Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure (GCF-CI)

Prerequisites

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

Who Should Attend

• Individuals planning to deploy applications and create application environments on Google Cloud
• Developers, systems operations professionals, and solution architects getting started with Google Cloud
• Executives and business decision makers evaluating the potential of Google Cloud to address their business needs

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Module 01: Introducing Google Cloud

Topics:

• Cloud computing overview
• IaaS and PaaS
• The Google Cloud network
• Environmental impact
• Security
• Open source ecosystems
• Pricing and billing

Objectives

• Identify the benefits of Google Cloud.
• Define the components of Google network infrastructure, including points of presence, data centers, regions, and zones.
• Identify the difference between infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS).

Module 02: Resources and Access in the Cloud

Topics:

• Google Cloud resource hierarchy
• IAM
• IAM roles
• Service accounts
• Cloud Identity
• Interacting with Google Cloud

Objectives

• Identify the purpose of projects on Google Cloud.
• Define the purpose of and use cases for IAM.
• List the methods of interaction with Google Cloud.
• Use Cloud Marketplace to interact with Google Cloud.

Module 03: Virtual Machines and Networks in the Cloud

Topics:

• Virtual Private Cloud networking
• Compute Engine
• Scaling virtual machines
• Important VPC compatibilities
• Cloud Load Balancing
• Cloud DNS and Cloud CDN
• Connecting networks to Google VPC

Objectives

• Explore the basics of networking in Google Cloud.
• Identify the purpose of and use cases for Compute Engine.
• Outline how Google Compute Engine can scale
• Detail important VPC compatibilities including routing tables, firewalls and VPC peering.
• Explore how Cloud Load Balancing functions in Google Cloud.
• Deploy a basic infrastructure to Google Cloud.

Module 04: Storage in the Cloud

Topics:

• Cloud Storage
• Cloud SQL
• Cloud Spanner
• Firestore
• Cloud Bigtable
• Comparing storage options

Objectives

• Identify the purpose of and use cases for Cloud Storage.
• Distinguish between Google Cloud's storage options.
• Distinguish between Google Cloud's Database Storage classes.
• Deploy an application that uses Cloud SQL and Cloud Storage.

Module 05: Containers in the Cloud

Topics:

• Introduction to containers
• Kubernetes
• Google Kubernetes Engine

Objectives

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

Module 06: Applications in the Cloud

Topics:

• Cloud Run
• Cloud Function

Objectives

• Identify the purpose and use cases for Cloud Run.
• Describe how Cloud Functions can support application development on Google Cloud.
• Deploy a containerized application on Cloud Run.

Module 07: Course Summary

Topics: The course summary recaps the major concepts learners were introduced to during the course.

Objectives: Recap the content covered in each section of the course.