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Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Foundations
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Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Foundations

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

4.7

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Intermediate level
No previous experience necessary
8 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn

  • Understand the difference among Google Cloud compute platforms

  • Understand the components and architecture of Kubernetes

  • Store container images in Container Registry

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13 quizzes, 3 assessments

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Course

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

4.7

(2,347 reviews)

Intermediate level
No previous experience necessary
8 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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There are 4 modules in this course

In this module, you'll become familiar with the structure and layout of the course.

What's included

1 video2 readings

This module helps you start off with the right framework of concepts. After a review of fundamentals cloud computing, you will learn about how Google Cloud's resources around the world are organized into regions and zones. You'll also learn how you can organize the resources you use in Google Cloud, so that you can manage them. Finally, you'll meet the tools that let you connect to Google Cloud and allocate, change, and release resources.

What's included

9 videos1 reading4 quizzes

In this module you will learn about software containers and their benefits are for application deployment. You'll configure and build containers. You'll also learn about the functions container that management solutions like Kubernetes provide. You'll encounter the advantages of Google Kubernetes Engine compared to building your own container-management infrastructure.

What's included

9 videos4 quizzes

In this module you’ll learn the components of a Kubernetes cluster and how they work together. You'll deploy a Kubernetes cluster using Google Kubernetes Engine and deploy Pods to a GKE cluster. You'll also view and manage several very useful kinds of Kubernetes objects.

What's included

12 videos4 readings5 quizzes

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4.8 (345 ratings)
Google Cloud Training
Google Cloud
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