Google Cloud Platform

  1. Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
    What is cloud technology, IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS, Benefits and trade-offs of cloud, How cloud enables digital transformation
  2. Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud
    Value of data in business, Data management solutions on Google Cloud, Making data accessible using cloud tools
  3. Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence
    AI and ML concepts overview, AI use cases in business, Google Cloud AI/ML products and services
  4. Modernizing Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud
    Legacy vs modern cloud-native applications, Migration strategies, Benefits of modernization including scalability and resilience
  5. Trust and Security with Google Cloud
    Cloud security basics, Multi-layered security model, Compliance and risk management
  6. Scaling with Google Cloud Operations
    Cloud cost management fundamentals, Operational reliability and resilience, Sustainability in cloud operations
  7. Review and Integration
    Recap of digital transformation, data, AI, infrastructure, security and operations, Design a cloud solution for a sample business case, End-to-end scenario walkthrough and readiness check
  1. A Tour of Google Cloud, Preparing for the Journey
    Google Cloud project structure, IAM basics, APIs and billing, navigating the Cloud Console
  2. Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
    Cloud computing concepts, Overview of Google Cloud services, Compute Engine basics, IAM roles and policies, Cloud Storage and networking fundamentals
  3. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
    VM provisioning, using Cloud Marketplace, SSH connectivity, firewall rules and network tags
  4. Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation
    Cloud Shell and gcloud CLI usage, project initialization, resource creation via CLI, IAM roles and service accounts, Cloud Storage setup and permissions
  5. IAM and Cloud Storage Administration
    Fine-grained IAM policy configuration, role inheritance, managing access controls for storage buckets
  6. Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services
    VM management and scaling, startup scripts, disk types and performance tuning, preemptible VMs, snapshots and custom images, automation with templates
  7. Infrastructure Scaling and Load Balancing
    Managed instance groups, autoscaling configuration, HTTP(S) load balancing, health checks, URL maps and backend services
  8. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
    Kubernetes overview, deploying containers to GKE, pod and service configurations, cluster creation and management
  9. Logging, Monitoring, and Observability
    Cloud Monitoring and Logging, metrics collection, alerting policies, error reporting, distributed tracing, dashboards and SLOs
  10. Site Reliability Engineering Concepts
    SRE principles, service level objectives (SLOs), incident management, monitoring reliability metrics, response planning
  11. Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
    Terraform basics, HCL syntax, provisioning compute and networking resources, Terraform lifecycle (init/plan/apply), managing state
  12. Cloud Network Architecture
    Custom VPC setup, subnet configuration, firewall rules, Cloud NAT, hybrid connectivity, DNS setup, resource hierarchy
  13. Securing and Optimizing Network Services
    Shared VPC implementation, load balancer configuration, Cloud Armor and network security, content caching, premium vs standard network tiers
  1. Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
    Understanding Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, exploring the global infrastructure, managing resources using the console and CLI, GCP billing models, setting up projects and accounts, using the Cloud Shell, introduction to Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  2. GCP Resource Management
    Organizing resources with projects, folders, and organizations, linking billing accounts, setting up budgets and alerts, using labels and tags, implementing organizational policies and constraints
  3. Identity and Access Management (IAM)
    Understanding IAM roles (primitive, predefined, custom), assigning permissions, using service accounts and key management, enabling audit logs, securing resources with the principle of least privilege
  4. Networking in Google Cloud
    Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) fundamentals, configuring subnets and regions, static and dynamic IPs, creating and managing firewall rules, setting up routes, shared VPC and private access
  5. Compute Engine & Instance Groups
    Launching and managing virtual machines, creating instance templates, configuring managed and unmanaged instance groups, using autoscaling, startup scripts, and VM lifecycle automation
  6. Cloud Storage & Databases
    Comparing storage options (Cloud Storage, Filestore, Persistent Disks), creating and securing Cloud Storage buckets, lifecycle rules, introduction to Cloud SQL, Bigtable, and Firestore, connecting applications to data services
  7. Cloud Monitoring and Logging
    Setting up Monitoring with Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver), visualizing performance with dashboards, setting uptime checks and alerts, using Logs Explorer, integrating log-based metrics and sinks
