Google Cloud: Projects, Compute, Networking and Containers with gcloud
Administer Google Cloud from the command line — projects and billing, IAM, Compute Engine, global VPCs, Cloud Storage, Cloud Run, GKE, monitoring and costs — then prepare for the Associate Cloud Engineer exam.
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What you will learn
- Organize projects, folders and the organization, and link a billing account
- Drive Google Cloud with gcloud, its configurations and output formats
- Grant precise permissions with IAM, custom roles and service accounts
- Create Compute Engine VMs with startup scripts, disks and snapshots
- Build global VPC networks, regional subnets and firewall rules
- Store objects in Cloud Storage with storage classes, lifecycle rules and signed URLs
- Deploy serverless containers on Cloud Run
- Operate a GKE Autopilot or Standard cluster
- Monitor with Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging, and control costs with budgets
- Practise for the Associate Cloud Engineer exam
Course content
9 lessons · 7 h 20 minSection 1 — Fundamentals
- Google Cloud: projects, organization, billing, console and gcloud Preview40 min
- IAM in Google Cloud: principals, roles, policies and service accounts 45 min
- Compute Engine: VMs, machine types, images, disks and startup scripts 50 min
- Google Cloud VPC: global networks, regional subnets and firewall rules 50 min
Section 2 — Services
Section 3 — Operations
Section 4 — Certification
Requirements
- The “Cloud” course (cloud fundamentals) or equivalent knowledge
- The Linux “Fundamentals” course (terminal, files, simple scripts)
Who is this course for?
- System administrators and DevOps engineers discovering Google Cloud
- Developers who deploy containers and APIs
- Associate Cloud Engineer certification candidates