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GCP GKE Microservices Platform

This GCP architecture diagram shows a Kubernetes-based application platform. Users reach Cloud Load Balancing, which forwards traffic to a GKE cluster. The cluster runs an API service and a worker service. The API reads and writes Cloud SQL, while Artifact Registry supplies the container images deployed to GKE. This is a high-level platform view, rather than a cluster topology. It helps reviewers see which Google Cloud services take public traffic, run workloads, store application data, and hold build artifacts. Add namespaces, pods, autoscaling, or observability only when the audience needs those details. Keep the diagram current when equipment, cable paths, service ownership, or security boundaries change, so it remains useful for planning and operations.

UPDATED 2026-09-24
EXAMPLEGCP GKE Microservices Platform
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CASE ANALYSIS

Scenario

Container platform

Key decisions

  • Ingress: Cloud Load Balancing receives public HTTPS traffic.
  • Compute: GKE runs the API and worker services.
  • Delivery: Artifact Registry supplies container images.

When to reuse this

Use this for a high-level GKE platform with external traffic, services, a database, and an image registry.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is GKE?01
Google Kubernetes Engine is Google Cloud's managed Kubernetes service.
Why show Artifact Registry?02
It identifies the repository from which the cluster obtains container images.
Is this a cluster topology?03
It is a high-level platform view, not a detailed view of pods or nodes.
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