04-GCASCW-ACE - Google Cloud Advanced Skills & Certification Workshop: Associate Cloud Engineer

DURATION
2 days

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The workshop is designed to help IT professionals prepare for the Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam.

In the workshop, we review the exam guidelines and cover the main topics you may be tested on.

Where the Professional Cloud Architect exam assesses your ability to design and architect solutions on GCP, the Associate Cloud Engineer exam assesses your ability to deploy and manage solutions on GCP. In a nutshell, a cloud architect designs things and a cloud engineer does things. The exam, and hence this course, focuses on the tasks required to deploy, manage, and monitor applications and data using Google Cloud Platform services.

OBJECTIVES
Prepare for the Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam
Manage and secure resources on Google Cloud Platform
Automate GCP infrastructure using scripts, code, and configuration
Deploy infrastructure as a service using Compute Engine and Networking
Save binary, relational, and NoSQL data using managed Google Cloud Platform services
Containerize applications using Kubernetes
Automate deployments using App Engine and Cloud Functions
Monitor applications using Stackdriver
The workshop includes instructor lecture, demos, exercises, practice exams, and links to recommended study, videos, and tutorials. Homework assignments are also included to help students further prepare for the exam.

PREREQUISITES
Prior to taking the Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam, students must have experience working with Google Cloud Platform. The exam tests one’s ability to deploy and manage real-world applications and data using GCP. Students should not only understand the basics of services, but also how services are automated using the command-line interface, deployment manager, the various APIs, and language SDKs.

Practice Quizzes and Hands-On Exercises
Included with this course are sample quizzes and numerous hands-on exercises that will help you both prepare for the exam and efficiently manage real-world deployments using automated tools.

TOPICS
Module 1: Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Overview
Exam Overview and Expectations
Exam Prep
Activity: Google Practice Exam
Exercise: Creating a GCP Account

Module 2: Understanding GCP Core Principles
Services, Projects, and Resources
Services
Projects
Enabling Services and APIs
API Conventions
Resources
Securing Resources with IAM
IAM
Members
Roles
Permissions
3 Types of Roles
Service Accounts
Service Account Keys
IAM Hierarchy
Organization and Folders
Exercise: Getting Started with GCP Projects
Exam Prep
Quiz

Module 3: Automating GCP Resources
Scripting with the Google Cloud SDK
Google Cloud SDK
Installing the SDK
Configuring the SDK
gcloud
gsutil
bq
Exercise: Scripting with gcloud, gsutil, and bq command-line interfaces
Programming with GCP
Programming RESTful Service Calls
Leveraging Language SDKs
Exercise: Utilizing GCP Resources in Your Applications
Deployment Manager
Creating Infrastructure with Deployment Manager
Marketplace
Exercise: Understanding Deployment Manager
Exam Prep
Quiz

Module 4: Compute Engine and Networking
Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
Creating Machines
Creating Machines with gcloud
Connecting to Linux Machines
SSH with gcloud
Third-Party SSH Tools
Managing SSH Keys
Project Keys
Instance Keys
Connecting to Windows Machines
Exercise: Virtual Machines
Load Balancing and Autoscaling
Scalable, Fault Tolerant Architecture
Instance Templates
Instance Groups
Autoscaling Configuration
Health Checks
Load Balancers
Cloud DNS
Cloud CDN
Exercise: Load Balancing and Autoscaling
Configuring VPC Networks
VPCs
Networks and Subnets
CIDR Addressing
Firewall Rules
Shared VPCs
Adding Machines to Networks
Exercise: Networking
Connecting Networks
VPN
Cloud Router
Interconnect
Exam Prep
Quiz

Module 5: Saving Data to Google Cloud Platform
Storage Overview
Choosing Google Cloud Storage Solutions
Saving Files to Google Cloud Storage
Storage Overview
Buckets
Storage Classes
Transfer Jobs
Encryption By Default
Customer Managed Encryption Keys
Customer Supplied Encryption Keys
Exercise: Cloud Storage
Saving Relational Data with Cloud SQL and Spanner
Cloud SQL Overview
Cloud SQL Features
Spanner Overview
Spanner Features
Exercise: Cloud SQL
Saving NoSQL Data with Bigtable and Datastore
Bigtable Overview
Datastore Overview
Exercise: Datastore
Exam Prep
Quiz

Module 6: Deploying Applications to Kubernetes Engine
Kubernetes Engine Overview
Kubernetes Core Concepts
Creating Kubernetes Engine Clusters
Docker Containers
Docker
Docker Containers
Dockerfile
Docker Commands
Building Docker Containers
Pushing Containers to Docker Hub
Running Docker Containers
Cloud Build
Container Registry
Configuring Kubernetes
Deployments
Load Balancers
Autoscalers
Kubernetes Commands
Exercise: Deploying a Web Application with Docker and Kubernetes
Exam Prep
Quiz

Module 7: Deploying Applications with App Engine
App Engine Overview
App Engine Core Concepts
App Engine Standard
App Engine Flex
Configuring App Engine Applications
Deploying App Engine Applications
Exercise: Deploying an App Engine Application
Managing App Engine Versions
Deploying New Versions
Traffic Splitting
A/B Testing
Canary Deployment
Exam Prep
Quiz

Module 8: Deploying Serverless Applications with Cloud Functions
Cloud Functions Overview
Cloud Functions
Creating Cloud Functions
Triggers
Bucket Trigger Example
Pub/Sub Trigger Example
Exercise: Deploying Event-Driven Cloud Functions
Cloud Functions APIs
Building Node.js Applications
Exercise: Deploying a Node.js Express API
Exam Prep
Quiz

Module 9: Stackdriver Monitoring
Stackdriver Services
Monitoring
Logging
Alerts
Health Checks
Uptime Checks
Dashboards
Debugging
Tracing
Exam Prep
Quiz

Module 10: Architecting Solutions on GCP
Cloud Solutions Architecture Reference
Architecture Examples
Exam Prep
Quiz