Professional Cloud Architect Google Cloud Certification Guide: Build a solid foundation in Google Cloud Platform to achieve the most lucrative IT certification, 2nd Edition

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This book is designed to help individuals become Professional Cloud Architects by providing them with essential GCP concepts, tools, and services as well as practice tests that will enable them to confidently take the certification exam.

Key Features

• Plan and design a GCP cloud solution architecture
• Ensure the security and reliability of your cloud solutions and operations
• Assess your knowledge by taking mock tests with up-to-date exam questions

Book Description

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is an industry leader because of its array of services that can be leveraged by organizations to maximize their infrastructure. This comprehensive guide will teach you how to effectively use GCP services and familiarize yourself with the topics needed to pass Google’s Professional Cloud Architect certification exam.

The book is designed according to the syllabus for the Professional Cloud Architect exam, and first introduces readers to GCP. The core services offered by GCP, such as computing and storage, are then covered, along with practical methods for scaling and automating your cloud infrastructure. You’ll become familiar with services like containers and explore best practices related to design and process. This revised second edition also features new topics like Cloud Run, Anthos, Data Fusion, Composer, and Data Catalog.

By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the knowledge needed to pass the Google Cloud Certification – Professional Cloud Architect exam and become an expert in GCP services.

What you will learn

• Understand the benefits of being a Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect
• Find out how to enroll for the Professional Cloud Architect exam
• Master the compute options in GCP
• Explore security and networking options in GCP
• Get to grips with managing and monitoring your workloads in GCP
• Understand storage, big data, and machine learning services
• Become familiar with exam scenarios and passing strategies

Who this book is for

This book is perfect for cloud architects, cloud engineers, administrators, or any IT professional looking to implement Google Cloud services in their organization and become GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architects. Basic knowledge of server infrastructure, including Linux and Windows servers, is assumed. A solid understanding of network and storage will also be helpful when reading this book.

Table of Contents

1. GCP Cloud Architect Professional
2. Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform
3. Google Cloud Platform Core Services
4. Working with Google Compute Engine
5. Exploring Google App Engine as a Compute Option
6. Managing Kubernetes Clusters with Google Kubernetes Engine
7. Deploying Cloud-Native Workloads with Cloud Run
8. Managing Cloud-Native Workloads with Anthos
9. Running Serverless Functions with Google Cloud Functions
10. Networking Options in GCP
11. Exploring Storage and Database Options in GCP – Part 1
12. Exploring Storage and Database Options in GCP – Part 2
13. Analyzing Big Data Options
14. Putting Machine Learning to Work
15. Security and Compliance
16. Google Cloud Management Options
17. Monitoring Your Infrastructure
18. Case Studies
19. Test Your Knowledge

Product Details

• ASIN ‏: ‎ B097HTXKRJ
• Publisher ‏: ‎ Packt Publishing; 2nd edition (December 23, 2021)
• Publication date ‏: ‎ December 23, 2021
• Language ‏: ‎ English
• File size ‏: ‎ 49605 KB
• Text-to-Speech ‏: ‎ Enabled
• Screen Reader ‏: ‎ Supported
• Enhanced typesetting ‏: ‎ Enabled
• X-Ray ‏: ‎ Not Enabled
• Word Wise ‏: ‎ Not Enabled
• Sticky notes ‏: ‎ On Kindle Scribe
• Print length ‏: ‎ 664 pages