Google Cloud Platform - Fundamentals

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 Container 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

PREREQUISITES

Prerequisites

Familiarity with application development, systems operations, Linux operating systems, and data analytics/machine learning is helpful in understanding the technologies covered.

Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Course Outline

Introduction to the 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).

Getting Strated 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.

Google App Engine and Google CLoud Datastore

• Understand the purpose of and use cases for Google App Engine and Google Cloud Datastore.
• Contrast the App Engine Standard environment with the App Engine Flexible environment.
• Understand the purpose of and use cases for Google Cloud Endpoints.
• Lab: Deploying Applications Using App Engine and Cloud Datastore.

Google Cloud Platform Storage Options

• Understand the purpose of and use cases for: Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud SQL, and Google Cloud Bigtable.
• Learn how to choose between the various storage options on Google Cloud Platform.
• Lab: Integrating Applications with Google Cloud Storage.

Google Container Engine

• Define the concept of a container and identify uses for containers.
• Identify the purpose of and use cases for Google Container Engine and Kubernetes.
• Deploying Applications Using Google Container Engine.

Google Compute Engine and Networking

• Identify the purpose of and use cases for Google Compute Engine.
• Understand the various Google Cloud Platform networking and operational tools and services.
• Lab: Deploying Applications Using Google Compute Engine.

Big Data and Machine Learning

• Understand the purpose of and use cases for the products and services in the Google Cloud big data and machine learning platforms.
• Lab: Getting Started with BigQuery.