Google Cloud: Projects, Compute, Networking and Containers with gcloud
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Lesson 3 of 9 · Fundamentals

Compute Engine: VMs, machine types, images, disks and startup scripts

50 min Debian 12

Objective

Create Compute Engine virtual machines from the command line. Size them correctly, configure them automatically at startup, protect their disks with snapshots, and reduce the bill with the right choices (stopping, Spot VMs, discounts).

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