Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer: Get Certified 2022

Learn How to Pass the Exam from the author of the Official Certification Guide for Google

What you'll learn
Learn how to pass the Google Certified Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) exam
Use the included practice test to prepare for the real exam
Master working with Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud Functions, and Kubernetes Engine
Use the Google Cloud Console and command line to manage GCP resources
Master key networking topics on the exam such as VPCs, VPNs, Load Balancing, and Hybrid Cloud
Know how and when to use object, relational, and NoSQL datastores for cloud storage
Explore specialized services such as Bigquery, Cloud Dataproc, Cloud Pub/Sub, and Cloud SQL
Delve into key exam topics including IAM, load balancing, firewall rules, subnets, and the Resource Hierarchy
Review fundamental concepts like IP addressing, CIDR blocks, DNS, and access controls
Requirements
No programming skills required
Description
Do you want to earn your Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification? If so, you’ve come to the right place!        "Thank you Dan for such a useful course. … Passed my exam in first attempt."        "Tried other courses earlier. This one is way better!"Updated for 2021 with new material on databases, machine learning, caching, and more.    Hi, my name is Dan Sullivan, and as an early adopter of cloud technologies, I’m an experienced cloud architect and systems developer. I’m also the bestselling author of numerous technical books, an experienced in-person trainer, and an online trainer whose courses have been viewed over 1 million times.Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is an increasingly popular public cloud and the demand for certified professionals is growing. In fact, the top-paying certification is one of Google’s cloud certifications—the Professional Cloud Architect. With that said, Google’s Associate Cloud Engineer certification is an ideal starting point for those new to cloud or GCP, and it can be used as a pathway to Professional-level certifications.I’ve designed this course to help prepare you for the Google Associate Cloud Engineer exam by introducing all of the major GCP services covered on the test, including Compute Engine, App Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Functions, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Bigtable, VPCs, VPNs, Stackdriver, and more. And to reinforce what you see and hear, you can follow along and work with the cloud console or command line utility to get hands-on experience with GCP.In this course, you will learn how to:Create and configure virtual machine instances in Compute Engine using the Cloud Console and command lineDive into Identity and Access Management (IAM), an important part of the examDevelop decision making skills for choosing among compute, storage, and networking optionsFamiliarize yourself with the structure of the test and how to study for it, including tips on other study resourcesImprove your system management and DevOps skills by understanding how to monitor applications in the cloudThe Google Associate Cloud Engineer exam is two hours in length and contains 50 multiple-choice and multiple-select questions. This course uses demonstrations as well as lectures to ensure you know how to work with GCP and understand its key design and operational concepts. This approach will help you reason through tough exam questions that probe your understanding of GCP’s overall design and recommended best practices.There is a lot to learn, so let's get started!Updated July 2021: New material on Cloud MemorystoreUpdated June 2021:  Additional lecture on BigQuery MLUpdated August 2020: Additional lectures on Anthos, Cloud Run, Cloud Memorystore, Cloud Composer, Cloud Monitoring Agent, Cloud Data Fusion.Image credit: Maxpixel Cloud-Computing-Network-Internet-Of-Things-Iot-3337536

Overview

Section 1: Welcome

Lecture 1 Welcome

Lecture 2 Course Structure

Lecture 3 First Look at Google Cloud Platform

Lecture 4 How to Get Help When You are Stuck

Section 2: Introduction to Cloud Computing with GCP

Lecture 5 What is Cloud Computing?

