Google Networking Concepts

Learn Google networking concepts and services with Handy links.

PS Manikandan
Nov 3 · 3 min read

The following handy official Google documentation help to understand and start immediate networking

Sign up for Google Cloud Platform

1. Go to Google Cloud Platform: https://cloud.google.com/ .

2. Click Free Trial. Follow the prompts to set up billing. If you are new to Google Cloud Platform, you have free trial credit to pay for your instances. Or, Sign in to your Google account. If you don’t already have one, sign up for a new account.

Handy links

Google Cloud Networking:

https://cloud.google.com/networking/

Google Cloud Platform Getting Started Guide:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/quickstart

How-to: Windows Getting Started Guide:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/windows-quickstart

Once the project is created, you may also choose “Take the Quick Start” at the Google Developer Console.

How-to: Add a Network:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking#networks_1

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking#addnet

How-to: Google Developers Console:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/console

How-to: Get Started with gCloud and Google SDK:

https://cloud.google.com/sdk/

https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/

Networking and Firewalls:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking

Instances and Network:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances-and-network

How-to: Adding a network:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking#addnet

Networking and Firewalls:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking

Instances and Network:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances-and-network

Network IP addresses:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances-and-network#ipaddresses

How-to: Configure a static network IP address

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances-and-network#staticnetworkaddress

Static External IP addresses:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances-and-network#reservedaddress

Google Cloud Platform Security

https://cloud.google.com/security/

Google Cloud Platform Security Features:

https://cloud.google.com/security/#platform_security_features

Google Security White Paper:

https://cloud.google.com/security/whitepaper

How-to: Configure Firewall Rules

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vpn#configure_firewall_rules

Access Control:

https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control

How-to: ACL examples:

https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control#aclexamples

Firewalls:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking#firewalls

Google Compute Engine Load Balancing:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/

Google Network Load Balancing

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/network/

How-to: Google Network Load Balancing

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/network/example

Target pool properties:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/network/target-pools

Google HTTP/HTTPS Load Balancing (in beta)

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/http/

How-to: Cross-Region Load Balancing

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/http/cross-region-example

Scale based on CPU or Load Balancing Serving Capacity:

Private Load Balancing Discussion:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gce-discussion/Dv6289i4_rg

Google Cloud Platform Compliance

https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance

Hybrid connectivity via Google Compute Environment:

Routes collection:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking#routing

Setting up a VPN gateway:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking#settingupvpn

Hybrid connectivity via Google VPN:

Virtual Private Network (VPN) (Site-to-Site VPN)

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vpn

How-to: Create a VPN

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vpn#creating_a_vpn

How-to: Create the gateway and a tunnel

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vpn#create_the_gateway_and_a_tunnel

Hybrid connectivity via Direct Peering:

Direct Peering

https://cloud.google.com/interconnect/direct-peering

https://peering.google.com/about/index.html

Google Cloud Monitoring:

https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/

https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/docs

Google Cloud Monitoring API:

https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/

How-to: Getting started with Google Cloud Monitoring API

https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/getting-started

Supported Networking Metrics:

https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics

Google Cloud Logging (beta):

https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/

Getting Started with Google Cloud Logging

https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/getting-started

Google Carrier Interconnect:

https://cloud.google.com/interconnect/

Blog: Cloud Networking: More connectivity choices, better performance, and lower prices

http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com/2014/11/cloud-networking-more-connectivity-choices-better-performance-and-lower-prices.html

Blog: Google Cloud Platform Live: Introducing Container Engine, Cloud Networking and much more

http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com/2014/11/google-cloud-platform-live-introducing-container-engine-cloud-networking-and-much-more.html

Hybrid connectivity via Direct Peering:

Direct Peering

https://cloud.google.com/interconnect/direct-peering

https://peering.google.com/about/index.html

Google Cloud DNS

https://cloud.google.com/dns/docs

What is Google Cloud DNS?

https://cloud.google.com/dns/what-is-cloud-dns

How-to: Getting started with Google Cloud DNS

https://cloud.google.com/dns/getting-started

Google Compute Engine Pricing:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing

Network Pricing:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#network

Google Cloud Platform Pricing Calculator:

https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/

Google offering: Not available yet.

Discussion: Am I allowed to use a Google Cloud Storage as a CDN?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gs-discussion/7pxA__cFzpE

Egress throughput caps

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking

Please investigate for more information.

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