Google Cloud

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Definition

Google Cloud's managed Kubernetes service. Google created Kubernetes, and GKE offers it as a managed service with automatic upgrades, Autopilot mode, and low-cost Spot nodes.

Exam context

In CDL it's the container orchestration service. Equivalent to AKS (Azure) and EKS (AWS). Since Google created Kubernetes, GKE has deeper integration with the Kubernetes ecosystem.

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