Lecture 6 GCP Computing Services

Lecture 7 GCP Storage and Database Services

Lecture 8 Networking with GCP

Lecture 9 Special Purpose Services in GCP

Section 3: Getting Started with GCP Console

Lecture 10 Introduction to the Google Cloud Console

Lecture 11 Customizing GCP Dashboard

Lecture 12 Viewing GCP Activity

Lecture 13 Using and Customizing the Dashboard

Lecture 14 Exercise: Pin Services in the Home Menu

Section 4: Getting Started with Cloud Shell

Lecture 15 Starting Cloud Shell

Lecture 16 Launch a Code Editor

Lecture 17 Introduction to Cloud SDK Commands

Lecture 18 Exercise: Enter Linux Commands and Gcloud Commands

Section 5: Enabling APIs & Resource Hierarchy

Lecture 19 Create a Billing Account

Lecture 20 Enable GCP Service APIs

Lecture 21 Introduction to the Resource Hierarchy

Lecture 22 Setting up Billing

Section 6: Identity and Access Management

Lecture 23 Introduction to Identity Access Management (IAM) in GCP

Lecture 24 Viewing IAM Assignments

Lecture 25 Overview of IAM Roles

Lecture 26 Creating Custom Roles

Lecture 27 Assigning IAM Roles

Lecture 28 IAM Best Practices

Section 7: Starting a Virtual Machine

Lecture 29 Create a Virtual Machine using Cloud Console

Lecture 30 Create a Virtual Machine using Cloud Shell

Lecture 31 Installing the Cloud SDK locally

Lecture 32 Create a Virtual Machine using Cloud SDK

Lecture 33 Accessing a Virtual Machine

Lecture 34 Exercise: Create a Virtual Machine

Section 8: Advanced Virtual Machine Configurations

Lecture 35 View Virtual Machine Inventory

Lecture 36 Compute Engine Machine Types

Lecture 37 Attaching Additional Disks

Lecture 38 Attaching GPUs

Lecture 39 Custom Machine Type

Lecture 40 Creating Snapshots

Lecture 41 Using Preemptible Virtual Machines

Lecture 42 Exercise: Create a Preemptible VM

Section 9: Compute Engine Instance Groups

Lecture 43 Introduction to Managed Instance Groups

Lecture 44 Creating a Managed Instance Group

Lecture 45 Autoscaling with Managed Instance Groups

Lecture 46 Exercise: Creating an Instance Group

Section 10: Introduction to Kubernetes Engine

Lecture 47 Getting Started with Kubernetes

Lecture 48 Kubernetes Architecture

Lecture 49 Deploying a Cluster in Kubernetes Engine using Cloud Shell

Lecture 50 Deploying Applications in Kubernetes Engine

Section 11: Managing Clusters in Kubernetes Clusters

Lecture 51 Introduction to Kubectl

Lecture 52 Monitoring Kubernetes

Lecture 53 Viewing the Status of a Kubernetes Cluster

Section 12: Introduction to App Engine

Lecture 54 Overview of App Engine

Lecture 55 App Engine Standard vs App Engine Flexible

Lecture 56 Deploying an Application to App Engine using the Cloud Shell

Lecture 57 Scaling App Engine Applications

Lecture 58 Splitting Traffic between Application Versions

Section 13: Introduction to Cloud Functions

Lecture 59 Overview of Cloud Functions

Lecture 60 Creating Cloud Functions using the Cloud Console

Lecture 61 Cloud Functions Receiving Events from Cloud Pub/Sub using Cloud Console

Lecture 62 Cloud Functions Triggered by Storage Events using Cloud Shell

Section 14: Cloud Run and Anthos

Lecture 63 Introduction to Cloud Run

Lecture 64 Introduction to Anthos

Section 15: Review of GCP Computing Options

Lecture 65 How to Choose Between Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, App Engine and Cloud Fu

Lecture 66 How to Read Exam Questions for Computing Requirements

Section 16: Planning and Configuring Storage

Lecture 67 Types of Storage Systems

Lecture 68 Cloud Storage Buckets and Types of Object Storage

Lecture 69 Versioning and Object Lifecycle Management

Lecture 70 Cloud SQL for Regional Relational Storage

Lecture 71 Cloud Spanner for Global Relational Storage

Lecture 72 Cloud Datastore

Lecture 73 Cloud Datastore 2

Lecture 74 Cloud Bigtable

Lecture 75 Cloud Memorystore

Section 17: Review of GCP Storage Options

Lecture 76 Choosing a Storage Solution

Lecture 77 Storage System Exam Tips

Section 18: Overview of Big Data Services

Lecture 78 Introduction to Cloud Pub/Sub - Part 1

Lecture 79 Introduction to Cloud Pub/Sub - Part 2

Lecture 80 Introduction to Cloud Dataproc

Lecture 81 Introduction to Cloud Dataflow

Lecture 82 Introduction to Cloud Transfer

Lecture 83 Introduction to BigQuery

Lecture 84 Introduction to BigQuery ML

Lecture 85 Introduction to Cloud Composer

Lecture 86 Cloud Composer Architecture

Lecture 87 Introduction to Cloud Data Fusion

Section 19: Networking in the Cloud: VPCs and VPNs

Lecture 88 Introduction to Networking in the Cloud

Lecture 89 Overview of Virtual Private Clouds

Lecture 90 Creating a Virtual Private Cloud

Lecture 91 Overview of Virtual Private Networks

Lecture 92 Implementing a Virtual Private Network

Lecture 93 Cloud and On Premises Network Integration

Section 20: Networking in the Cloud: IP Addressing, Firewalls, Subnets, Load Balancing & DNS

Lecture 94 IP Addressing and CIDR Blocks

Lecture 95 Implementing Firewall Rules

Lecture 96 Overview of Load Balancing

Lecture 97 Implementing Load Balancing

Lecture 98 Implementing DNS in GCP

Section 21: Review of GCP Networking Services

Lecture 99 Review of Key Network Concepts

Lecture 100 Networking Exam Tips

Section 22: Deployment Manager

Lecture 101 Deploying applications using Deployment Manager

Section 23: Monitoring

Lecture 102 Overview of Stackdriver

Lecture 103 Using Stackdirver Debugger

Lecture 104 Using Stackdriver Trace

Lecture 105 Using Stackdriver Error

Lecture 106 Stackdriver Monitoring and Alerting

Lecture 107 Using Stackdriver Logging

Lecture 108 Installing Cloud Monitoring Agent

Section 24: Preparing for the Certification Exam

Lecture 109 Exam Strategies and Tips

Lecture 110 Additional Resources to Help Prepare for the Exam

Section 25: Conclusion

Lecture 111 Thank you for taking the course!

Section 26: Bonus: Practice Exam

Students interested in passing Google’s Associate Cloud Engineer exam,System administrators and DevOps professionals who want to improve their skills by understanding how to monitor applications in the cloud,Architects who want an initial introduction to Google Cloud Platform or to help prepare for the Professional Cloud Architect exam,Technical managers who want a broad review of the Google Cloud Platform,Other professionals interested in understanding cloud computing