DOC-1350 Document feature Serverless on GCP (#432)

micheleRP · Feediver1 · web-flow · commit 34810bb1970a · 2025-11-19T11:56:46.000-07:00
* DOC-1350 Document feature Serverless on GCP * add RPCN wizard * minor edit * update cloud overview & add glossterms * fix formatting * remove: During LA, existing clusters can scale to the usage limits, but new clusters may need to wait for availability. * clarifying edits * minor edit * move prereqs above get started & Interact up a level * minor edits * minor edits * Remove prereqs Removed the prereq for rpk, since rpk is not a prereq to getting started with Serverless. Instead, that info is in a note where we talk about using rpk * Revert "Remove prereqs" This reverts commit c7bc055. * match terminology in UI * Update modules/get-started/partials/get-started-serverless.adoc Co-authored-by: Joyce Fee <102751339+Feediver1@users.noreply.github.com> * incorporate review feedback * update glossterms * separate RPCN get started to different PR + move to Nov * change MB to MiB for message max * not feature flagged, so no need to contact support --------- Co-authored-by: Joyce Fee <102751339+Feediver1@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/modules/get-started/pages/cloud-overview.adoc b/modules/get-started/pages/cloud-overview.adoc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Redpanda Cloud offers three fully-managed cloud deployment options, each designe
 | Production clusters requiring data sovereignty, the highest throughput, and added security
 
 | *Deployment*
-| Redpanda's cloud (currently AWS only)
+| Redpanda's cloud (AWS/GCP)
 | Redpanda's cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
 | Your cloud account (AWS/Azure/GCP)
 
@@ -109,9 +109,13 @@ Redpanda Cloud offers three fully-managed cloud deployment options, each designe
 
 === Serverless
 
-Serverless is the fastest and easiest way to start data streaming. With Serverless clusters, you host your data in Redpanda's VPC, and Redpanda handles automatic scaling, provisioning, operations, and maintenance. This is a production-ready deployment option with a cluster available instantly, and with pay-as-you-go billing after the free trial, you only pay for what you consume. You can view detailed billing activity for each cluster and edit payment methods on the *Billing* page. 
+Serverless is the fastest and easiest way to start data streaming. With Serverless clusters, you host your data in Redpanda's VPC, and Redpanda handles automatic scaling, provisioning, operations, and maintenance. This is a production-ready deployment option with a cluster available instantly, and you only pay for what you consume. 
 
-NOTE: Serverless is currently in a limited availability (LA) release with xref:get-started:cluster-types/serverless.adoc#serverless-usage-limits[usage limits].
+[NOTE]
+====
+* Serverless on AWS is currently in a glossterm:LA[,limited availability (LA)] release. 
+* Serverless on GCP is currently in a glossterm:beta[] release. 
+====
 
 ==== Sign up for Serverless
 
@@ -383,7 +387,8 @@ Features in beta are available for testing and feedback. They are not covered by
 
 The following features are currently in beta in Redpanda Cloud:
 
-* BYOVPC for AWS  
+* Serverless on GCP
+* BYOVPC for AWS
 * BYOVNet for Azure
 * Secrets Management for BYOVPC on GCP and AWS
 * xref:ai-agents:index.adoc[AI agents with MCP servers]
diff --git a/modules/get-started/pages/cluster-types/serverless.adoc b/modules/get-started/pages/cluster-types/serverless.adoc
@@ -3,55 +3,47 @@
 :page-aliases: get-started:cluster-types/serverless-pro.adoc, ROOT:deploy:deployment-option/cloud/serverless.adoc 
 
 
-Serverless is the fastest and easiest way to start data streaming. With Serverless clusters, you host your data in Redpanda's VPC, and Redpanda handles automatic scaling, provisioning, operations, and maintenance. This is a production-ready deployment option with a cluster available instantly, and with pay-as-you-go billing, you only pay for what you consume. You can view detailed billing activity for each cluster and edit payment methods on the *Billing* page.
+Serverless is the fastest and easiest way to start data streaming. With Serverless clusters, you host your data in Redpanda's VPC, and Redpanda handles automatic scaling, provisioning, operations, and maintenance. This is a production-ready deployment option with a cluster available instantly, and you only pay for what you consume. You can view detailed billing activity for each cluster and edit payment methods on the *Billing* page. 
 
-NOTE: Serverless is currently in a limited availability (LA) release. During LA, existing clusters can scale to the usage limits, but new clusters may need to wait for availability.
+[NOTE]
+====
+* Serverless on AWS is currently in a glossterm:LA[,limited availability (LA)] release.
+* Serverless on GCP is currently in a glossterm:beta[] release. 
 