  8. Load Balancing and Scaling
    Configuring HTTP(S), TCP/UDP load balancers, setting up backend services and health checks, distributing traffic globally with Cloud CDN, SSL certificates, autoscaling based on load
  9. Cloud IAM Deep Dive
    Creating and managing custom IAM roles, enabling Workload Identity Federation, delegating access using service accounts, role hierarchies and inheritance, reviewing audit logs for compliance
  10. Kubernetes Engine Basics
    Deploying and scaling containers using GKE, setting up clusters and node pools, configuring deployments and services, working with namespaces and labels, managing resources using kubectl
  11. Serverless Architecture with Cloud Run
    Understanding serverless architecture, deploying stateless containers to Cloud Run, configuring environment variables, managing revisions and traffic splitting, securing services with IAM
  12. High Availability & Disaster Recovery
    Designing multi-zone and multi-region architectures, ensuring redundancy with failover strategies, implementing data replication and backups, planning for disaster recovery and business continuity
  13. Cost Management and Optimization
    Using cost estimation tools, analyzing billing reports, setting up quotas and budgets, identifying idle resources, right-sizing VM instances and services, adopting committed use discounts
  14. Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
    Getting started with Terraform basics and configurations, creating reusable modules, provisioning GCP resources declaratively, managing state files securely, integrating Terraform with CI/CD workflows
  15. Exam Strategy & Wrap-up
    Reviewing certification domains and case studies, understanding GCP architectural best practices, solving scenario-based questions, accessing whitepapers and practice exams, final revision and readiness checklist
  1. Introduction to Google Cloud
    Overview of Google Cloud services, understanding projects and billing accounts, navigating the Cloud Console, basic IAM concepts and resource hierarchy
  2. Certification Overview
    Overview of the Security Engineer certification, exam structure and domains, key responsibilities, tools and services to master
  3. IAM Fundamentals
    Understanding IAM roles and policies, service accounts vs user accounts, organization policy constraints, IAM best practices
  4. Google Cloud Core Infrastructure
    Overview of Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Networking, understanding zones, regions, and global resources, setting up basic infrastructure
  5. Networking Fundamentals
    Introduction to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), subnet creation and CIDR ranges, firewall rules and network tags, private Google access
  6. Routing & Peering
    Configuring static and dynamic routing, using Cloud Router and BGP, VPC peering vs Shared VPC, network design with multiple VPCs
  7. Network Design
    Designing for availability and scalability, choosing the right load balancing solution, hybrid and multi-region architecture principles
  8. Network Security
    Securing VPCs with firewall rules, Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP), VPC Service Controls (VPC-SC), introduction to Cloud Armor and reCAPTCHA Enterprise
  9. Load Balancing
    Understanding global and regional load balancers, HTTP(S), SSL proxy, TCP/UDP load balancers, backend service configuration and health checks
  10. Hybrid & Multicloud
    Using Cloud VPN and Interconnect for hybrid connectivity, integrating with other cloud providers, Anthos overview, hybrid service mesh with Istio
  11. Managing Security
    Using Resource Manager for project organization, implementing IAM for least privilege access, applying and testing organization policy constraints
  12. Security Best Practices
    Encrypting data at rest and in transit, using CMEK and customer-supplied keys, enabling secure boot and Shielded VMs, container security basics
  13. Mitigating Vulnerabilities
    Protecting against DDoS and malware, using Security Command Center (SCC), managing software vulnerabilities, configuring Identity Protection
  14. Logging & Monitoring
    Using Cloud Logging for system and audit logs, creating log-based metrics, setting up uptime checks and alerting policies in Cloud Monitoring
  15. Challenge Labs & Real Scenarios
    Securing GKE workloads with IAM and RBAC, integrating security in CI/CD pipelines, using Cloud Armor policies, detecting threats in SCC, incident response simulation
  1. Introduction to Google Cloud
    Introduction to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), project setup, IAM roles, enabling APIs, using the GCP console for hands-on activities
  2. Preparing for Your Professional Cloud Network Engineer Journey – Part 1
    Understanding the exam blueprint, key network engineer responsibilities, Google Cloud network components, study planning strategies
  3. Preparing for Your Professional Cloud Network Engineer Journey – Part 2
    Designing hybrid and multicloud networks, workload placement, optimizing study plans, using exam resources effectively
  4. Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure – Part 1
    GCP compute options, Google Cloud Storage classes and lifecycle, App Engine and Cloud Functions overview, networking basics
