Google Cloud
Microservices
intermediate
GKE Microservices Platform — Google Cloud Architecture Template
Containerized microservices on GKE with Artifact Registry, Cloud SQL, Redis, Pub/Sub messaging, and full observability.
Why this architecture works
- GKE Autopilot handles node provisioning and patching so teams focus on services, not infrastructure.
- Artifact Registry with vulnerability scanning gates images before they reach the cluster.
- Pub/Sub for inter-service messaging keeps services loosely coupled and independently deployable.
- Workload Identity binds pods to least-privilege service accounts instead of node-level keys.
- Cloud Trace surfaces cross-service latency so slow hops are found in minutes, not days.
What's inside (9 resources)
Ingress LB
gcp-cloud-load-balancing
GKE Autopilot
gcp-gke
Cloud SQL
gcp-cloud-sql
Memorystore Redis
gcp-memorystore
Service Events
gcp-pub-sub
Artifact Registry
gcp-artifact-registry
Secret Manager
gcp-secret-manager
Cloud Monitoring
gcp-monitoring
Cloud Trace
gcp-trace
From template to running infrastructure
- Open this template in the CloudForge visual designer (free account, no credit card).
- Customize resources, names, and connections on the drag-and-drop canvas — or ask Vani, the AI architect, to adapt it.
- Generate production-ready Terraform or Pulumi in one click.
- Review the plan diff and security scan, then deploy with human approval.