InternshipKey terms and common mistakes
The words you will hear in Google Cloud Platform work and the mistakes that most often cost interns approvals.
Key terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Project | Container for GCP resources and billing |
| Principal | Who gets access |
| Compute Engine | GCP virtual machines |
| Bucket | Container for objects |
| VPC | Virtual Private Cloud network |
| Cloud SQL | Managed relational database |
| BigQuery | Serverless data warehouse |
Pub/Sub | Messaging service |
Common mistakes to avoid
- Leaving VMs, clusters or databases running after a task and getting billed.
- Giving the Owner role where a narrow role would do.
- Making buckets public by mistake.
- Downloading service-account keys instead of using attached identities.
- Not setting a budget alert on the first day.
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