Google Cloud Monitoring
Google Cloud Monitoring is a fully managed service for monitoring, visualizing, and alerting on metrics, logs, and traces from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and other sources. It provides dashboards, uptime checks, and SLO management to help developers and operations teams ensure application reliability and performance. The service integrates with Google Cloud's operations suite, including Cloud Logging and Cloud Trace, for comprehensive observability.
Developers should use Google Cloud Monitoring when building or managing applications on GCP to gain insights into system health, detect issues proactively, and meet service-level objectives (SLOs). It is essential for monitoring cloud-native applications, microservices, and infrastructure, enabling real-time alerting and troubleshooting to maintain high availability and performance. Use cases include tracking resource utilization, setting up alerts for critical metrics, and creating custom dashboards for application-specific monitoring.