins.
- 03Labels and governanceA label strategy finance can use, labels versus tags, organisation policy constraints, and labels in cost reports.
- Security
- 04VPC firewall rules and policiesHow firewall rules decide, the default network, targeting by service account, firewall policies, risky rules, and checking what's allowed.
- 05NAT, Cloud Armor and admin accessCloud NAT, Cloud Armor, private access to Google APIs, VPC Service Controls, public access prevention, and IAP instead of open SSH and RDP.
- 06Security baseline: identity, detection and encryption2-step verification, service accounts without keys, Security Command Center, audit logs, Cloud KMS and Secret Manager.
- Operations
- 07Compute Engine VMsMachine types, disks, availability, patching with VM Manager, the Ops Agent, and saving money on VMs.
- 08Backup and recoverySnapshot schedules, Backup and DR vaults, Cloud SQL and Cloud Storage protection, restores and disaster recovery.
- 09Monitoring and alertsCloud Monitoring and Logging building blocks, log queries worth keeping, and alerts people act on.
- Cost
- 10Cost hygieneBilling reports and export, budgets, the monthly clean-up checklist, committed use discounts and Spot VMs.