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Architecting with Google Compute Engine

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In this course you will learn about Google Cloud's flexible infrastructure and platform services, with a particular focus on the Compute Engine. Through a mix of lectures, demos and hands-on exercises, you will familiarize yourself with the key solution elements, including infrastructure components such as networks, systems and application services. You will also learn how to implement practical solutions such as hybrid networks, customer-side encryption keys, security and access management, quotas, billing and resource monitoring.

Course Contents

  • Introduction to Google Cloud
  • Virtual networks
  • Virtual machines
  • Identity and access management (IAM)
  • Storage and database services
  • Resource monitoring
  • Network interconnection
  • Load balancing and auto scaling
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Managed services

In this course, you will learn the following skills:

  • Using the Google Cloud Console and Cloud Shell to interact with the platform.
  • Deploying solutions via the Google Cloud Marketplace.
  • Implement VPC networks and firewall rules.
  • Create and customize virtual machines (VM instances) using Compute Engine.
  • Manage identity and access rights for resources.
  • Implement and use data storage services in Google Cloud.
  • Monitor and manage billing for Google Cloud resources.
  • Monitoring resources through Google Cloud services.
  • Connecting your existing infrastructure to Google Cloud.
  • Configuring load balancers and autoscaling for VM instances.
  • Automating the provisioning of Google Cloud infrastructure services.
  • Using managed services within Google Cloud.

Official Google Cloud documentation.

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Target Group

  • Cloud Solution Architects and DevOps Engineers.
  • Professionals who use Google Cloud to develop new solutions or integrate existing systems, applications and infrastructure - especially with a focus on Compute Engine.

Knowledge Prerequisites

  • Attendance of the course Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure or equivalent experience
  • Basic knowledge of command line tools and Linux operating systems
  • Experience in system operations, including application deployment and management, either on-premises or in a public cloud environment

Complementary and Continuative Courses

Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Architecting with Google Cloud: Design and Process
Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine
Introduction to Google Cloud
List the different ways of interacting with Google Cloud
Interact with the Google Cloud console and Cloud Shell
Create Cloud Storage buckets
Deploy solutions using Google Cloud Marketplace
Virtual Networks
List the VPC objects in Google Cloud
Explore VPC Networking
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
Create and customize VM instances using Compute Engine
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Describe the IAM resource hierarchy
Explain the different types of IAM roles
Recall the different types of IAM members
Implement access control for resources using IAM
Storage and Database Services
Differentiate between Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Firestore and
Cloud Bigtable
Choose a data storage service based on your requirements
Implement data storage service
Resource Management
Describe the cloud resource manager hierarchy
Recognize how quotas protect Google Cloud customers
Organize resources using labels
Explain the behavior 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
Identify and fix errors using Cloud Debugger
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 Google Cloud HA VPN
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 behavior
Configure load balancers and autoscaling
Infrastructure Automation
Automate the deployment of Google Cloud services using Terraform
Outline the Google Cloud Marketplace
Managed Services
Describe the managed services for data processing in Google Cloud
Zertifizierungen Symbol You are interested in a certification? The course at hand is part of the following certification(s):

Certification as Professional Cloud Architect – Google Cloud Professional-Zertifizierung

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request in-house training now
PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.

In this course you will learn about Google Cloud's flexible infrastructure and platform services, with a particular focus on the Compute Engine. Through a mix of lectures, demos and hands-on exercises, you will familiarize yourself with the key solution elements, including infrastructure components such as networks, systems and application services. You will also learn how to implement practical solutions such as hybrid networks, customer-side encryption keys, security and access management, quotas, billing and resource monitoring.

Course Contents

  • Introduction to Google Cloud
  • Virtual networks
  • Virtual machines
  • Identity and access management (IAM)
  • Storage and database services
  • Resource monitoring
  • Network interconnection
  • Load balancing and auto scaling
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Managed services

In this course, you will learn the following skills:

  • Using the Google Cloud Console and Cloud Shell to interact with the platform.
  • Deploying solutions via the Google Cloud Marketplace.
  • Implement VPC networks and firewall rules.
  • Create and customize virtual machines (VM instances) using Compute Engine.
  • Manage identity and access rights for resources.
  • Implement and use data storage services in Google Cloud.
  • Monitor and manage billing for Google Cloud resources.
  • Monitoring resources through Google Cloud services.
  • Connecting your existing infrastructure to Google Cloud.
  • Configuring load balancers and autoscaling for VM instances.
  • Automating the provisioning of Google Cloud infrastructure services.
  • Using managed services within Google Cloud.

Official Google Cloud documentation.

Request in-house training now

Target Group

  • Cloud Solution Architects and DevOps Engineers.
  • Professionals who use Google Cloud to develop new solutions or integrate existing systems, applications and infrastructure - especially with a focus on Compute Engine.

Knowledge Prerequisites

  • Attendance of the course Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure or equivalent experience
  • Basic knowledge of command line tools and Linux operating systems
  • Experience in system operations, including application deployment and management, either on-premises or in a public cloud environment

Complementary and Continuative Courses

Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Architecting with Google Cloud: Design and Process
Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine

Introduction to Google Cloud
List the different ways of interacting with Google Cloud
Interact with the Google Cloud console and Cloud Shell
Create Cloud Storage buckets
Deploy solutions using Google Cloud Marketplace
Virtual Networks
List the VPC objects in Google Cloud
Explore VPC Networking
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
Create and customize VM instances using Compute Engine
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Describe the IAM resource hierarchy
Explain the different types of IAM roles
Recall the different types of IAM members
Implement access control for resources using IAM
Storage and Database Services
Differentiate between Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Firestore and
Cloud Bigtable
Choose a data storage service based on your requirements
Implement data storage service
Resource Management
Describe the cloud resource manager hierarchy
Recognize how quotas protect Google Cloud customers
Organize resources using labels
Explain the behavior 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
Identify and fix errors using Cloud Debugger
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 Google Cloud HA VPN
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 behavior
Configure load balancers and autoscaling
Infrastructure Automation
Automate the deployment of Google Cloud services using Terraform
Outline the Google Cloud Marketplace
Managed Services
Describe the managed services for data processing in Google Cloud

Zertifizierungen Symbol You are interested in a certification? The course at hand is part of the following certification(s):

Certification as Professional Cloud Architect – Google Cloud Professional-Zertifizierung

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request in-house training now

PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.