Google Cloud Architect Collection Course E-Learning

This collection provides an overview of cloud computing features and capabilities as provided by the Google Cloud Platform. It aims to provide the learner with a good knowledge base of cloud computing concepts and associated enabling technologies.

Course content

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Google Cloud Platform Ecosystem

Course: 53 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Google Cloud Platform
• Google Cloud Services
• Matching GCP to Business Needs
• Signing up for GCP
• Navigating the GCP Console
• Creating a Billing Account in GCP
• Establishing Billing Budgets and Alerts
• Setting up Billing Exports6
• Linking a Billing Account to a Project
• GCP Pricing Calculator
• Course Summary

Google Cloud Datastore

Course: 18 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Google Cloud Datastore
• Datastore Terminology
• Datastore Development Options
• Get Started with Cloud Datastore

Storage Options

Course: 24 Minutes

• Google Cloud Storage
• Google Cloud SQL
• Google Cloud Bigtable
• Google Cloud Storage Buckets
• Cloud Storage Browser
• Deploy approach for a Cloud Storage Application

Big Data and Machine Learning

Course: 28 Minutes

• Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning
• Loading a CSV File into a BigQuery Table
• Querying Data Using the CLI
• Querying Data Using BigQuery Web UI
• Querying Data Using BigQuery Shell
• Performing Interactive Queries Using BigQuery

Practice: GCP Storage

Course: 2 Minutes

• Exercise: GCP Storage and Machine Learning

Google Cloud Design

Course: 45 Minutes

• Business Continuity
• Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective
• High Availability (HA)
• Load Balancing
• Cloud Backup and Archiving
• Cloud Network Design
• Cloud Storage Design
• Cloud Compute Design
• Cloud Migration
• Exercise: Plan Cloud Component Usage

Google Cloud Network Components

Course: 57 Minutes

• Cloud Network Components
• VPC Networks
• Navigating the Google Cloud Platform Console
• Create a VPC and Automatic Mode Subnet
• Create a VPC and Custom Mode Subnet
• Reserve a Static IPv4 Address
• Reserve a Static IPv6 Address
• Configure VPC Network Peering
• Add a Subnet to an Existing VPC
• Firewall Rules
• Configure Firewall Rules
• Exercise: Deploy Cloud Network Components

Google Cloud Web Applications and Name Resolution

Course: 44 Minutes

• Google Cloud App Engine
• Creating a Google Cloud Project and App
• Domain Name System
• Configuring Cloud DNS
• Cloud CDN
• Configuring Cloud CDN
• VPNs
• Dedicated Interconnect
• Exercise: Configure a Web App and Name Resolution

Google Cloud Data Storage

Course: 59 Minutes

• Cloud Storage Provisioning
• Create a Cloud Storage Bucket
• Upload Data to a Cloud Storage Bucket
• Transfer AWS Data to a Google Cloud Storage Bucket
• Google Transfer Appliance
• VM Disks
• Create a VM Disk
• SQL vs NoSQL Databases
• Deploy a Google Cloud MySQL Database
• Cloud Data Lifecycle Management
• Create an Object Lifecycle Configuration
• Exercise: Configure Cloud Storage Settings

Google Cloud Virtual Machine Deployment

Course: 34 Minutes

• VM Instances
• Create a Windows VM Instance
• Connect to a Windows VM Instance
• Create a Linux VM Instance
• Connect to a Linux VM Instance
• Exercise: Manually Deploy and Manage VMs

Google Cloud Virtual Machine Configuration

Course: 49 Minutes

• Snapshots
• Creating a VM Instance Snapshot
• Creating a VM Instance From a Snapshot
• Creating a VM Instance Clone
• Google Cloud VM Images
• Creating a Custom Image from an Instance Disk
• Creating a VM Instance from a Custom Imag
• Creating a VM Template
• Deploying a VM from a Template
• Migrating an On-premises VM to Google Cloud
• VM Instance Groups
• Creating a VM Instance Group
• Exercise: Efficient VM Deployment

Google Cloud Security

Course: 43 Minutes

• Google Data Center Security
• Google Security Compliance
• Google Data Security
• Intrusion Detection
• Vulnerability and Penetration Testing
• Google App Engine Firewall Rules4
• Google App Engine Security Scan
• Google Cloud Auditing
• View Google Cloud Audits
• Exercise: Google Cloud Security Options

Cloud Identity Management

Course: 38 Minutes

• Introducing Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Google Cloud Directory Sync
• Provision IAM Users
• MultiFactor Authentication (MFA)
• Configure Single User 2-step Verification
• Enable Cloud Identity
• Configure Cloud Identity 2-step Verification
• Cloud Storage ACLs
• Configure Cloud Storage ACLs
• Exercise: Work with IAM Users and Storage ACLs

Google Cloud Programmatic Access

Course: 34 Minutes

• VM Instances
• Create a Windows VM Instance
• Connect to a Windows VM Instance
• Create a Linux VM Instance
• Connect to a Linux VM Instance
• Exercise: Manually Deploy and Manage VMs6

Monitoring & Logging

Course: 31 Minutes

• Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Monitoring
• Configuring Stackdriver
• Custom Dashboard Configuration
• Logging
• Viewing Logs
• Exporting a VM Usage Report
• Stackdriver Alert Policies
• Exercise: Work with Dashboards and Logs

Cloud Solution Management & Testing

Course: 28 Minutes

• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
• Continuous Integration and Deployment
• Fuzz Testing
• Regression Testing
• Unit Testing
• Load and Stress Testing
• Exercise: Cloud Management and Testing Techniques

Google Cloud Troubleshooting

Course: 30 Minutes

• Troubleshooting Methodology
• VM Disk Booting Issues
• Network Connectivity Issues
• Cloud VPN Issues
• Permissions Issues
• Exercise: Applying Troubleshooting Methodology

CLI Cloud Resource Management

Course: 32 Minutes

• The gcloud CLI
• gcloud: Snapshots
• gcloud: VM Deployment
• gcloud: VM Deletion
• gcloud: DNS Commands
• gcloud: Firewall commands
• gsutil: Bucket Creation
• gsutil: Copying Data to Buckets
• gsutil: Storage ACLs
• Exercise: CLI Cloud Resource Management