Container orchestration and serverless containers
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
| Mode | Control Plane | Best For |
|---|
| Autopilot | Google-managed | Hands-off, pay per pod |
| Standard | Google-managed | Full node control |
| Anthos | Multi-cloud | Hybrid/multi-cloud Kubernetes |
Cloud Run
Serverless
Scale to zero, pay per request
Revisions
Traffic splitting, canary deployments
Concurrency
Multiple requests per instance
Triggers
HTTP, Pub/Sub, Cloud Scheduler
App Engine
- Standard: Language-specific runtimes, scale to zero
- Flexible: Docker containers, minimum 1 instance
- Automatic scaling based on traffic
- Integrated with Cloud services
Exam Focus Areas
- GKE Autopilot for simplified Kubernetes management
- Cloud Run for stateless HTTP containers
- Cloud Functions for event-driven single functions
- App Engine for simple web apps without container knowledge
