Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation

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Instructor: Google Cloud Training

What you'll learn

Interact with the Google Cloud console and Cloud Shell
Deploy solutions using Google Cloud Marketplace
Implement VPC networks and firewall rules
Create and customize VM instances using Compute Engine

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There are 4 modules in this course

This accelerated on-demand course introduces participants to the comprehensive and flexible infrastructure and platform services provided by Google Cloud with a focus on Compute Engine. Through a combination of video lectures, demos, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy solution elements, including infrastructure components such as networks, virtual machines and applications services. You will learn how to use the Google Cloud through the console and Cloud Shell. You'll also learn about the role of a cloud architect, approaches to infrastructure design, and virtual networking configuration with Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Projects, Networks, Subnetworks, IP addresses, Routes, and Firewall rules.

Introduction to the course.

What's included

1 video1 reading

Overview of Google Cloud

What's included

9 videos1 assignment2 app items

9 videosTotal 32 minutes

Module Overview0 minutesPreview module
Using Google Cloud3 minutes
Lab Intro: Working with the Google Cloud Console and Cloud Shell0 minutes
Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform and Qwiklabs4 minutes
Lab Review: Working with the Google Cloud Console and Cloud Shell8 minutes
Lab Intro: Infrastructure Preview0 minutes
Lab Review: Infrastructure Preview7 minutes
Demo: Projects6 minutes
Module Review0 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 4 minutes

Interacting with Google Cloud4 minutes

2 app itemsTotal 55 minutes

Lab: Working with the Google Cloud Console and Cloud Shell40 minutes
Lab: Infrastructure Preview15 minutes

Create VPC networks and other networking objects

What's included

15 videos1 reading1 assignment2 app items

15 videosTotal 76 minutes

Module Overview2 minutesPreview module
Virtual Private Cloud1 minute
Projects, networks, and subnetworks8 minutes
Demo: Expand a Subnet3 minutes
IP addresses1 minute
Demo: Internal and external IP4 minutes
Mapping IP addresses4 minutes
Routes and firewall rules6 minutes
Pricing3 minutes
Lab Intro: VPC Networking0 minutes
Lab Review: VPC Networking22 minutes
Common network designs3 minutes
Lab Intro: Implement Private Google Access and Cloud NAT0 minutes
Lab Review: Implement Private Google Access and Cloud NAT15 minutes
Module Review0 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

IP addresses for default domains10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 6 minutes

Virtual Networks6 minutes

2 app itemsTotal 85 minutes

Lab: VPC Networking45 minutes
Lab: Implement Private Google Access and Cloud NAT40 minutes

Create virtual machines using Compute Engine

What's included

16 videos1 reading1 assignment2 app items

16 videosTotal 94 minutes

Module Overview1 minutePreview module
Compute Engine6 minutes
Demo: Create a VM6 minutes
VM access and lifecycle7 minutes
Lab Intro: Creating virtual machines0 minutes
Lab Review: Creating virtual machines12 minutes
Compute options13 minutes
Compute pricing5 minutes
Special compute configurations6 minutes
Images1 minute
Disk options7 minutes
Common Compute Engine actions4 minutes
Lab Intro: Working with Virtual Machines0 minutes
Lab Review: Working with Virtual Machines19 minutes
Module Review0 minutes
Course Review0 minutes

1 readingTotal 5 minutes

Next Course: Essential Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 6 minutes

Virtual Machines6 minutes

2 app itemsTotal 75 minutes

Lab: Creating virtual machines30 minutes
Lab: Working with Virtual Machines45 minutes

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Reviewed on Apr 14, 2019

Some things left unclear such as warnings from gcloud about parallelizing disk operations, and the use of a flag on an SSD persistent disk that the mount manual says has a performance hit.

Reviewed on Sep 21, 2023

OK, good intro, still on a high level. Some examples are more specific but this course does not provide all the know-how required to understand how they work behind the scenes.

Reviewed on May 23, 2020

A must do for anyone new to GCP. It provides a strong foundation of the Networking concepts used in GCP which is fundamental to doing anything here. Also covered are the VMs in fair bit of detail.

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