
Learn Google networking concepts and services with Handy links.
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/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
Blog: Google Cloud Platform Live: Introducing Container Engine, Cloud Networking and much more
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.
