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Google GKE — Managed Kubernetes¶
GCPGKEKubernetesAutopilot 5 min read
GKE Autopilot vs Standard, Workload Identity, Config Connector and Gateway API.
Autopilot vs Standard¶
gcloud container clusters create-auto production \
--region europe-west1 --release-channel regular
Autopilot = Google manages the nodes, you pay per pod. Recommended for new projects.
Workload Identity¶
gcloud iam service-accounts add-iam-policy-binding \
[email protected] \
--role roles/iam.workloadIdentityUser \
--member "serviceAccount:proj.svc.id.goog[default/my-ksa]"
Gateway API¶
GKE natively supports the K8s Gateway API as a modern replacement for Ingress.
Summary¶
GKE = the most mature managed K8s. Autopilot for simplicity, Standard for control.
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