In this chapter, we will look at GCP monitoring. We will discuss what Stackdriver is and why you need it. We will explain all of the services that it offers. We will also go through some basic configurations that will give you a good understanding of how you can leverage it, in order to monitor both virtual machines (VMs) and applications.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Introduction to Stackdriver
- Configuring Stackdriver
- Monitoring Stackdriver
- Stackdriver Logging
- Application Performance Management (APM)
Exam tips: Monitoring is a massive topic and can feel somewhat overwhelming. Once you understand the three main functionalities of Stackdriver, which are monitoring, logging, and APM, we want you to focus on what you will be tested on in the exam:
- Make sure that you know which GCP service you can monitor with Stackdriver...