Overview

Duration: 2 half days

This 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.

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 Big Query, 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 Stack driver, Google’s monitoring, logging, and diagnostics system

Content

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.
• 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 Stack driver

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: Big Query

Summary and Review

This module reviews the GCP services covered in this course and reminds learners of the differences among them. The module compares GCP compute services, GCP storage services, and important Google VPC networking capabilities.

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 CloudPlatform.

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.

Certification

This course is not associated with any Certification.