About Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides compute, storage, database, machine learning, and networking services. Organizations use GCP for everything from hosting web applications to running data pipelines and machine learning workloads.
What Alert24 Monitors
Alert24 tracks the following GCP services through the official Google Cloud Status Dashboard:
- Compute Engine — Virtual machines
- Cloud Storage — Object storage
- App Engine — Application hosting platform
- Cloud SQL — Managed relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
- Cloud Functions — Serverless compute
- Cloud DNS — DNS hosting and resolution
- Identity Platform / OAuth — Google OAuth, sign-in, and identity services
Each service can be monitored across multiple GCP regions.
How to Set It Up
Step 1: Create a Service
- Go to Services > Add Service
- Name it (e.g., "GCP Compute Engine" or "Cloud SQL")
- Save
Step 2: Add a Status Page Check
- Go to Monitoring > Add Check
- Select Status Page Check
- Search for "Google Cloud" or "GCP"
- Select the specific GCP services you depend on
- Link the check to your service
- Click Create
[Screenshot: Selecting GCP services]
What Happens When an Issue is Detected
When Google Cloud reports an incident on their status dashboard:
- Alert24 detects the incident from the GCP status JSON feed
- Your service status updates to reflect the GCP issue
- You receive alerts through your notification channels
- Your status page updates if the GCP service is listed
- Automatic recovery when GCP resolves the incident
Common Scenarios
You run workloads on Compute Engine
Monitor Compute Engine in your deployment zones. VM availability directly affects your application.
You use Cloud Storage for files
Monitor Cloud Storage. Outages affect file uploads, downloads, and any service backed by GCS buckets.
Your database is on Cloud SQL
Monitor Cloud SQL. Database issues affect all read and write operations across your applications.
You use Cloud Functions
Monitor Cloud Functions. Serverless function outages affect API handlers, background jobs, and event-driven workflows.
Your app is on App Engine
Monitor App Engine. If App Engine is down, your hosted application is down.
GCP Status Dashboard
GCP's official status dashboard: https://status.cloud.google.com/
GCP provides a JSON endpoint at https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents.json that Alert24 monitors automatically. This feed provides structured incident data with per-service, per-region detail.