Last Updated: November 21, 2025
Google Cloud Platform
GCP services overview
Core Services
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
Compute Engine
|
Virtual machines |
App Engine
|
PaaS application platform |
Cloud Functions
|
Serverless functions |
Cloud Storage
|
Object storage |
Cloud SQL
|
Managed MySQL/PostgreSQL |
BigQuery
|
Data warehouse and analytics |
Firestore
|
NoSQL document database |
Pub/Sub
|
Messaging service |
gcloud CLI
gcloud init
Initialize gcloud
gcloud auth login
Authenticate
gcloud projects list
List projects
gcloud compute instances list
List VM instances
gcloud app deploy
Deploy to App Engine
gcloud functions deploy
Deploy cloud function
gsutil cp file.txt gs://bucket/
Upload to Cloud Storage
GCP Regions
- us-central1 (Iowa), us-east1 (South Carolina)
- europe-west1 (Belgium), europe-north1 (Finland)
- asia-east1 (Taiwan), asia-southeast1 (Singapore)
- Each region has multiple zones (a, b, c, etc.)
IAM Roles
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
Owner
|
Full access to all resources |
Editor
|
Modify resources |
Viewer
|
Read-only access |
Compute Admin
|
Manage compute resources |
Storage Admin
|
Manage storage |
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