Google Cloud - Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Course

Learn the power of the Google Cloud Platform and prepare yourself for the Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Exam

What you'll learn
Learn what's needed to pass the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Exam
Understand a general overview of what the Google Cloud Platform offers
Understand Google Identity and Access Management (IAM) on GCP
Understand Google Cloud Compute, Storage, Data, and ML Services
Create Virtual Machines in Google Cloud
Understand Google Cloud Storage Options, included Cloud Storage, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Datastore, and Google Bigtable
Learn how to use Kubernetes and containers in Google Cloud
Use the App Engine as a Platform as a Service Offering
Learn how Google Cloud manages development, deployment, and monitoring of cloud applications
Understand Google Cloud SQL based offerings like BigQuery and CloudSQL
Create several VPC networks and VM Instances for connectivity testing
Learn how to use Terraform with Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
No programming experience necessary
Google Cloud Account (Students are guided to create an account inside the course!)
Description
Welcome to your one-stop shop for passing the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Exam!We've designed this course to be a complete resource for you to learn how to use Google Cloud to pass the Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Exam!As you may have heard, Google Cloud is growing at a tremendous rate, with almost 50% YoY growth, and has a higher growth rate than overall cloud. Since Google has some of the most advanced data and machine learning offerings of any cloud provider, it makes sense to get skilled in this highly in-demand field today.Why become Google Cloud Certified?Google Cloud is the fastest growing cloud platform, with certification holders receiving huge tangible benefits to their careers. According to the Google Cloud Impact Study Report (an independent study of users who were Google Cloud certified for at least 6 months), 80% of those who applied for a new job recieved at least one job offer, with 1 in 3 certified users receiving a raise or acquiring a new job for higher pay. 70% of respondents reported that Google Cloud certifications helped them grow in their job.In this course we'll teach you how to make data-driven decisions by collecting, transforming, and publishing data. This certification preparatory course will show you how to use Google Cloud to design, build, and operationalize data systems that can run at the scale of Google.In this course, we'll prepare you for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Exam by teaching you about the following:Google Cloud FundamentalsUnderstand Google Compute, Storage, Big Data, and ML ServicesIdentity and Access Management (IAM)Virtual Machines in the CloudGoogle Cloud StorageGoogle Cloud App EngineCloud Architecture with Google Compute EngineVirtual Machines on Compute EngineVPC NetworksConnectivity TestingKubernetes on Google Cloud with GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)Google Cloud ContainersGKE DeploymentKubernetes WorkloadsGoogle Cloud Resource Creation and ManagementCloud Shell and gcloudNetwork and Load BalancersVirtual Machine CreationGoogle Cloud InfrastructureBigQueryCloud SQLMultiple VPC NetworksWhile this course is specifically designed to help you pass the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer  Certification Exam, we believe anyone that is interested in using Google Cloud to create development operations for the latest data products will benefit massively from taking this course.Also, not only do you get great technical content with this course, but you'll also get access to our in course Question and Answer Forums and our Discord Student Chat Channel.You can try the course risk free with a 30-day money back guarantee!Enroll today and we'll see you inside the course!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction and Course Welcome

Lecture 1 Course Welcome Article Lecture. The Very First Lecture in the Course!

Lecture 2 Course Welcome

Lecture 3 Course Curriculum Overview

Section 2: Google Cloud and Cloud Computing

Lecture 4 Google Cloud - Key Concepts - Section Overview

Lecture 5 Cloud Computing

Lecture 6 Google Cloud Network Infrastructure

Lecture 7 Google Cloud Network Connection Basics

Lecture 8 Quick Note On GCP StackDriver (now called Cloud Operations Suite)

Lecture 9 Why choose Google Cloud?

