There are many additional software products that you might use to augment your experience with Google Compute Engine. From Configuration management to databases, it is possible to use many combinations of software with Compute Engine.

This page documents some well-known software from Google and from third-party organizations.

Available software

Ansible

Ansible automates configuration management, application deployment, and other IT management tasks.

• Anssible Documentation
• Compute Engine Management with Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible
• Compute Engine Management with Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible - Appendix
• GitHub

Apache Cassandra

Apache Cassandra is a NoSQL database that is designed around distributed principles. By distributing data across multiple nodes, your cluster becomes resilient to individual node failure, and scaling up your cluster simply means adding new nodes.

• Cassandra on Compute Engine
• DataStax Cassandra Documentation

Chef

Chef is a systems and cloud infrastructure automation framework that deploys servers and applications to any physical, virtual, or cloud location, no matter the size of the infrastructure.

• Chef Documentation
• Compute Engine Management with Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible
• Compute Engine Management with Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible - Appendix
• GitHub

MongoDB

MongoDB is an open-source, agile NoSQL database that allow schemas to change quickly while providing the same functionality as traditional databases.

• MongoDB on Compute Engine
• MongoDB Inc. MongoDB documentation

Puppet

Puppet allows you to automate the configuration and ongoing management of virtual machines and the software running on them.

• Puppet Documentation
• Compute Engine Management with Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible
• Compute Engine Management with Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible - Appendix
• GitHub

RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ is a robust open-source messaging broker software that lets you build a messaging system for your applications.

• RabbitMQ on Compute Engine
• Pivotal RabbitMQ Documentation

SaltStack

SaltStack is a systems and configuration management software that automates any infrastructure, cloud or DevOps function.

• SaltStack Documentation
• Compute Engine Management with Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible
• Compute Engine Management with Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible - Appendix
• GitHub

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