The document outlines updates to Google Cloud services as of December 2015, highlighting new features such as a redesigned cloud console, custom machine types for Google Compute Engine, and advancements in the Container Engine. It also introduces tools like Google Cloud Shell, the Cloud Security Scanner, and the Google Cloud Vision API, which offers image content analysis. Additional mentions include performance benchmarking with PerfKit, improved integration with Firebase, and enhancements to Cloud SQL for better performance.

1. Updates | December 2015 | Romin Irani |
@iRomin | http://www.rominirani.com

2. About Me
• 20 years of hands-on development
• @iRomin
• www.rominirani.com
• Detailed Tutorials
– Docker
– Designing / Developing APIs
– Gradle
• Author + Reviewer for multiple Tech Books at
O’Reilly, Manning and Addison Wesley

3. Cloud Computing

4. http://cloud.google.com

5. Google Cloud Console
• Completely new UI
(console.developers.google.com)
• Ease of use and navigation
• Cloud Console Mobile
– Android and iOS
– Monitor Metrics
– View Logs
• Resource Utilization on Google
Compute Engine

6. Custom Machine Types - Beta
• Create the right machines for your workloads
• No need to overbuy
• CentOS, CoreOS, Debian, OpenSUSE & Ubuntu
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types#custom_machine_types

7. Container Engine - Updates
• Containers are unstoppable!
• Container Engine (Managed Service)
– Kubernetes 1.1
– HTTP Load Balancer
– Horizontal Pod Scaling
• Container Registry
– Docker Registry API V2 Support
– Performance Enhancements – Pull – 40%
– Integration with popular CI/CD systems
https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/

8. Containerization and Minecraft
• Minecraft on GCE
• Persistent Storage
• Minecraft Roullete
with Kubernetes
googlecloudplatform.blogspot.in/2015/11/containerizing-in-the-real-world-of-Minecraft.html

9. Google Cloud Launcher
• Launch your favourite software package on
Google Compute Engine in a few clicks
• 160+ solutions
• Netflix Spinnaker
– Open Source
– Continuous Delivery Platform
https://cloud.google.com/launcher/

10. Google Cloud Shell
• Temporary GCE instance running Debian
• 5 GB of persistent disk storage
• Command-line access via web browser
• Web preview
• Manage Google Cloud Project resources
• Demo
– My favorite tool to Learn/Demo docker
https://cloud.google.com/cloud-shell

11. Google Cloud Shell - Software

12. Google Cloud Shell - Software

13. Google Cloud Security Scanner
• Detect vulnerabilities in your App Engine apps
• Crawls your app, follows all links, exercises
user inputs, event handlers, etc.
• Currently detects
– XSS
– Flash injection
– Mixed-content
– Usage of insecure JavaScript libraries
https://cloud.google.com/security-scanner/

14. PerfKit Benchmarker
• Open Source Performance Benchmarking Framework
• Compare Cloud Offerings
• 26 benchmarks – compute, network and storage
primitives, Apps (Tomcat, Cassandra, etc), Object Storage
and Managed MySQL.
• AliCloud, Amazon Web Services, CloudStack,
DigitalOcean, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes,
Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, Rackspace, machine under
your desk or in your datacenter.
• https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchm
arker

15. TensorFlow
• Library for Machine Intelligence
• Open Source, available on Github
• Library that you can plug into your
applications
• Python, C++ interfaces
• github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow

16. Google Cloud Vision API
• Powerful Image Content Analysis powered by
Machine Learning Models
• Understand Content of the Image
• REST API
• Available in Private Alpha Release
• https://cloud.google.com/vision/

17. Google Cloud Vision API
• Detect Objects
– Everyday objects, Landmarks, Logos.
• Detect Inappropriate Content
• Image Sentiment Analysis
• Extract Text

18. Google Cloud Vision API - Demo
• Identify Objects
• Sentiments – Happy , Angry, etc.
• Inappropriate Image (Violence)

19. Other Updates
• HTTPs Load Balancing goes GA
• CDN Interconnect – More Partners (Akamai)
• Firebase
– Integration with GCP
– Integration in Android Studio
• HTTP/2 Support
• gRPC
• Python, Go and Java – Cloud Debugger
• Big Query – User Defined Functions (UDF)
• Cloud SQL
– Better Performance + Scalability
– 7x faster, Scales to 10TB data, 15K IOPS and 104GB RAM per instance
http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com

20. Thank You
• Getting Started : $300 Credit (2 months)
• https://cloud.google.com/