Google Cloud Fundamentals for AWS Professionals – 31/01

This course is intended for the following participants:

• Individuals planning to deploy applications and create application environments on Google Cloud.
• Developers, systems operations professionals, and solution architects getting started with Google Cloud.
• Executives and business decision-makers evaluating the potential of Google Cloud to address their business needs.

Course Agenda

Module 00 – Introduction to the Course

Module 01 – Introducing Google Cloud

Topics:

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

Objectives:

• Identify the benefits of Google Cloud.
• 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:

• Module quiz

Module 02 – Resources and Access in the Cloud

Topics:

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

Objectives:

• 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 Marketplace
• Quiz: Module quiz

Module 03 – 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
• Connecting networks to Google VPC

Objectives:

• Explore the basics of networking in Google Cloud.
• Identify the purpose of and use cases for Google Compute Engine.
• Outline how Google 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 Engines
• Quiz: Module quiz

Module 04 – Storage in the Cloud

Topics:

• Cloud Storage
• Cloud SQL
• Cloud Spanner
• Firestore
• Cloud Bigtable
• Comparing storage options

Objectives:

• 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 SQL
• Quiz: Module quiz

Module 05 – Containers in the Cloud

Topics:

• Introduction to containers
• 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 and Google Kubernetes Engine.

Activities:

• Quiz: Module quiz

Module 06 – Applications in the Cloud

Topics:

• Cloud Run
• Cloud Function

Objectives:

• 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 Run
• Quiz: Module quiz

Module 07 – Course Summary

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