  5. Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure – Part 2
    Resource hierarchy and billing structure, Identity and Access Management (IAM), APIs and services configuration, GCP Cloud Shell usage
  6. Automate Deployment and Manage Traffic on a Google Cloud Network
    Deploying resources using gcloud and Cloud Deployment Manager, managing VPCs and subnets, routing basics, enabling NAT and firewall rules
  7. Networking in Google Cloud: Fundamentals
    Creating and managing VPCs, subnet design strategies, firewall rule implementation, NAT and VPN introduction, network peering basics
  8. Networking in Google Cloud: Routing and Addressing
    Understanding route priorities, creating static and dynamic routes, working with VPC peering, designing efficient IP addressing schemes
  9. Networking in Google Cloud: Architecture and Security
    Applying security best practices, implementing DDoS protection, using Cloud Armor, firewall logging, architecture patterns for scale and security
  10. Networking in Google Cloud: Load Balancing
    Configuring HTTP(S), SSL proxy, and TCP/UDP load balancers, backend service groups, health checks, content-based routing
  11. Hybrid and Multicloud Networking
    Overview of Cloud Interconnect and Cloud VPN, hybrid network architectures, setting up Cloud Router, network diagnostics across clouds
  12. Logging and Monitoring in Google Cloud
    Exploring Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring, collecting and visualizing metrics, creating alert policies, using Uptime checks and dashboards
  13. Observability in Google Cloud
    Using Cloud Trace for latency analysis, Cloud Profiler for CPU/memory usage, Debugger for live app debugging, Error Reporting for issue detection
  14. Implement Load Balancing on Compute Engine & Traffic Steering with Cloud DNS
    Setting up external HTTP load balancer with Compute Engine backend, managing URL maps and forwarding rules, configuring DNS routing by region
  15. Build a Secure Google Cloud Network (Final Review)
    End-to-end network deployment project, applying IAM policies, configuring hybrid routing, enforcing security layers, implementing monitoring and observability for production
  1. Introduction to Google Cloud
    GCP console overview, project creation, managing IAM roles and permissions, enabling APIs, navigating Cloud Shell and Cloud Console
  2. Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
    Understanding compute and storage services in GCP, basics of virtual machines and persistent disks, introduction to VPC networking, IAM basics, managing cloud resources
  3. Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure (cont’d)
    In-depth networking configurations, setting up firewall rules and routes, leveraging Cloud Storage buckets, assigning IAM roles and policies for secure access
  4. Developing a Google SRE Culture
    Difference between SRE and traditional DevOps roles, defining and measuring SLIs and SLOs, using error budgets to guide release decisions, fostering collaboration between Dev and Ops
  5. Developing a Google SRE Culture (cont’d)
    Setting up alerting and incident response, reducing toil through automation, documenting best practices, conducting blameless postmortems
  6. Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process
    Designing for high availability and disaster recovery, understanding fault domains and resource redundancy, deploying resilient applications using GCE and GKE
  7. Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure (cont’d)
    Implementing autoscaling and load balancing, creating self-healing systems, cost optimization and performance tuning, establishing deployment strategies
  8. Logging and Monitoring in Google Cloud
    Implementing Cloud Logging for system events, configuring Cloud Monitoring dashboards, setting up uptime checks, creating custom metrics and resource alerts
  9. Logging and Monitoring in Google Cloud (cont’d)
    Analyzing logs in real-time, enabling log-based metrics, exporting logs to BigQuery or Cloud Storage, integrating alerts with Slack or PagerDuty
  10. Observability in Google Cloud
    Using Error Reporting to catch runtime exceptions, visualizing request flow with Cloud Trace, profiling application performance with Cloud Profiler, interpreting latency heatmaps
  11. Observability in Google Cloud (cont’d)
    Deep-diving into trace data to troubleshoot bottlenecks, using debugger and logs together for faster triage, managing performance baselines, linking telemetry to business metrics
  12. Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud
    Installing Terraform CLI, writing configuration files for resource provisioning, managing Terraform state files, deploying a VM using Infrastructure as Code
  13. Cloud Operations & Service Mesh with Anthos
    Introduction to Istio and service mesh architecture, securing microservices with mTLS, traffic routing between services, using Anthos Config Management for policy control
  14. Implement DevOps Workflows in Google Cloud
    Setting up Cloud Source Repositories, creating Cloud Build pipelines, managing Container Registry, integrating testing and linting into CI/CD pipelines
  15. Continuous Delivery with Google Cloud Deploy
    Automating staged rollouts, defining delivery targets, tracking release history, managing progressive delivery and rollback strategies in production environments