Professional Cloud Architect — Google Cloud Certification Guide: A handy guide to designing, developing, and managing enterprise-grade GCP cloud solutions

Become a Professional Cloud Architect by exploring essential concepts, tools, and services in GCP and working through tests designed to help you get certified

Key Features

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

Book Description

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is one of the leading cloud service suites and offers solutions for storage, analytics, big data, machine learning, and application development. It features an array of services that can help organizations to get the best out of their infrastructure. This comprehensive guide covers a variety of topics specific to Google's Professional Cloud Architect official exam syllabus and guides you in using the right methods for effective use of GCP services.

You'll start by exploring GCP, understanding the benefits of becoming a certified architect, and learning how to register for the exam. You'll then delve into the core services that GCP offers such as computing, storage, and security. As you advance, this GCP book will help you get up to speed with methods to scale and automate your cloud infrastructure and delve into containers and services. In the concluding chapters, you'll discover security best practices and even gain insights into designing applications with GCP services and monitoring your infrastructure as a GCP architect.

By the end of this book, you will be well versed in all the topics required to pass Google's Professional Cloud Architect exam and use GCP services effectively.

What you will learn

• Manage your GCP infrastructure with Google Cloud management options such as CloudShell and SDK
• Understand the use cases for different storage options
• Design a solution with security and compliance in mind
• Monitor GCP compute options
• Discover machine learning and the different machine learning models offered by GCP
• Understand what services need to be used when planning and designing your architecture

Who this book is for

If you are a cloud architect, cloud engineer, administrator, or any IT professional who wants to learn how to implement Google Cloud services in your organization and become a GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of server infrastructure, including Linux and Windows Servers, is assumed. Knowledge of network and storage will also be helpful.

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. Managing Kubernetes Clusters with Google Kubernetes Engine
6. Exploring Google App Engine as a Compute Option
7. Running Serverless Functions with Google Cloud Functions
8. Networking Options in GCP
9. Exploring Storage Options in GCP Part 1
10. Exploring Storage Options in GCP Part 2
11. Analyze Big Data Options
12. Putting Machine Learning to Work
13. Security and Compliance
14. Google Cloud Management Options
15. Monitoring Your Infrastructure
16. Case Studies
17. Test Your Knowledge

Konrad Clapa is a lead cloud automation architect working for Atos R&D. He has over 10 years' experience in the IT industry. He holds over 30 IT certifications, including all 6 Google Cloud Platform certifications. He is also listed among 30 individuals who hold double VMware Certified Design Expert certifications. Sharing knowledge has always been important to him, so he contributes to the community by acting as a leader for a local Google Cloud Developer group and an AWS user group in Poland.

Brian Gerrard is a technical engineer from Scotland with over 10 years' experience in the IT industry. Currently working for Atos, he holds the Google Certified Professional Architect certification, as well as all three AWS Certified Associate certifications. In addition to this, Brian has a number of advanced certifications in infrastructure and private cloud technologies, including two VMware Certified Implementation Expert certifications. Brian is a firm believer in lifelong learning, and you will regularly find him contributing to his local user groups.