Architecting with Google Compute Engine (AGCE)

This course is part of the following Certifications:

• Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer
• Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect

Module 1- Introduction to Google Cloud

• List the different ways of interacting with Google Cloud
• Use the Cloud Console and Cloud Shell
• Create Cloud Storage buckets
• Use the Google Cloud Marketplace to deploy solutions

Module 2 - Virtual Networks

• List the VPC objects in Google Cloud
• Differentiate between the different types of VPC networks
• Implement VPC networks and firewall rules
• Implement Private Google Access and Cloud NAT

Module 3 - Virtual Machines

• Recall the CPU and memory options for virtual machines
• Describe the disk options for virtual machines
• Explain VM pricing and discounts
• Use Compute Engine to create and customize VM instances

Module 4 - Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Describe the IAM resource hierarchy
• Explain the different types of IAM roles
• Recall the different types of IAM members
• Implement access control for resources using IAM

Module 5 - Storage and Database Services

• Differentiate between Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Firestore and Cloud Bigtable
• Choose a data storage service based on your requirements
• Implement data storage services

Module 6 - Resource Management

• Describe the cloud resource manager hierarchy
• Recognize how quotas protect Google Cloud customers
• Use labels to organize resources
• Explain the behavior of budget alerts in Google Cloud
• Examine billing data with BigQuery

Module 7 - Resource Monitoring

• Describe the services for monitoring, logging, error reporting, tracing, and debugging
• Create charts, alerts, and uptime checks for resources with Cloud Monitoring
• Use Cloud Debugger to identify and fix errors

Module 8 - Interconnecting Networks

• Recall the Google Cloud interconnect and peering services available to connect your infrastructure to Google Cloud
• Determine which Google Cloud interconnect or peering service to use in specific circumstances
• Create and configure VPN gateways
• Recall when to use Shared VPC and when to use VPC Network Peering

Module 9 - Load Balancing and Autoscaling

• Recall the various load balancing services
• Determine which Google Cloud load balancer to use in specific circumstances
• Describe autoscaling behavior
• Configure load balancers and autoscaling

Module 10 - Infrastructure Automation

• Automate the deployment of Google Cloud services using Terraform
• Outline the Google Cloud Marketplace

Module 11 - Managed Services

• Describe the managed services for data processing in Google Cloud