Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

This course is intended for the following participants:

• Individuals planning to deploy applications and create application environments on Google Cloud Platform
• Developers, systems operations professionals, and solution architects getting started with Google Cloud Platform
• Executives and business decision makers evaluating the potential of Google Cloud Platform to address their business needs
• Familiarity with the Linux command line, web servers, and text editors is highly recommended 

Walk away with the ability to:

• Understand the purpose and value of Google Cloud Platform products and services
• Interact with Google Cloud Platform services
• Choose and use application deployment environments on Google Cloud Platform: Google App Engine, Google Container Engine, and Google Compute Engine
• Choose among and use Google Cloud Platform storage options: Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Bigtable, and Google Cloud Datastore
• Make basic use of Cloud Deployment Manager, Google’s tool for creating and managing cloud resources through templates

Course Agenda

Module 1: Introducing Google Cloud Platform

• Explain the advantages of Google Cloud Platform
• Define the components of Google’s network infrastructure, including Points of presence, data centers, regions, and zones
• Classify the difference between Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

Module 2: Resources & Access in the Cloud

• Identify the purpose of projects on Google Cloud Platform
• Understand the purpose of and use cases for Identity and Access Management
• List the methods of interacting with Google Cloud Platform
  
  Lab: Getting Started with Cloud Marketplace

Module 3: Virtual Machines & Networks in the Cloud

• Identify the purpose of and use cases for Google Compute Engine
• Networking, operational tools, and services
  
  Lab: Getting Started with VPC Networking

Module 4: Storage in the Cloud

• Understand the purpose of and use cases for: Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Bigtable, and Google Cloud Datastore
• Learn how to choose between the various storage options on Google Cloud Platform
  
  Lab: Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL

Module 5: Containers in the Cloud

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

Module 6: Applications in the Cloud

• Understand the purpose of and use cases for Google App Engine
• Contrast the App Engine Standard environment with the App Engine Flexible environment
• Understand the purpose of and use cases for Google Cloud Endpoints
  
  Lab: Hello Cloud Run

Module 7: Developing, Deploying, and Monitoring in the Cloud

• Learn about options for software developers to host their source code
• Learn about the purpose of template-based creation and management of resources
• Learn about the purpose of integrated monitoring, alerting, and debugging
  
  Lab: Automating Deployment of Infrastructure using Terraform
  

Module 8: Logging and Monitoring in the Cloud

• Define SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.
• Identify the purpose of integrated monitoring, alerting, and debugging.

Module 9: Course Summary

• Review learning concepts from throughout the course.