Google Kubernetes Engine

1. GKE overview

   What GKE is, how it manages Kubernetes and its main features.

2. Cluster architecture

   Control plane, nodes, node pools and system components of a GKE cluster.

3. Autopilot mode

   Fully managed Autopilot clusters, resource requests and pricing model.

4. Standard clusters and node pools

   Node pools, machine types, node images and Standard mode configuration.

5. Cluster autoscaling

   Cluster autoscaler, node auto-provisioning and scaling behavior.

6. Cluster networking

   Pod and service IP ranges, VPC-native clusters, Services, Ingress and Gateway.

7. Workload Identity Federation for GKE

   Letting Kubernetes service accounts access Google Cloud APIs without keys.

8. Security hardening

   Private clusters, shielded nodes, RBAC, network policy and other hardening steps.

9. Deploying workloads

   Deployments, StatefulSets, Jobs and other workload resources on GKE.

10. Cluster upgrades and release channels

    Release channels, auto-upgrades, maintenance windows and version skew.

11. Observability

    Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring and managed Prometheus for GKE.

12. Quotas and limits

    Quotas and limits for Google Kubernetes Engine: Cluster, node and API limits for GKE, the key concepts and settings to know.

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