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Understanding Cloud Spanner
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Overview
In this course, you learn about Cloud Spanner. You will get an introduction to Cloud Spanner and understand how it differs from other database products. You also learn when and how to use Cloud Spanner to solve your relational database needs at scale.
What You'll Learn
- Build scalable, managed, relational databases by using Cloud Spanner
- Create and manage Cloud Spanner databases by using the CLI, Terraform, Python API, and the Google Cloud console
- Program and run queries and transactions by using the Cloud Spanner API
- Integrate Cloud Spanner with applications
Who Should Attend
Customers
Prerequisites
Some prior Google Cloud experience at the fundamental level and experience with relational databases, the SQL language, and some programming are assumed.
Products Covered
Cloud SpannerCloud FunctionsCloud RunDataflow
Course Modules
1
The Need for Spanner
Topics
- What is Spanner?
- Spanner and the CAP Theorem
- History of Spanner
- Cloud Spanner Use Cases
Learning Outcomes
- Explain the core concepts and features of Cloud Spanner
- Understand how Cloud Spanner fits in the CAP theorem
- Describe the history of Cloud Spanner
- Explain Cloud Spanner use cases
2
Getting Started with Spanner
Topics
- Planning Spanner Instances
- Automating Instance Creating
- Creating Databases in Spanner
Learning Outcomes
- Architect Cloud Spanner instances based on location, capacity, availability, and cost
- Create Spanner instances by using the Google Cloud console, Google Cloud CLI, and Terraform
- Create Spanner databases by using SQL
Activities
Lab: Creating Spanner Instances and Databases (Console)Lab: Creating Spanner Instances and Databases (CLI and Terraform)
3
Optimizing Spanner Schemas
Topics
- Spanner Architecture
- Choosing Primary Keys
- Defining Database Schemas in Spanner
- Understanding Interleaving and Foreign Keys
- Understanding Secondary Indexes
Learning Outcomes
- Optimize schemas for Spanner architecture
- Choose appropriate primary keys
- Manage relationships with primary and foreign keys and with interleaved tables
Activities
Lab: Choosing Primary KeysLab: Managing relationships with Foreign Keys and Interleaved Tables
4
Programming Spanner Applications, Queries, and Transactions
Topics
- Authentication and Authorization
- Using the Spanner Client Libraries
- Running Queries
- Managing Transactions
Learning Outcomes
- Authenticate users and applications that access Spanner databases using Identity Access Management
- Program Spanner applications using Google Cloud client libraries and Python
- Optimize queries using strong reads, stale reads, and indexes
- Manage transactions in Spanner
Activities
Lab: Programming Spanner Applications with PythonLab: Running Queries and Transactions
5
Deploying Spanner Applications
Topics
- Using Spanner from Applications
- Building Data Pipelines into and out of Spanner
Learning Outcomes
- Deploy Spanner applications to Google Cloud serverless runtimes
- Migrate data to and from Cloud Spanner by using Dataflow jobs and Apache Beam
Activities
Lab: Deploying Spanner Applications with Cloud Functions and Cloud RunLab: Migrating Data to and from Spanner with Dataflow
6
Spanner Administration
Topics
- Managing your Data in Spanner
- Managing Change Operations
Learning Outcomes
- Administer Cloud Spanner instances
- Backup, restore, import, and export data
- Modify database schemas with no downtime
- Monitor your Cloud Spanner databases and applications
Activities
Lab: Reconciling Account Data with Cloud Spanner Change StreamsLab: Leverage the Autoscaler Tool for Cloud Spanner to Achieve Workload Elasticity
7
Spanner Best Practices
Topics
- Spanner Best Practices
- Challenge Lab
Learning Outcomes
- Review best practices for using Cloud Spanner
Activities
Challenge Lab: Administering a Spanner Database
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Course Details
- Course Code
- T-UCS-I
- Duration
- 3 days
- Format
- ILT
- Level
- Intermediate
- Modules
- 7
- Activities
- 10
- Price
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