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Professional Cloud Architect – Google Cloud Certification Guide: A handy guide to designing, developing, and managing enterprise-grade GCP cloud solutions

Konrad Cłapa

Gerrard

€32.99

4.5 (17 Ratings)

Paperback Oct 2019 520 pages 1st Edition

Konrad Cłapa

Gerrard

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4.5 (17 Ratings)

Paperback Oct 2019 520 pages 1st Edition

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Key benefits

Plan and design a robust GCP cloud solution architecture
Ensure the security and reliability of your cloud solutions and operations
Test yourself by taking mock tests with up-to-date exam questions

Description

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is one of the leading cloud service suites and offers solutions for storage, analytics, big data, machine learning, and application development. It features an array of services that can help organizations to get the best out of their infrastructure. This comprehensive guide covers a variety of topics specific to Google's Professional Cloud Architect official exam syllabus and guides you in using the right methods for effective use of GCP services. You'll start by exploring GCP, understanding the benefits of becoming a certified architect, and learning how to register for the exam. You'll then delve into the core services that GCP offers such as computing, storage, and security. As you advance, this GCP book will help you get up to speed with methods to scale and automate your cloud infrastructure and delve into containers and services. In the concluding chapters, you'll discover security best practices and even gain insights into designing applications with GCP services and monitoring your infrastructure as a GCP architect. By the end of this book, you will be well versed in all the topics required to pass Google's Professional Cloud Architect exam and use GCP services effectively.

Who is this book for?

If you are a cloud architect, cloud engineer, administrator, or any IT professional who wants to learn how to implement Google Cloud services in your organization and become a GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of server infrastructure, including Linux and Windows Servers, is assumed. Knowledge of network and storage will also be helpful.

What you will learn

Manage your GCP infrastructure with Google Cloud management options such as CloudShell and SDK
Understand the use cases for different storage options
Design a solution with security and compliance in mind
Monitor GCP compute options
Discover machine learning and the different machine learning models offered by GCP
Understand what services need to be used when planning and designing your architecture

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Product Details

Publication date : Oct 18, 2019

Length: 520 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781838555276

Category :

Cloud & Networking

Concepts :

Cloud Computing

Tools :

Google Cloud Platform

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25 Chapters

Section 1: Introduction to GCP

GCP Cloud Architect Professional

The benefits of being a certified architect

Registering for the exam

What to expect from the exam

Some tips

Summary

Further reading

Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform

Introducing the cloud

Understanding GCP

Summary

Further reading

Google Cloud Platform Core Services

Computing and hosting services

Section 2: Managing, Designing, and Planning a Cloud Solution Architecture

Working with Google Compute Engine

Deploying our first GCE instance

Deployment options

Instance templates and instance groups

Managing Kubernetes Clusters with Google Kubernetes Engine

An introduction to microservices

Containers

Docker

Kubernetes

Google Kubernetes Engine

Summary

Further reading

Exploring Google App Engine as a Compute Option

App Engine components

Choosing the right location

Working with App Engine

Environment types

Deploying an App Engine application

Running Serverless Functions with Google Cloud Functions

Main Cloud Functions characteristics

Use cases

Runtime environments

Types of Cloud Functions

Events

Triggers

Other considerations

Deploying Cloud Functions

Networking Options in GCP

Exploring GCP networking

Understanding Virtual Private Cloud

Exploring Storage Options in GCP - Part 1

Choosing the right storage option

Understanding Cloud Storage

Understanding Cloud Datastore

Understanding Cloud SQL

Summary

Further reading

Exploring Storage Options in GCP - Part 2

Analyzing Big Data Options

End-to-end big data solution

Additional considerations

Summary

Further reading

Putting Machine Learning to Work

An introduction to AI and ML

The seven steps of ML

Section 3: Designing for Security and Compliance

Security and Compliance

Introduction to security

Cloud Identity

Resource Manager

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Firewall rules and load balancers

Cloud Security Scanner

Monitoring and logging

Encryption

Industry regulations

Additional security services

Summary

Further reading

Section 4: Managing Implementation

Google Cloud Management Options

Using APIs

Google Cloud Shell

The GCP SDK

Cloud Deployment Manager

Pricing Calculator

Additional things to consider

Summary

Further reading

Section 5: Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability

Monitoring Your Infrastructure

Technical requirements

Introduction to Stackdriver

Configuring Stackdriver

Stackdriver Monitoring

Section 6: Exam Focus

Case Studies

Understanding how to approach exam case studies

What are they looking for in the case studies?

Additional case studies

Test Your Knowledge

Assessments

Answers to Mock Test 1

Answers to Mock Test 2

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About the authors

Konrad Cłapa

Konrad Cłapa is a Certified Google Trainer and Lead Cloud Architect working for Atos R&D. He has over 12 years' experience in the IT industry. He holds over 40 IT certification. This includes all 12/12 active Google Cloud Platform certifications making him the first in the world to achieve it. He is also listed among 40 individuals who hold Google Cloud Certified Fellow certificate. Sharing knowledge has always been important to him, so he contributes to the community by acting as a leader for a local Google Cloud Developer group. Funny fact about Konrad is that till now he never failed a GCP exam attempt including multiple beta exams that he has taken.

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Gerrard

Brian Gerrard is currently a DevOps Engineer from Scotland with over 15 years' experience in the IT industry. As well as holding the Google Certified Professional Architect and Google Certified Associate Engineer certifications, he is certified in Azure, AWS, Terraform and VMware. Brian is a firm believer in lifelong learning, and you will regularly find him contributing to his local user groups.

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