googlecloudplatform-test: Leave your laptop at home. Mobile management of cloud resources launches.

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Leave your laptop at home. Mobile management of cloud resources launches.

July 1, 2015

You knew it would happen again. It's 7:30 on a Friday evening and you’re arriving at the restaurant to meet your friends. A text arrives from your boss:

Usually, you’d have to cancel your plans and drive home. But this time, you fire up the Google Cloud Console mobile app and find the troublesome VM. You notice the CPU spike on the graph and realize that one of your apps is probably stuck in a loop.

You press Reset, check the CPU, and text back an all- clear to your boss. Your evening is saved.

We are pleased to announce the Google Cloud Console mobile app for Android and iOS. This app provides an easy way to manage your Google Cloud Platform resource from your mobile device.

The app lets you see the overall health of your system, view your projects, set alerts, keep an eye on billing, and monitor and take action on Google Cloud Platform resources.

In your Cloud Platform project, you can use the configurable graph to monitor key stats, such as requests per second, errors per second, and total instances for Google App Engine apps:

For Google Compute Engine VMs, you can monitor CPU usage, disk, and network status. You can even restart VMs or SSH into them (Android only) to perform system level tasks. You can also respond to incidents, so your team knows you’re on top of the issue:

Here’s what customers have been saying:
“Great on the Go Really cool tool to get an overview for times when you're on the road or no browser is at hand.” -David Zumbrunnen

“Awesome and essential app if you use Google Cloud Platform and Android I have been using this app from day one and has been my first stop to check on my cloud platform resources. Have not seen any downtime or experienced crash with the app. “ -Krishnan S.P.T

“Very useful app Great little app. Works great for starting/stopping instances and basic administrative tasks. I like the graphs and estimated monthly charges per project. Very pleased, very useful little app.” -Patrick Tucci

“Awesome Tool This is a very important tool and a great step into the future of cloud technology. No need to sit on a computer 24/7. Great UX. Great MD(Material Design ).Congratulations to the Dev Team.” -Ogwang Denis

To learn more, visit the Google Play Store or the App Store and take the app for a test drive. We’d love to hear your feedback!

- Posted by Stewart Fife, Product Manager, Google Cloud Platform