Google Cloud Anthos Series: Anthos Platform Introduction
Google Cloud Anthos Series: Part 1
Welcome to the multi part series on ‘Google Cloud Anthos platform’. In this blog series, we will explore how fictional organisation called ‘Samajik’ can scale their Kubernetes based application across multiple Google Cloud regions using Google Cloud’s Anthos platform.
We will cover the Samajik’s Anthos adoption journey in this blog series.
Part-1: Anthos Platform Introduction (This blog)
Part-2: Anthos Platform Technical Details
Part-3: Getting started with Anthos Platform
Part-4: Anthos Service Mesh
Part-5: Anthos Config Management
Part-6: Anthos Multi-cluster Ingress
Part-7: Anthos Marketplace Applications
Part-8: Migrate for Anthos and GKE
Part9: Anthos Multi-cloud & Hybrid story
This is Samajik’s application architecture diagram. Internally the application is called ‘Unicorn’ which is currently running in the Google Cloud’s Mumbai region.
Introducing Google Cloud’s Anthos Platform
Anthos is a modern application management platform that provides a unified model for computing, networking, and even service management across multiple clouds (GCP, AWS, Azure) and private On-premise data centres. The technology stack is built on a consistent set of APIs based on open-source technologies which empowers developers and operators with a single set of tools.
Anthos is a Kubernetes-based platform that runs everywhere you do, with a cloud-backed control plane for centralised management. Anthos provides
- Application Management
- Infrastructure Automation
- End-to-End Observability
- Compliance & Governance
Coming up..
In this blog we discussed Anthos value proposition. In upcoming blogs we will continue the Samajik’s journey of Anthos adoption.
Reference
You can refer to the Google Cloud DevOps Series to understand ‘How Samajik transformed their DevOps landscape using Google Cloud native tools & principles’.
Contributors: Shijimol A K, Anchit Nishant, Dhandus
