Take your cloud infrastructure skills to the next level with the GDC Air-Gapped Practitioner Fundamentals professional certificate, developed by Google and delivered on edX.
This comprehensive program teaches you how to configure, secure, and manage workloads in air-gapped environments using Google Distributed Cloud (GDC). Designed for IT professionals, cloud engineers, and system administrators, this program equips you with the essential skills needed to deploy and maintain critical workloads in highly regulated environments, meeting strict data residency, privacy, and sovereignty requirements.
It's delivered through three practical courses:
- GDC Platform Introduction
- Compute, Network, and Storage Services Configuration in GDC
- AI Services and GDC Deployments and Operations
Learn how to host, control, and manage internal infrastructure and services. This introduction to the GDC platform will prepare you to manage servers, networks, and all associated IT systems on-site using GDC services. Gain hands-on experience with the GDC console, gdcloud CLI, and APIs to perform the key tasks required for managing an air-gapped environment.
Master advanced configurations in compute, networking, and storage with GDC.
Dive deeper into compute, networking, and storage configuration within GDC. Learn how to use Kubernetes architecture to deploy and manage workloads, set up secure storage, and provision database clusters in GDC. Explore GDC networking features that allow you to isolate and interconnect workloads based on your project needs, ensuring high availability and security.
Whether you're looking to enhance your career as a cloud engineer, IT administrator, or GDC practitioner, this professional certificate will prepare you to tackle real-world challenges in cloud infrastructure management and security.
