Google Distributed Cloud Hosted Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped
Legacy names Google Distributed Cloud Hosted, GDC Hosted
Disconnected sovereign cloud hardware and software platform operating without connectivity to Google Cloud.
Naming timeline
- Google Distributed Cloud Hosted
Launched as Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDCH) for disconnected sovereign deployments.
- Google Distributed Cloud air-gappedCurrent name
Renamed to Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped and Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance.
What is Google Distributed Cloud Hosted called now?
Google Distributed Cloud Hosted is now called Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped, with the latest change in April 2024 (GDC Portfolio Rename). Earlier names covered by this entry also include GDC Hosted. Disconnected sovereign cloud hardware and software platform operating without connectivity to Google Cloud. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance
- GDCH
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| REST / gRPC APIs | gdcloud KRM APIs |
|---|---|
| gcloud / CLI Commands | gdcloud |
Operated via the gdcloud CLI and local Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM) APIs in disconnected environments.
Notes & disambiguation
- Announced in October 2021 (GA October 2022) as Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDCH) and renamed to Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped (with lowercase 'a' in 'air-gapped') in 2024.
- Official documentation URL paths still retain /distributed-cloud/hosted/docs/latest/gdcag and open-source bundles remain hosted at gdch-oss.googlesource.com.
Sources & official documentation
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