# Get started with Envoy Proxy on Google Axion C4A (Arm Neoverse V2)

## In this learning path

- [Introduction](https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/envoy-gcp/)
- [Get started with Envoy Proxy on Google Axion C4A (Arm Neoverse V2)](https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/envoy-gcp/background/)
- [Create a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine on GCP](https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/envoy-gcp/instance/)
- [Deploy Envoy on Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machines](https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/envoy-gcp/deploy/)
- [Run baseline Envoy testing on a Google Axion C4A Arm VM](https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/envoy-gcp/baseline-testing/)
- [Benchmark Envoy on Google Cloud for Arm64 and x86_64 with Siege](https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/envoy-gcp/benchmarking/)
- [Next Steps](https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/envoy-gcp/_next-steps/)

## Google Axion C4A instances on Google Cloud
Google Axion C4A is a family of Arm-based virtual machines powered by Google’s custom Axion CPU, which is built on Arm Neoverse V2 cores. Designed for high performance and energy efficiency, these VMs are well-suited to modern cloud workloads such as CI/CD pipelines, microservices, media processing, and general-purpose applications.

The C4A series can provide a cost-efficient alternative to x86 VMs while leveraging the scalability and performance characteristics of the Arm64 (AArch64) architecture on Google Cloud.

To learn more about Google Axion, see the blog [Introducing Google Axion Processors, our new Arm-based CPUs](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/introducing-googles-new-arm-based-cpu).

## Envoy Proxy for service proxying and traffic management on Arm
Envoy Proxy is an open-source, high-performance edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. It handles service-to-service communication, traffic routing, load balancing, and observability - improving the reliability and security of microservices.

Envoy is widely used in service meshes, API gateways, and modern cloud environments. Learn more on the [Envoy website](https://www.envoyproxy.io/) and in the [Envoy documentation](https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/).