Course Duration
3 Days

Google
Authorized Training

IT

Course cost:
was £3,185 + VAT
£2,867 + VAT

IT Certification Overview

This course introduces Google Cloud's flexible infrastructure and platform services, focusing on Compute Engine. Delegates will explore and deploy solution elements, including networks, systems, and application services. The course covers practical solutions such as secure interconnecting networks, encryption keys, security and access management, quotas and billing, and resource monitoring through lectures, demos, and hands-on labs.

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Prerequisites

  • Completion of Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure or equivalent experience
  • Basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments
  • Systems operations experience, including deploying and managing applications, either on-premises or in a public cloud environment

Target audience

  • Cloud Solutions Architects
  • DevOps Engineers
  • Individuals using Google Cloud Platform to create new solutions or to integrate existing systems, application environments, and infrastructure, with a focus on Compute Engine

Learning Objectives

Delegates will learn how to:

  • Configure VPC networks and virtual machines
  • Administer Identity and Access Management for resources
  • Implement data storage services in GCP
  • Manage and examine billing of GCP resources
  • Monitor resources using Stackdriver services
  • Connect your infrastructure to GCP
  • Configure load balancers and autoscaling for VM instances

Architecting with Google Compute Engine Course Content

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

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

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 customise VM instances

CloudIAM

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

Storage and Database Services

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

Resource Management

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

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

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

Load Balancing and Autoscaling

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

Infrastructure Modernisation

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

Managed Services

  • Describe the managed services for data processing in Google Cloud

Exams and assessments

Exam voucher available separately.

Hands-on learning

Google class this is a Technical course which includes lecture and labs for technical audiences. It is designed for up to 16 learners.

The course includes hands-on labs, demos, and practical exercises to explore and deploy solution elements, including infrastructure components, networks, systems, and application services.

Upcoming Dates

Dates and locations are available on request. Please contact us for the latest schedule.

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