Google Cloud
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Your essential first day with Google Cloud.
1 dayFoundation7 modules
About this course
Your essential first day with Google Cloud. Through hands-on labs you will explore the global infrastructure and shared responsibility model, set up projects with IAM and billing, launch virtual machines in a VPC, compare storage options and deploy applications with GKE, App Engine, Cloud Functions and Cloud Run.
What you'll learn
- Identify the purpose, value, and components of the Google Cloud network infrastructure.
- Understand important concepts for working with Google Cloud, including cloud IAM, billing, and project management.
- Define how infrastructure is organized, secured, and managed in Google Cloud Platform storage and compute services.
- Compare storage services like Google Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Bigtable, and Cloud Datastore.
- Explore key services like Google App Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (formerly Google Container Engine) for deploying applications on Google Cloud.
- Learn best practices for building application deployment environments in cloud computing.
- Strengthen skills for managing cloud infrastructure and securing cloud applications with IAM.
- Prepare for next steps toward becoming a Google Cloud Professional or Cloud Architect.
Curriculum
7 modules
- Overview of course materials, objectives, and what you’ll accomplish.
- Importance of cloud learning and foundational knowledge in cloud computing.
- Introduce key terminology and concepts and terminology for working with GCP and cloud-based solutions.
- Overview of Google Cloud's global cloud network: data centers, regions, and zones.
- Define the components of Google Cloud’s infrastructure and Google network infrastructure.
- Understand the shared responsibility model for securing cloud resources.
- Project organization and important resource and policy management tools.
- Overview of cloud IAM roles, policies, and permissions for managing identities.
- Hands-on lab: set up a Google Cloud project and configure access.
- Introduction to Google Compute Engine and deploying virtual machines.
- Configure a cloud network with Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), firewalls, and routes.
- Hands-on demo: launch your first VM and configure a secure VPC.
- Compare Google Cloud Platform storage solutions: Google Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Bigtable, and Cloud Datastore.
- Select the best storage option based on performance, cost, and application needs.
- Hands-on lab: upload and manage data with Cloud Storage.
- Introduction to containers and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Understanding microservices and scaling cloud applications with containers.
- Hands-on lab: deploy a containerized app on GKE.
- Overview of application deployment environments using App Engine, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Run.
- How to incorporate cloud-based solutions into existing applications and infrastructure.
- Hands-on lab: deploy an app using Google App Engine.</
Who it's for
IT professionals, developers and decision-makers starting with Google Cloud.
Before you start
- Familiarity with the Linux command line, web servers, and text editors.
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