Cloud Computing Administration: Google Cloud Platform

This workshop will teach participants to deploy applications, monitor operations of multiple projects, and maintain enterprise solutions to ensure that they meet target performance metrics. Participants will gain experience working with public clouds and on-premises solutions. They’ll be able to use Google Cloud Console and the command-line interface to perform common platform-based tasks to maintain one or more deployed solutions that leverage Google-managed or self-managed services on Google Cloud.

CONTENT

Setting up a cloud solution environment

• Setting up cloud projects and accounts
• Managing billing configuration
• Installing and configuring the command line interface (CLI), specifically the Cloud SDK (e.g., setting the default project)

Planning and configuring a cloud solution

• Planning and estimating GCP product use using the Pricing Calculator
• Planning and configuring compute resources
• Planning and configuring data storage options
• Planning and configuring network resources

Deploying and implementing a cloud solution

• Deploying and implementing Compute Engine resources
• Deploying and implementing Google Kubernetes Engine resources
• Deploying and implementing App Engine, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions resources
• Deploying and implementing data solutions
• Deploying and implementing networking resources
• Deploying a solution using Cloud Marketplace
• Deploying application infrastructure using Cloud Deployment Manager

Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution

• Managing Compute Engine resources
• Managing Google Kubernetes Engine resources
• Managing App Engine and Cloud Run resources
• Managing storage and database solutions
• Managing networking resources
• Monitoring and logging

Configuring access and security

• Managing identity and access management (IAM)
• Managing service accounts
• Viewing audit logs for project and managed services

FOR WHOM: Auditors, Computer Executives, Internal Control Officers, CIOs, IT Development Managers, Heads of Department, System Administrators/Engineers, IT Professionals,  and Security department managers who form part of the contingency planning or review team.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.