Overview
This one-day instructor-led class provides an overview of Google Cloud Platform products and services. Through a combination of presentations, demos, and hands-on labs, participants learn the value of Google Cloud Platform and how to incorporate cloud-based solutions into business strategies.
Audience
This class is intended for the following:
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.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with the Linux command line, web servers, and text editors.
Objectives
This course teaches participants the following skills:
Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud Platform products and services
Interact with Google Cloud Platform services
Describe ways in which customers have used Google Cloud Platform
Choose among and use application deployment environments on Google Cloud Platform: Google App
Engine, Google Kubernetes 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 BigQuery, Google’s managed data warehouse for analytics
Make basic use of Cloud Deployment Manager, Google’s tool for creating and managing cloud resources through templates
Make basic use of Google Stackdriver, Google’s monitoring, logging, and diagnostics system
Course Outline :: GCPCIN::
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.
Understand the difference between Infrastructure-as-a- Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS).
Module 2: Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform
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 Google Cloud Platform.
Module 3: Virtual Machines and Networks in the Cloud
Identify the purpose of and use cases for Google Compute Engine.
Understand the various Google Cloud Platform networking and operational tools and services.
Lab: Compute Engine
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.
Course Outline :: GCPCIN::
Lab: App Engine
Module 7: Developing, Deploying, and Monitoring in the Cloud
Understand options for software developers to host their source code.
Understand the purpose of template-based creation and management of resources.
Understand the purpose of integrated monitoring, alerting, and debugging.
Lab: Deployment Manager and Stackdriver
Module 8: Big Data and Machine Learning in the Cloud
Understand the purpose of and use cases for the products and services in the Google Cloud big data and machine learning platforms.
Lab: BigQuery
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.