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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Engineer Specialization

Google Cloud

Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Engineer Specialization

Deploy, Scale, and Monitor Cloud Infrastructure.

Deploy, scale, and monitor core infrastructure, databases, and modern applications on Google Cloud

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What you'll learn

  • Provision and manage core Google Cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, IAM, and automated scaling solutions.

  • Deploy containerized and serverless applications using Google Kubernetes Engine and Cloud Run, and select appropriate cloud databases.

  • Implement logging, monitoring, and observability to effectively troubleshoot and ensure high availability of cloud environments.

  • Synthesize core cloud concepts, apply best practices for resource management, and effectively prepare for the Associate Cloud Engineer exam.

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Specialization - 10 course series

A Tour of Google Cloud Hands-on Labs

A Tour of Google Cloud Hands-on Labs

Course 1, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Learn about the labs platform, and identify key features of a lab environment, and learn how to access the Cloud Console with specific credentials.

  • Learn about Google Cloud projects, and identify common misconceptions about them. Learn about the API library, and examine its chief features.

  • Learn how to use the Google Cloud Navigation menu to identify types of Google Cloud services

  • Learn about primitive roles, and use the Cloud IAM service to inspect actions available to specific users.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud API
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: User Accounts
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Platforms
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation

Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation

Course 2, 9 hours

What you'll learn

  • Interact with the Google Cloud console and Cloud Shell

  • Deploy solutions using Google Cloud Marketplace

  • Implement VPC networks and firewall rules

  • Create and customize VM instances using Compute Engine

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Virtual Networking
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Firewall
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Network Architecture
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Network Planning And Design
Category: Data Storage
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Cloud Computing
Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services

Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services

Course 3, 11 hours

What you'll learn

  • Administer Identity and Access Management for resources.

  • Implement data storage services in Google Cloud

  • Manage and examine billing of Google Cloud resources.

  • Monitor resources using Google Cloud Observability

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Data Storage
Category: Capacity Management
Category: NoSQL
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Data Storage Technologies
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Cloud Engineering
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: Databases
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Cloud Management
Select a Google Cloud Database for Your Applications

Select a Google Cloud Database for Your Applications

Course 4, 7 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify Google Cloud databases commonly used for application development.

  • Describe common application design patterns and select a Google Cloud database that’s suitable for the characteristics of your application.

  • Use Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, or Spanner to build gen AI applications.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Vector Databases
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Databases
Category: PostgreSQL
Category: Transaction Processing
Category: Relational Databases
Category: NoSQL
Category: Database Management Systems
Category: Database Application
Category: Database Systems
Category: Generative AI
Category: Database Theory
Category: Data Migration
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Data Store

What you'll learn

  • Connect your infrastructure to Google Cloud.

  • Configure load balancers and autoscaling for VM instances.

  • Automate the deployment of Google Cloud infrastructure services.

  • Leverage managed services in Google Cloud.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Terraform
Category: Managed Services
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Scalability
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Solution Architecture
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Network Infrastructure
Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine

Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine

Course 6, 6 hours

What you'll learn

  • Discuss the differences among Google Cloud compute platforms.

  • Discuss the components and architecture of Kubernetes.

  • Identify how Google manages Kubernetes orchestration.

  • Create and manage Google Kubernetes Engine clusters by using the Google Cloud console and gcloud/kubectl commands.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kubernetes
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Containerization
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: Cloud Management

What you'll learn

  • Understand the fundamentals of Cloud Run that include the resource model, container lifecycle, and autoscaling.

  • Develop and test applications locally before deploying to Cloud Run.

  • Use service identity and IAM with Cloud Run.

  • Integrate Cloud Run applications with Google Cloud services.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Application Development
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Containerization
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Cloud-Based Integration
Category: Cloud Development
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Scalability
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Integration Testing
Logging and Monitoring in Google Cloud

Logging and Monitoring in Google Cloud

Course 8, 14 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain the purpose and capabilities of Google Cloud Observability.

  • Implement monitoring for multiple cloud projects.

  • Create effective monitoring dashboards and alerts. Create alerting policies, uptime checks and alerts.

  • Explain how to collect logs using Cloud Logging and export for further analysis.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Access
Category: Dashboard Creation
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Observability in Google Cloud

Observability in Google Cloud

Course 9, 11 hours

What you'll learn

  • Install and manage Ops Agent to collect logs for Compute Engine.

  • Explain Cloud Operations for GKE.

  • Analyze VPC Flow Logs and firewall rules logs.

  • Analyze resource utilization cost for monitoring related components within Google Cloud.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Debugging
Category: Query Languages
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Prometheus (Software)
Category: Dashboard Creation
Preparing for Your Associate Cloud Engineer Journey

Preparing for Your Associate Cloud Engineer Journey

Course 10, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Describe the five domains covered on the Associate Cloud Engineer Certification exam.

  • Identify gaps in your knowledge and skills for each domain and create a study plan.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Cloud Solutions
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Cloud Infrastructure

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