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The Google Cloud Computing Foundations courses are for individuals with little to no background or experience in cloud computing. They provide an overview of concepts central to cloud basics, big data, and machine learning, and where and how Google Cloud fits in. By the end of the series of courses, learners will be able to articulate these concepts and demonstrate some hands-on skills. The courses should be completed in the following order: 1. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud 3. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking and Security in Google Cloud 4. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud
Syllabus
- Where do I store this stuff?
- Introduction
- Storage options in the cloud
- Structured and unstructured data storage
- Unstructured storage using Cloud Storage
- Lab Intro: Cloud Storage: Qwik Start - CLI/SDK
- Cloud Storage: Qwik Start - CLI/SDK
- SQL managed services
- Exploring Cloud SQL
- Lab Intro: Cloud SQL for MySQL: Qwik Start
- Cloud SQL for MySQL: Qwik Start
- Spanner as a managed service
- Exploring AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
- NoSQL managed services options
- Firestore, a NoSQL document store
- Bigtable as a NoSQL option
- Quiz
- Summary
- There’s an API for that!
- Introduction
- The purpose of APIs
- Cloud Endpoints
- Lab Intro: Introduction to APIs in Google Cloud
- Introduction to APIs in Google Cloud
- Apigee API management
- Pub/Sub
- Lab Intro: Pub/Sub: Qwik Start - Python
- Pub/Sub: Qwik Start - Python
- Quiz
- Summary
- You can’t secure the cloud, right?
- Introduction
- Security in the cloud
- The shared security model
- Encryption options
- Authentication and authorization with IAM
- Lab Intro: User Authentication: Identity-Aware Proxy
- User Authentication: Identity-Aware Proxy
- IAM authorization best practices
- Lab Intro: IAM: Qwik Start
- Cloud IAM: Qwik Start
- Quiz
- Summary
- Demonstrate your capabilities further!
- Your Next Steps
- Claim credential