## Authentication

- [### Authenticate to Compute Engine
  This document describes how to authenticate to Compute Engine if you
  are using client libraries, Google Cloud CLI, or REST.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/authentication)

## Terraform

- [### Provision Compute Engine resources with Terraform
  This document describes how to provision Compute Engine resources
  using Terraform.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/terraform)

## Compute Engine API

- [### Model Context Protocol (MCP) reference (Preview)
  MCP reference for Compute Engine.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/mcp)
- [### V1 API reference
  Programming reference for the V1 Compute Engine API.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest)
- [### Beta API reference
  Programming reference for the Beta Compute Engine API.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/beta)
- [### Prerequisites
  A few things you need to do before you start coding.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/api/prereqs)
- [### Using the API
  Some quick ways to start using the Compute Engine API.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/api/getting-started)
- [### Creating API requests and handling responses
  Learn how to construct API requests and handle API responses from the
  Compute Engine API.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/api/how-tos/api-requests-responses)
- [### Standard query parameters
  Query parameters that can be used with all methods and all resources in the
  Compute Engine API.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/parameters)
- [### Improving application performance
  Techniques you can use to improve the performance of your application.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/api/how-tos/performance)
- [### Batch requests
  Batch API calls together to reduce the number of HTTP connections your
  client has to make.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/api/how-tos/batch)
- [### API rate limits
  API rate limits define the number of requests that can be made to the
  Compute Engine API.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/api-rate-limits)
- [### Compute Engine client libraries
  You can use the Compute Engine API through a number of Google-provided
  libraries or through third-party open source libraries.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/api/libraries)
- [### Using client libraries
  How to use the Cloud Client Libraries for Compute Engine.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/api/using-libraries)

## gcloud compute

- [### Overview
  Learn about the Google Cloud CLI, which enables you to easily manage your
  Compute Engine resources.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/gcloud-compute)
- [### Common commands
  View the most common Google Cloud CLI commands for
  managing your Compute Engine resources.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/gcloud-compute/common-commands)
- [### Usage tips
  View usage tips for working with the Google Cloud CLI.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/gcloud-compute/tips)

## Google Cloud Console

- [### Google Cloud console
  This document briefly describes how to access the console and describes some
  unique features that the console offers.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/console)
- [### SSH-in-browser
  SSH-in-browser lets you use SSH to connect to a
  Compute Engine VM from within the Google Cloud console.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/ssh-in-browser)