GCP Architectures

Production-ready Google Cloud architecture diagrams.

Cloud Run Microservices

Serverless containers with managed services.

@arch
#!ext icons

[styles]
  http: color:#3B82F6|width:2
  async: color:#8B5CF6|dash:5,5
  data: color:#10B981

[nodes]
  users:Users|icon:users

  [GCP]
    lb:Cloud Load Balancing|icon:gcp-cloud-load-balancing

    [Cloud Run Services]
      api:API Service|icon:gcp-cloud-run
      auth:Auth Service|icon:gcp-cloud-run
      worker:Worker Service|icon:gcp-cloud-run

    [Data]
      firestore:Firestore|icon:gcp-firestore
      sql:Cloud SQL|icon:gcp-cloud-sql
      memorystore:Memorystore|icon:gcp-memorystore

    [Messaging]
      pubsub:Pub/Sub|icon:gcp-pubsub

    [Storage]
      gcs:Cloud Storage|icon:gcp-cloud-storage

[edges]
  users->lb|style:http
  lb->api|style:http
  api->auth|style:http
  auth->memorystore|style:data
  api->sql|style:data
  api->firestore|style:data
  api-->pubsub|style:async
  pubsub-->worker|style:async
  worker->sql|style:data
  worker->gcs|style:data

Rendered diagram

GKE Platform

Production Kubernetes platform on GKE.

@arch
#!ext icons

[nodes]
  devs:Developers|icon:users

  [GCP]
    [CI/CD]
      repo:Cloud Source Repos|icon:devicon-github
      build:Cloud Build|icon:gcp-cloud-build
      ar:Artifact Registry|icon:gcp-artifact-registry

    [GKE Cluster]
      ingress:Ingress|icon:devicon-kubernetes

      [Namespaces]
        [production]
          app_prod:Application|icon:devicon-docker

        [staging]
          app_stage:Application|icon:devicon-docker

      [Platform Services]
        istio:Istio|icon:devicon-kubernetes
        prometheus:Prometheus|icon:server

    [Data]
      sql:Cloud SQL|icon:gcp-cloud-sql
      redis:Memorystore|icon:gcp-memorystore
      spanner:Spanner|icon:gcp-cloud-spanner

    [Observability]
      logging:Cloud Logging|icon:gcp-cloud-logging
      monitoring:Cloud Monitoring|icon:gcp-cloud-monitoring
      trace:Cloud Trace|icon:gcp-trace

[edges]
  devs->repo:push
  repo->build:trigger
  build->ar:push image
  ar->app_prod:deploy
  ar->app_stage:deploy
  ingress->istio
  istio->app_prod
  istio->app_stage
  app_prod->sql
  app_prod->redis
  app_prod->spanner
  prometheus->app_prod
  prometheus->monitoring
  app_prod->logging
  app_prod->trace

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Data Analytics Pipeline

BigQuery-centric analytics architecture.

@arch
#!ext icons

[styles]
  stream: color:#F59E0B|width:2
  batch: color:#3B82F6
  query: color:#10B981|width:2

[nodes]
  [Sources]
    apps:Applications|icon:server
    iot:IoT Core|icon:gcp-iot-core
    logs:Cloud Logging|icon:gcp-cloud-logging

  [Streaming]
    pubsub:Pub/Sub|icon:gcp-pubsub
    dataflow_stream:Dataflow (Stream)|icon:gcp-dataflow

  [Storage]
    gcs_raw:GCS Raw|icon:gcp-cloud-storage
    gcs_processed:GCS Processed|icon:gcp-cloud-storage
    bq:BigQuery|icon:gcp-bigquery

  [Batch Processing]
    dataflow_batch:Dataflow (Batch)|icon:gcp-dataflow
    dataproc:Dataproc|icon:gcp-dataproc
    composer:Cloud Composer|icon:gcp-cloud-composer

  [ML & Analytics]
    vertex:Vertex AI|icon:gcp-vertexai
    looker:Looker|icon:gcp-looker
    datastudio:Data Studio|icon:cloud

[edges]
  apps->pubsub|style:stream
  iot->pubsub|style:stream
  logs->gcs_raw|style:batch
  pubsub->dataflow_stream|style:stream
  dataflow_stream->bq|style:stream
  dataflow_stream->gcs_processed|style:stream
  gcs_raw->dataflow_batch|style:batch
  gcs_raw->dataproc|style:batch
  dataflow_batch->bq|style:batch
  dataproc->bq|style:batch
  composer->dataflow_batch:orchestrate|style:batch
  composer->dataproc:orchestrate|style:batch
  bq->vertex|style:query
  bq->looker|style:query
  bq->datastudio|style:query

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Multi-Region Setup

Global deployment with Cloud Spanner.

@arch
#!ext icons

[nodes]
  users:Global Users|icon:users
  dns:Cloud DNS|icon:gcp-cloud-dns
  cdn:Cloud CDN|icon:gcp-cloud-cdn

  [US Region]
    lb_us:Load Balancer|icon:gcp-cloud-load-balancing
    run_us:Cloud Run|icon:gcp-cloud-run
    sql_us:Cloud SQL|icon:gcp-cloud-sql

  [EU Region]
    lb_eu:Load Balancer|icon:gcp-cloud-load-balancing
    run_eu:Cloud Run|icon:gcp-cloud-run
    sql_eu:Cloud SQL|icon:gcp-cloud-sql

  [Global]
    spanner:Cloud Spanner|icon:gcp-cloud-spanner
    gcs:Cloud Storage|icon:gcp-cloud-storage

[edges]
  users->dns
  dns->cdn
  cdn->lb_us:US traffic
  cdn->lb_eu:EU traffic
  lb_us->run_us
  lb_eu->run_eu
  run_us->sql_us:regional reads
  run_eu->sql_eu:regional reads
  run_us->spanner:global writes
  run_eu->spanner:global writes
  sql_us..spanner:sync
  sql_eu..spanner:sync
  run_us->gcs
  run_eu->gcs

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More GCP Examples

See the example files in the repository:

• gcp-microservices.tdl - Full microservices setup