Lecture 10 Google Cloud Account Setup and Console Tour

Section 3: Google Cloud - Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Lecture 11 Google Cloud Basics and IAM Section Overview

Lecture 12 Identity and Access Management (IAM) High Level Overview

Lecture 13 DEMO: Quick Tour of IAM Tabs

Lecture 14 Note on GSuite and Google Workspaces

Lecture 15 Resource Hierarchy

Lecture 16 IAM: Organization

Lecture 17 IAM: Roles

Lecture 18 DEMO: Creating a Custom Role

Lecture 19 Principals

Lecture 20 DEMO: Creating Folders, Permissions, and Resource Hierarchy

Lecture 21 Service Accounts

Lecture 22 IAM Review and Best Practices

Section 4: Google Cloud - Billing and Budget Management and Monitoring

Lecture 23 Introduction to Resource Management and Monitoring

Lecture 24 Resource Manager

Lecture 25 Quotas

Lecture 26 Label Key Value Pairs

Lecture 27 Billing and Budgets

Lecture 28 DEMO: Billing Tour on GCP

Lecture 29 DEMO: Creating a Budget on GCP

Section 5: Google Cloud Virtual Networks and VPC

Lecture 30 Introduction to Virtual Networks Section

Lecture 31 Compute Engine Overview

Lecture 32 DEMO: Creating a Compute Engine

Lecture 33 Virtual Private Cloud Network (VPC)

Lecture 34 Networks and Subnetworks

Lecture 35 DEMO: Working with Subnetworks

Lecture 36 IP Addresses

Lecture 37 Routing and Firewalls

Lecture 38 Designing Networks

Lecture 39 Price Considerations

Section 6: Google Cloud Virtual Machines

Lecture 40 Introduction to Virtual Machines Section

Lecture 41 Compute Engine Overview

Lecture 42 Image Options

Lecture 43 Disk Options

Lecture 44 Compute Options

Lecture 45 DEMO: Creating a VM Instance and Options

Lecture 46 VM Lifecycle

Lecture 47 VM Pricing Considerations

Lecture 48 Special Compute Options

Lecture 49 VM Actions

Lecture 50 DEMO: VMs and Marketplace Solutions

Section 7: Google Cloud Storage

Lecture 51 Storage and Databases Overview

Lecture 52 Google Storage Options Tour

Lecture 53 Cloud Storage

Lecture 54 DEMO: Cloud Storage

Lecture 55 Cloud Filestore

Lecture 56 DEMO: Cloud Filestore

Lecture 57 Cloud SQL

Lecture 58 DEMO: Cloud SQL

Lecture 59 Cloud Spanner

Lecture 60 DEMO: Cloud Spanner

Lecture 61 Cloud Bigtable

Lecture 62 Memorystore

Section 8: Interconnecting Networks

Lecture 63 Introduction to Interconnecting Networks

Lecture 64 Cloud VPN

Lecture 65 DEMO: Cloud VPN Connection

Lecture 66 Cloud Interconnect

Lecture 67 Peering

Lecture 68 Choosing a Hybrid Option

Lecture 69 VPC Peering and Shared VPC

Section 9: Load Balancing and Scaling on Google Cloud

Lecture 70 Introduction to Load Balancing and Autoscaling Section

Lecture 71 Managed Instance Groups

Lecture 72 External HTTP(S) Load Balancing

Lecture 73 DEMO: Load Balancing

Lecture 74 Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancing

Lecture 75 SSL Proxy Load Balancing

Lecture 76 TCP Proxy Load Balancing

Lecture 77 Network Load Balancing

Lecture 78 Load Balancing Options

Section 10: Google Cloud Tour of Managed Services

Lecture 79 Introduction to Managed Services Tour

Lecture 80 BigQuery

Lecture 81 DEMO: BigQuery

Lecture 82 Cloud Dataflow

Lecture 83 Cloud Dataprep

Lecture 84 Cloud Dataproc

Lecture 85 DEMO: Dataproc

Lecture 86 Cloud Functions

Lecture 87 Pub/Sub

Section 11: Google Cloud - Containers and Kubernetes

Lecture 88 Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes Section

Lecture 89 Kubernetes Basics Overview

Lecture 90 Understanding Containers

Lecture 91 Understanding Nodes and Control Plane

Lecture 92 Understanding Kubernetes API

Lecture 93 Container Images

Lecture 94 DEMO: Cloud Build

Lecture 95 Google Kubernetes Engine

Lecture 96 Kubernetes Architecture

Lecture 97 DEMO: Google Kubernetes

Section 12: Google Cloud - Associate Cloud Engineer Exam Prep

Lecture 98 Taking the Exam

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