Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Length 1 day
Price NZD 850 exc GST

Course overview

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Why study this course

This course uses lectures and labs to give you an overview of Google Cloud products and services. You learn about the value of Google Cloud and how to incorporate cloud-based solutions into your business strategies.

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What you’ll learn

This course teaches participants the following skills:

Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services
Define how infrastructure is organised and controlled in Google Cloud
Explain how to create basic infrastructure in Google Cloud
Select and use Google Cloud storage options
Describe the purpose and value of Google Kubernetes Engine
Identify the use cases for serverless Google Cloud services
Explore Google Clouds Generative AI tools and best practices

Google Cloud at Lumify Work

Lumify Work is Australia's only national Google Cloud Authorised Training Partner. Get the skills needed to build, test, and deploy applications on this highly scalable infrastructure. Engineered to handle the most data-intensive work you can throw at it, Lumify Work can support you through training wherever you are in your Cloud adoption journey.

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Who is the course for?

This course is intended for the following participants:

Individuals planning to deploy applications and create application environments on Google Cloud.
Developers, systems operations professionals, solution architects getting started with Google Cloud, and developers.
Executives and business decision makers evaluating the potential of Google Cloud to address their business needs.

Course subjects

Module 1: Introducing Google Cloud

Cloud computing overview
IaaS and PaaS
The Google Cloud network
Environmental impact
Security
Open-source ecosystems
Pricing and billing

Module 2: Resources and Access in the Cloud

Google Cloud resource hierarchy
IAM
IAM roles
Service accounts
Cloud Identity
Interacting with Google Cloud
Lab: Getting Started with Cloud Marketplace

Module 3: Virtual Machines and Networks in the Cloud

Virtual Private Cloud networking
Compute Engine
Scaling virtual machines
Important VPC compatibilities
Cloud Load Balancing
Cloud DNS and Cloud CDN
Connecting networks to Google VPC
Lab: Getting Started with VPC Networking and Google Compute Engines

Module 4: Storage in the Cloud

Cloud Storage
Cloud SQL
Cloud Spanner
Firestore
Cloud Bigtable
Comparing storage options
Lab: Getting Started with Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL

Module 5: Containers in the Cloud

Introduction to containers
Kubernetes
Google Kubernetes Engine

Module 6: Applications in the Cloud

Cloud Run
Cloud Function
Lab: Hello Cloud Run

Module 7: Prompt Engineering

Introduction to generative AI
Introduction to large language models
Prompt engineering and recommended practices

Module 8: Course Summary

The course summary recaps the major concepts learners were introduced to during the course.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with application development, systems operations, Linux operating systems, and data analytics or machine learning is helpful in understanding the technologies covered.

Terms & Conditions

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