GCP for DevOps — Monitoring & Logging
Monitoring & Logging
Observability is fundamental to DevOps. Google Cloud’s Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver) provides integrated monitoring, logging, tracing, error reporting, and profiling to keep your infrastructure and applications healthy.
Cloud Operations Suite Overview
Cloud Operations Suite:
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Cloud Operations Suite │
│ │
│ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ │
│ │ Monitoring │ │ Logging │ │ Trace │ │
│ │ • Metrics │ │ • Logs │ │ • Latency │ │
│ │ • Dashboards │ │ • Sinks │ │ • Spans │ │
│ │ • Alerting │ │ • Router │ │ • Distributed │ │
│ │ • Uptime │ │ • Export │ │ tracing │ │
│ └──────────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────────────┘ │
│ │
│ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Error │ │ Profiler │ │
│ │ Reporting │ │ • CPU / Memory profiling │ │
│ │ • Group │ │ • Production-safe │ │
│ │ • Track │ │ • Continuous │ │
│ └──────────────┘ └──────────────────────────────────┘ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
What You Will Learn
- Set up Cloud Monitoring dashboards, metrics, and uptime checks
- Configure alerting policies with notification channels
- Use Cloud Logging, log-based metrics, and log sinks
- Implement Cloud Trace for distributed tracing
- Use Error Reporting and Profiler for production debugging
Chapter Contents
| # | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud Monitoring | Metrics, dashboards, uptime checks |
| 2 | Alerting Policies | Alert rules, notification channels |
| 3 | Cloud Logging | Logs, sinks, log-based metrics |
| 4 | Cloud Trace | Distributed tracing, latency analysis |
| 5 | Error Reporting & Profiler | Error grouping, CPU/memory profiling |
| 6 | Practice Exercises | Hands-on monitoring labs |
Start with → Cloud Monitoring
