Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine

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Course overview

This course covers an introduction to Kubernetes, a software layer that sits between your applications and your hardware infrastructure. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) brings you Kubernetes as a managed service on Google Cloud. This course teaches the basics of GKE and how to get applications containerized and running in Google Cloud. The course covers a basic introduction to Google Cloud, an overview of containers and Kubernetes, Kubernetes architecture, and Kubernetes operations.

In this course you will

  • Discuss the differences among Google Cloud compute platforms.

  • Discuss the components and architecture of Kubernetes.

  • Identify how Google manages Kubernetes orchestration.

  • Create and manage Google Kubernetes Engine clusters by using the Google Cloud console and the gcloud/kubectl commands.

Course topics

Module 01: Introduction to the Course

Topics

🔸The course introduction explains the course goals and previews each section.

Objectives

🔸Introduce the course goals and preview each section of the course

Module 02: Introduction to Google Cloud

Topics

🔸Cloud computing and Google Cloud

🔸Google Cloud compute offerings

🔸The Google network

🔸Resource management

🔸Billing

🔸Interacting with Google Cloud

Objectivies

🔸Identify Google Cloud services and their functions.

🔸Choose the right Google Cloud services to create your own cloud solution.

🔸Define the purpose of and use cases for Identity and Access Management (IAM).

🔸Identify how costs can be managed in the resource hierarchy.

🔸Use the Google Cloud console and Cloud Shell to create virtual machines (VMs), service accounts, and buckets

Activities

🔸Lab: Accessing the Google Cloud console and Cloud Shell

🔸Quiz: Module quiz

Module 03: Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes

Topics

🔸Introduction to containers

🔸Container images

🔸Working with Cloud Build

🔸Kubernetes

🔸Google Kubernetes Engine

Objectives

🔸Define the concept of a container and identify uses for containers.

🔸Identify the purpose of and use cases for Kubernetes.

🔸Outline the concept of Google Kubernetes Engine.

🔸Create a container using Cloud Build.

Activities

🔸Lab: Working with Cloud Build

🔸Quiz: Module quiz

Module 04: Kubernetes Architecture

Topics

🔸Kubernetes concepts

🔸The Kubernetes control plane

🔸Google Kubernetes Engine concepts

🔸Kubernetes object management

Objectives

🔸Conceptualize the Kubernetes architecture.

🔸Identify how to view and manage Kubernetes objects.

🔸Distinguish between Google Kubernetes Engines modes of operation.

🔸Deploy a Kubernetes cluster by using GKE.

Activities

🔸Lab: Deploying GKE Autopilot clusters

🔸Quiz: Module quiz

Module 05: Kubernetes Operations

Topics

🔸The kubectl command

🔸Introspection

Objectives

🔸Work with the kubectl command.

🔸Inspect the cluster and Pods.

🔸View a Pod’s console output.

🔸Sign in interactively to a Pod.

Activities

🔸Lab: Deploying GKE Autopilot Clusters from Cloud Shell

🔸Quiz: Module quiz

Module 06: Course Summary

Topics

🔸The course summary recaps the major concepts learners were introduced to during

the course.

Objectives

🔸Recap the content covered in each section of the course

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