Follow along with my GitHub repo for this blog: https://github.com/foyst/gcp-terraform-quickstart/ TL;DR – Here’s the headline differences that might be useful for those adopting GCP from an AWS background: Difference #1 In AWS, projects or systems are separated using AWS Accounts, where as GCP has the built-in concept of “Projects”. Difference #2 – The GCP Console is always at global level – no need to switch between regions. Difference #3 – auto_create_subnetworks = false, otherwise you have a subnet created for every availability zone by default. Difference #4 – You have to enable services before you can use them. Difference #5...
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Ben Foster
Full Stack Software Engineer harbouring in Leeds, UK. Passionate about all things tech and people.