// infrastructure / google-cloud
Graylog on Google Cloud
For teams on Google Cloud, Graylog fits naturally on Compute Engine inside your VPC — with GKE and VM logs shipped to it privately.
We deploy Graylog on Compute Engine VMs across zones in a region, with a passthrough Network Load Balancer for TCP and UDP inputs and an HTTPS load balancer or internal access for the web interface.
Running Graylog on VMs rather than inside GKE keeps stateful components simpler to operate. Collection from GKE clusters is handled by DaemonSet collectors shipping over private networking.
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How a Graylog environment on Google Cloud is typically built
Compute
Machine types sized per role, with memory-heavy shapes for search nodes and no shared-core types for sustained ingest.
Storage
Balanced or SSD Persistent Disk, or Hyperdisk where independent throughput tuning is needed.
Networking
Private VPC subnets, firewall rules per tier using network tags or service accounts, Cloud NAT for egress.
Load balancing
Internal or external passthrough Network Load Balancers for TCP/UDP inputs.
Backups
Cloud Storage buckets for snapshots and MongoDB backups, with retention policies.
Automation
Terraform with the Google provider, instance templates, Ansible for configuration.
Google Cloud is a trademark of its respective owner. We are an independent provider and not an official Google Cloud partner. Provider capabilities change; we verify current features and pricing during design.
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Comparing providers?
Hetzner
Cost-efficient cloud servers and dedicated hardware in EU and US locations. A strong fit for high-volume, storage-heavy logging.
graylog-on-hetzner Public cloudAWS
Run Graylog inside your AWS accounts, next to the workloads it collects from, with VPC-private components and S3-based backups.
graylog-on-aws Public cloudGoogle Cloud
Graylog on Compute Engine with Persistent Disk or Hyperdisk, passthrough load balancing and Cloud Storage backups.
graylog-on-google-cloud Public cloudAzure
Graylog on Azure VMs with Managed Disks, Azure Load Balancer and Blob Storage backups, integrated into your existing subscriptions.
graylog-on-azureOVHcloud
Bare-metal and public cloud options in European and other regions, with private networking between servers.
Other VPS & dedicated
Any provider that gives us modern Linux, predictable disks and private networking.
Your own servers
Bare metal or virtualised infrastructure in your data center, including restricted networks.
Planning Graylog on Google Cloud?
Send us your ingest volume and retention requirements and we will outline a topology and sizing for Google Cloud.