Distributed, hybrid, and multicloud

Documentation and resources for extending your Google Cloud topology to the edge, on-premises, and other cloud platforms.

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Explore distributed, hybrid, and multicloud in Google Cloud

Read documentation and Cloud Architecture Center articles about distributed, hybrid, and multicloud products, capabilities, and procedures.

Distributed cloud overview

Extend Google Cloud infrastructure to the edge and into your data centers.

Hybrid and multicloud resources

Plan your approach with Architecture Center resources across a variety of hybrid and multicloud topics.

Hybrid and multicloud architecture patterns

Plan with best practices to build and deploy hybrid and multicloud architecture patterns.

Training, blog articles, and more

Go to training courses, blog articles, and other related resources.

Hybrid and Multicloud Architect Learning Path

Study managing container-based applications across multiple clouds, or between on-premises and cloud environments.

Cloud Developer Learning Path

Study designing, building, analyzing, and maintaining cloud-native applications.

Hybrid Connectivity and Network Management Learning Path

Study Google Cloud networking technologies, including common network design patterns, connectivity to VPC networks, and private connection options.

Distributed, hybrid, and multicloud products by use case

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Distributed cloud

Extend Google Cloud infrastructure and services to the edge and into your data centers.

Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped

A private cloud that enables public sector organizations and regulated enterprises to address strict data residency and security requirements.

Google Distributed Cloud connected

Run GKE clusters on dedicated hardware provided and maintained by Google that is separate from the Google Cloud data center.

Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for bare metal

Create, manage, and upgrade GKE clusters on premises while using Google Cloud features. Your clusters and workloads run directly on your on-premises hardware.

Google Distributed Cloud (software only) for VMware

Create, manage, and upgrade GKE clusters on premises while `using Google Cloud features. Your clusters and workloads run in a VMware vSphere environment on your on-premises hardware.

Multicloud

Identify where to deploy resources across cloud providers, and create and manage Kubernetes clusters from Google Cloud in both AWS and Azure cloud environments.

GKE Multi-Cloud

Provides a unified way to work with Kubernetes clusters, extending GKE to work in multiple environments.

Manage any standard, CNCF-compliant Kubernetes installation, including clusters in production. Add GKE Enterprise features to standardize and secure your clusters across multiple cloud environments and Kubernetes vendors.

GKE on AWS

Manage GKE clusters running on AWS infrastructure.

GKE on Azure

Manage GKE clusters running on Azure infrastructure.

Knative serving

Abstracts away the complexity of Kubernetes, making it easy to build and deploy your serverless workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments.

Cloud Location Finder

Find cloud locations across cloud providers based on proximity, jurisdiction, and carbon footprint.

Fleet management

Simplify managing multi-cluster deployments, including clusters outside Google Cloud.