Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals Course E-Learning

In this E-Learning training you will become acquainted with the various functionalities of the Google Cloud Platform. You will discover the aspects of Google Cloud Platform Container Engine, Compute Engine and App Engine, among other things. Finally you will become acquainted with Google Cloud Datastore & storage, the possibilities of Bidata and Machine learning in the Google Cloud Platform. This online course is ideal if you want to find out more about the Google Cloud platform.

Your result

Cloud computing provides a great model for convenient, on-demand access to a pooled source of configurable computing resources, including networking, servers, storage, applications, and a range of other services. This path provides an overview of cloud computing features and capabilities as provided by the Google Cloud Platform. It aims to provide the learner with a good knowledge base of cloud computing concepts and the related enabling technologies. It outlines the pros and cons of cloud computing, the different cloud service models provided, cloud security aspects to consider, and the options for moving your services into the cloud. Other key concepts covered include cloud data storage solutions, Service Oriented Architecture and the cloud, and identity and access management services.

Target audience

System administrator, Help desk employee

Course content

Google Platform Basics

Course: 1 Hour, 20 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Value of Google Cloud Platform
• Compute
• Storage and Databases
• Big Data
• Networking Services
• Cloud Platform Concepts
• Google Cloud Regions
• Google Cloud Zones
• Computing and Hosting Services
• Storage and Database Service Features
• Networking Service Features
• Big Data Service Features
• Cloud Platform Projects and Resources
• Registering for a Free Google Cloud Platform Trial
• Creating a Project Using Cloud Platform Console
• Identity and Access Management
• Google Cloud Launcher
• Interacting with Google Cloud Platform

Practice: Reviewing GCP

Course: 3 Minutes

• Exercise: Review the Features of GCP

Container Engine

Course: 21 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Overview of Google Container Engine
• Container Registry
• Creating a Container Cluster
• Deploying an Application to Container Registry
• Deploying an Application Using Kubectl

Compute Engine and Networking

Course: 38 Minutes

• Compute Engine Networking Components
• Instances and Firewalls
• Creating a Network
• Creating IP Addresses
• Creating Firewall Rules
• Routes Collection
• IP Forwarding
• NAT Gateways
• Load Balancing

Google App Engine

Course: 20 Minutes

• Overview of Google Cloud App Engine
• Traditional Builds vs. App Engine Builds
• App Engine Services
• App Engine Standard and Flexible Environments
• Deploy an Application to the App Engine Environment

Practice: Reviewing CE and Networking

Course: 3 Minutes

• Practice: Review Compute Engine and Network services

Google Cloud Datastore

Course: 18 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Google Cloud Datastore
• Datastore Terminology
• Datastore Development Options
• Get Started with Cloud Datastore

Storage Options

Course: 24 Minutes

• Google Cloud Storage
• Google Cloud SQL
• Google Cloud Bigtable
• Google Cloud Storage Buckets
• Cloud Storage Browser
• Deploy approach for a Cloud Storage Application

Big Data and Machine Learning

Course: 28 Minutes

• Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning
• Loading a CSV File into a BigQuery Table
• Querying Data Using the CLI
• Querying Data Using BigQuery Web UI
• Querying Data Using BigQuery Shell
• Performing Interactive Queries Using BigQuery

Practice: GCP Storage

Course: 2 Minutes

• Exercise: GCP Storage and Machine Learning