-== Prerequisites
-
-Make sure you have the latest version of `rpk`. See xref:get-started:rpk-install.adoc[].
+====
 
 == Serverless usage limits
 
-Each Serverless cluster can handle:
+Each Serverless cluster has the following maximum usage limits:
 
-* **Ingress**: 100 MB/s
-* **Egress**: 300 MB/s
-* **Partitions**: 5,000 
-* **Message size**: 20 MB
-* **Retention**: unlimited
-* **Storage**: unlimited
-* **Users**: 30
-* **ACLs**: 120
-* **Consumer groups**: 200
-* **Connections**: 10,000 
+[cols="1,2",options="header"]
+|===
+| Metric | Limit
 
+| Ingress | 100 MB/s
+| Egress | 300 MB/s
+| Partitions | 5,000
+| Message size | 20 MiB
+| Retention | unlimited
+| Storage | unlimited
+| Users | 30
+| ACLs | 120
+| Consumer groups | 200
+| Connections | 10,000
+|===
 
-NOTE: The partition limit is the number of logical partitions before replication occurs. Redpanda Cloud uses a replication factor of 3.
-
-== Get started with Serverless
 
-include::get-started:partial$get-started-serverless.adoc[]
-
-== Explore your trial cluster
+NOTE: The partition limit is the number of logical partitions before replication occurs. Redpanda Cloud uses a replication factor of 3.
 
-After you start a trial, Redpanda instantly prepares an account for you. Your account includes a `welcome` cluster with a `hello-world` demo topic you can explore. It includes sample data so you can see how real-time messaging works before sending your own data.
+== Prerequisites
 
-Follow the steps in the UI to use `rpk` to interact with your cluster from the command line:
+Make sure you have the latest version of `rpk`, the Redpanda CLI. See xref:get-started:rpk-install.adoc[].
 
-. Log in:
-+
-```
-rpk cloud login
-```
+== Get started with Serverless
 
-. Consume from the `hello-world` topic:
-+
-```
-rpk topic consume hello-world
-```
+Choose the option that fits how you want to subscribe:
 
-In the https://cloud.redpanda.com[Redpanda Cloud UI^], you can navigate to the *Topics* page and open the `hello-world` topic to see the included messages. Under the *Actions* dropdown, you can produce messages to it. 
+include::get-started:partial$get-started-serverless.adoc[]
 
 == Create a Serverless cluster
 
@@ -60,14 +52,14 @@ To create a Serverless cluster:
 . In the https://cloud.redpanda.com[Redpanda Cloud UI^], on the **Clusters** page, click **Create cluster**, then click **Create Serverless cluster**. 
 
 . Enter a cluster name, then select the resource group. If you don't have an existing resource group, you can create one. Refresh the page to see newly-created resource groups. 
-+
-Serverless clusters are available in the AWS regions listed in xref:reference:tiers/serverless-regions.adoc[Serverless regions]. Redpanda expects your applications to be deployed in the same AWS region. For best performance, select the region closest to your applications. Serverless is not guaranteed to be pinned to a particular availability zone within that region.
 
-. Go to the *Topics* page to create a topic. Under the *Actions* dropdown, you can produce messages to it. 
+. Select a cloud provider and xref:reference:tiers/serverless-regions.adoc[region]. For best performance, select the region closest to your applications. Redpanda expects your applications to be deployed in the same cloud provider and region as your Serverless cluster. 
++
+Serverless clusters are not guaranteed to be pinned to a particular availability zone within the selected region.
 
 . Add team members and grant them access with glossterm:ACL[,access control lists (ACLs)] on the *Security* page.
 
-== Connect with your cluster
+== Interact with your cluster
 
 include::get-started:partial$cloud-quickstart.adoc[]
 
@@ -84,11 +76,18 @@ Follow the steps in the UI to use `rpk` to interact with your cluster from the c
 
 NOTE: Redpanda Serverless is opinionated about Kafka configurations. For example, automatic topic creation is disabled. Some systems expect the Kafka service to automatically create topics when a message is produced to a topic that doesn't exist. Create topics on the *Topics* page or with `rpk topic create`.
 
