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Chapter 5Computing with Compute Engine Virtual Machines

THIS CHAPTER COVERS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES OF THE GOOGLE ASSOCIATE CLOUD ENGINEER EXAM:

1.3 Installing and configuring the command line interface (CLI), specifically Cloud SDK (e.g., setting the default project)
2.2 Planning and configuring compute resources. Considerations include:
- Selecting appropriate compute choices for a given workload (e.g., Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, App Engine)
- Using preemptible VMs and custom machine types as appropriate

In this chapter, you will ...

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