Google Distributed Cloud, a component of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), is software that brings Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to on-premises data centers. With Google Distributed Cloud, you can create, manage, and upgrade Kubernetes clusters on your own premises.
Google Distributed Cloud runs on your premises in a vSphere environment. vSphere is VMware's virtualization platform. The two main components of vSphere are ESXi and vCenter Server.
Getting Google Distributed Cloud
Google Distributed Cloud is a feature of GKE Enterprise. For an overview of the GKE Enterprise product and information on how to contact sales, see Anthos.
For a deeper discussion of GKE Enterprise features and how they work together, see the GKE Enterprise technical overview.
For pricing information, see Anthos pricing.
Installing Google Distributed Cloud
To install Google Distributed Cloud, you create an admin cluster and one or more user clusters. Before you create your clusters, you need to have a vSphere environment and a Google Cloud project
For a full overview of the installation process, see the installation overview.
Versions
To learn about Google Distributed Cloud versions, see Version history.