+The *How to connect - Kafka API* tab lists your bootstrap server URL and security settings. This area includes code examples for creating a Kafka client to interact with your cluster. Or, Redpanda can generate a sample application to interact with your cluster. Run xref:reference:rpk/rpk-generate/rpk-generate-app.adoc[`rpk generate app`], and select your preferred programming language. Follow the commands in the terminal to run the application, create a demo topic, produce to the topic, and consume the data back.
+
+Explore the rest of the UI: 
+
+* Go to the *Topics* page to create new topics for data streams. 
+* Under the *Actions* dropdown, produce messages to topics. 
+* Add team members with permissions on the *Security* page.
+
 == Supported features
 
 * Redpanda Serverless supports the Kafka API. Serverless clusters work with all Kafka clients. See xref:develop:kafka-clients.adoc[].
 * Serverless clusters support all major Apache Kafka messages for managing topics, producing/consuming data (including transactions), managing groups, managing offsets, and managing ACLs. (User management is available in the Redpanda Cloud UI or with `rpk security acl`.) 
-* Use xref:develop:connect/about.adoc[Redpanda Connect] to quickly build and deploy streaming data pipelines or AI applications. 
 
 === Unsupported features
 
diff --git a/modules/get-started/pages/whats-new-cloud.adoc b/modules/get-started/pages/whats-new-cloud.adoc
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ This page lists new features added to Redpanda Cloud.
 
 == November 2025
 
+=== Serverless on GCP: beta
+
+You can now create xref:get-started:cluster-types/serverless.adoc[Serverless clusters] on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Serverless on GCP is in a glossterm:beta[] release. 
+
 === Redpanda Connect updates
 
 Redpanda Connect provides a simplified xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[quickstart] experience in the UI that helps you to start building data pipelines. The quickstart wizard creates pipelines to stream data into and out of Redpanda, populating the required YAML configuration automatically.
diff --git a/modules/get-started/partials/get-started-serverless.adoc b/modules/get-started/partials/get-started-serverless.adoc
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 Free trial::
 +
 --
-A https://www.redpanda.com/try-redpanda[free trial^] is the fastest way to get started with Serverless, and it comes with a `welcome` cluster. Each customer qualifies for a trial with $100 (USD) in free credits to spend in the first 14 days. This should be enough to run Redpanda with reasonable throughput. No credit card is required. To continue using Serverless after your trial expires, you can enter a credit card and pay as you go. Any remaining credit balance is used before you are charged. 
+A https://www.redpanda.com/try-redpanda[free trial on AWS^] is the fastest way to get started with Serverless. Each free-trial customer qualifies for $100 (USD) in credits to spend in the first 14 days. This should be enough to run Redpanda with reasonable throughput. No credit card is required. To continue using Serverless after your trial expires, you can enter a credit card and pay as you go. Any remaining credit balance is used before you are charged. 
 
-When either the credits expire or the days in the trial expire, the clusters move into a suspended state, and you won't be able to access your data in either the Redpanda Cloud UI or with the Kafka API. There is a seven-day grace period following the end of the trial. After that, the data is permanently deleted. 
+When either the credits expire or the days in the trial expire, the clusters move into a suspended state, and you won't be able to access your data in either the Redpanda Cloud UI or with the Kafka API. There is a seven-day grace period following the end of the trial. After that, the data is permanently deleted. For questions about the trial, use the *#serverless* https://redpandacommunity.slack.com/[Community Slack^] channel.
 
-* To ask questions about the trial, use the *#serverless* https://redpandacommunity.slack.com/[Community Slack^] channel.
-* For information about billing after the trial ends, see xref:billing:billing.adoc[].
+After you start a trial, Redpanda instantly prepares an account for you. Your account includes a `welcome` cluster with a `hello-world` demo topic you can explore. It includes sample data so you can see how real-time messaging works before sending your own data.
+
+xref:get-started:cluster-types/serverless.adoc#interact-with-your-cluster[Get started] by following the wizard to create a Redpanda Connect glossterm:pipeline[], or by following the steps in the UI to use `rpk` to interact with your cluster from the command line:
+
+. Log in with `rpk cloud login`.
+. Consume from the `hello-world` topic with `rpk topic consume hello-world`.
+. In the https://cloud.redpanda.com[Redpanda Cloud UI^], navigate to the *Topics* page and open the `hello-world` topic to see the included messages. 
 
 --
 Redpanda Sales::
diff --git a/modules/reference/pages/tiers/serverless-regions.adoc b/modules/reference/pages/tiers/serverless-regions.adoc
@@ -21,4 +21,19 @@ Amazon Web Services (AWS)::
 | us-west-2
 |===
 --
-====
+
+Google Cloud Platform (GCP)::
++
+--
+|=== 
+| Region 
+
+| us-central1
+|===
+
+NOTE: Serverless on GCP is currently in a glossterm:beta[] release. 
+--
+====
+
+
+See also: xref:get-started:cluster-types/serverless.adoc#serverless-usage-limits[Serverless usage limits]
