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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

1 dayILTIntroductory0

Overview

This course uses lectures and labs to give you an overview of Google Cloud products and services. You learn the value of Google Cloud and how to incorporate cloud-based solutions into your business strategies.

What You'll Learn

  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.
  • Define how infrastructure is organized and controlled in Google Cloud.
  • Explain how to create basic infrastructure in Google Cloud.
  • Select and use Google Cloud storage options.
  • Describe the purpose and value of Google Kubernetes Engine.
  • Identify the use cases for serverless Google Cloud services.

Who Should Attend

Individuals planning to deploy applications and create application environments on Google Cloud. Developers, systems operations professionals, and solution architects starting with Google Cloud. Executives and business decision makers evaluating Google Cloud's potential to address their business needs.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with application development, systems operations, Linux operating systems, and data analytics or machine learning is helpful in understanding the technologies covered.

Products Covered

Identity and Access Management (IAM)Cloud MarketplaceCompute EngineCloud StorageBigtableCloud SQLSpannerFirestoreGoogle Kubernetes EngineCloud Source RepositoriesCloud FunctionsCloud Run

Course Modules

1

Introduction to the course

Topics

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

Learning Outcomes

  • Introduce course objectives and preview each section of the course.
2

Introduction to Google Cloud

Topics

  • Cloud computing overview
  • IaaS and PaaS
  • The Google Cloud network
  • Environmental impact
  • Security
  • Open-source ecosystems
  • Pricing and billing

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the Google Cloud's benefits.
  • Define the components of the Google network infrastructure, including points of presence, data centers, regions, and zones.
  • Identify the difference between infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS).

Activities

Quiz: Module quiz
3

Resources and Access in the Cloud

Topics

  • Google Cloud resource hierarchy
  • IAM
  • IAM roles
  • Service accounts
  • Cloud Identity
  • Interacting with Google Cloud

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the purpose of projects on Google Cloud.
  • Define the purpose of and use cases for IAM.
  • List interaction methods with Google Cloud.
  • Use Cloud Marketplace to interact with Google Cloud.

Activities

Lab: Getting Started with Cloud MarketplaceQuiz: Module quiz
4

Virtual machines and networks in the Cloud

Topics

  • Virtual Private Cloud networking
  • Compute Engine
  • Scaling virtual machines
  • Important VPC compatibilities
  • Cloud Load Balancing
  • Cloud DNS and Cloud CDN
  • Connection of networks to Google VPC

Learning Outcomes

  • Explore the basics of networking in Google Cloud.
  • Identify the purpose of and use cases for Compute Engine.
  • Outline how Compute Engine can scale.
  • Detail important VPC compatibilities including routing tables, firewalls, and VPC peering.
  • Explore how Cloud Load Balancing functions in Google Cloud.
  • Deploy a basic infrastructure to Google Cloud.

Activities

Lab: Getting Started with VPC Networking and Google Compute EngineQuiz: Module quiz
5

Storage in the Cloud

Topics

  • Cloud Storage
  • Cloud SQL
  • Spanner
  • Firestore
  • Bigtable
  • Comparison of storage options

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the purpose of and use cases for Cloud Storage.
  • Distinguish between Cloud Storage classes.
  • Distinguish between Google Cloud's database storage options.
  • Deploy an application that uses Cloud SQL and Cloud Storage.

Activities

Lab: Getting Started with Cloud Storage and Cloud SQLQuiz: Module quiz
6

Containers in the Cloud

Topics

  • Introduction to containers
  • Kubernetes
  • Google Kubernetes Engine

Learning Outcomes

  • Define the concept of a container and identify uses for containers.
  • Identify the purpose of and use cases for Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine.

Activities

Quiz: Module quiz
7

Applications in the Cloud

Topics

  • Cloud Run
  • Cloud Functions

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the purpose and use cases for Cloud Run.
  • Describe how Cloud Functions can support application development on Google Cloud.
  • Deploy a containerized application on Cloud Run.

Activities

Lab: Hello Cloud RunQuiz: Module quiz
8

Course summary

Topics

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

Learning Outcomes

  • Summarize the content covered in each section of the course.

What's Not Covered

  • App Engine
  • SRE concepts
  • SRE best practices

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Course Details

Course Code
T-GCPFCI-B
Duration
1 day
Format
ILT
Level
Introductory
Modules
8
Activities
15
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