Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Module 00: Introduction to Course

Full name: Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Product code: T-GCPFCI-B

These links are based on the course version 5.1.

Online course options:

• Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure - Google Cloud Skills Boost 20 credits
• Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure - Google Cloud Skills Boost for Partners free
• Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure - coursera free
• GoogleCloud: Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure - edX free
• Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure - Pluralsight paid

Lab recording playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbOwD4pDuqPaf2v-FWU3zjA90YvORFqKY

Module 01: Introduction to Google Cloud

Websites

• What is cloud computing? https://cloud.google.com/learn/what-is-cloud-computing
• The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing - NIST SP 800-145 https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/145/final
• Google Cloud infrastructure https://cloud.google.com/infrastructure?hl=en
• Cloud locations https://cloud.google.com/about/locations
• 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy by 2030 https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/cleanenergy/
• Google Hamina Data Center https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/hamina/
• Google Sustainability https://sustainability.google/operating-sustainably/
• Google infrastructure security design overview https://cloud.google.com/docs/security/infrastructure/design?hl=en
• Extending per second billing in Google Cloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/extending-per-second-billing-in-google/
• Sustained use discounts for Compute Engine https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/sustained-use-discounts
• Custom machine types https://cloud.google.com/custom-machine-types/
• Google Cloud pricing calculator https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator?hl=en

Videos

• What is Google Cloud? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzKFuHk8ovk
• How does networking work across Google’s data centers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R-UVdw6thI
• How are data centers powered sustainably? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFK4hqeRhIc
• Google celebrates 10 years in Hamina, Finland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sFv_VpHzYk
• Google Infrastructure Security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOdUC8DhprQ
• Get started docs and resources for Google Cloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytq5VKDtWCw
• Next ‘23 Opening Keynote: The New Way to Cloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEUS3_Qjyjg

Module 02: Resources and Access in the Cloud

Websites

• Resource Manager https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager
• IAM overview https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/overview
• Introducing IAM Deny, a simple way to harden your security posture at scale https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-iam-deny
• Service accounts overview https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-account-overview
• Cloud Identity https://cloud.google.com/identity?hl=en
• Google Cloud console https://cloud.google.com/cloud-console
• Cloud SDK https://cloud.google.com/sdk?hl=en
• Google Cloud Command Line Interface (gcloud CLI) https://cloud.google.com/cli?hl=en
• The bq command-line tool https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bq-command-line-tool
• Google Cloud APIs https://cloud.google.com/apis?hl=en
• Using APIs https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/getting-started
• Client libraries https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/client-libraries-explained
• Cloud Shell https://cloud.google.com/shell
• Google Cloud App https://cloud.google.com/app

Videos

• Google Cloud Platform resource management https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzclA_hdNLY
• Organizing your GCP resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOOhDq1JyIM
• Cloud IAM in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd5d9Vv1ZFE
• What is IAM Policy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAKfcZ3zUg4
• What are Service Accounts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXk1YlkKW_k
• What is the Google Cloud SDK? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzFfdtb33K4
• What is the Google Cloud CLI? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBU_tF7UzQY
• How to use the Google Cloud Console https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Pb5g7bEAA
• The Cloud Console Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsbYh47q55o
• Developer and Management Tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v9XWdFyh2E
• Cloud SDK: Essential Command-Line Tools for Google Cloud Platform - Google Cloud Labs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MdTXgA6Ws
• CLI for GCP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0x6B-4oUNM
• How to use the BigQuery command-line tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XwDPPazX6o
• Using Google Cloud Shell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBMcAKzGt3w
• Intro to Cloud Shell Editor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPnCfLaQmvk
• Secure onboarding to Google Cloud with Identity and Access Management (IAM) - NeXT 2023 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0bdcgEyxic

Labs

1 Getting Started with Cloud Marketplace

• very similar is available at https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/focuses/565 (cost 1 credit)
• recording of lab https://youtu.be/eE2WXxiTgL8

Module 03: Virtual Machines and Networks in the Cloud

Websites

• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) https://cloud.google.com/vpc?hl=en
• Google Compute Engine https://cloud.google.com/products/compute?hl=en
• Google Cloud Marketplace https://cloud.google.com/marketplace?hl=en
• Compute Engine pricing https://cloud.google.com/compute/all-pricing
• Compute Engine Storage options https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks
• Available VM machine types https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types
• Routes https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/routes
• VPC Network Peering https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/vpc-peering
• Shared VPC https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/shared-vpc
• Cloud Load Balancing https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing?hl=en
• Choose a load balancer https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/choosing-load-balancer
• Cloud DNS https://cloud.google.com/dns?hl=en
• Cloud CDN and Media CDN https://cloud.google.com/cdn?hl=en
• Cloud VPN https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn
• Direct Peering overview https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/direct-peering
• Carrier Peering overview https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/carrier-peering
• Dedicated Interconnect overview https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/interconnect/concepts/dedicated-overview
• Partner Interconnect overview https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/interconnect/concepts/partner-overview
• Cross-Cloud Interconnect overview https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/interconnect/concepts/cci-overview

Videos

• Virtual Private Cloud in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS_uvz4ohbo
• What is Compute Engine? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBeyQHoAcrQ
• Compute Engine in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuK4gQeHRcI
• Compute Engine: The best home for your applications https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPWv-Ln9IPw
• Building with Google Cloud Marketplace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JSbPEqIU7I
• Discover Google Cloud Marketplace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8rRUUxoxoM
• Optimizing your costs on Compute Engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25FMGTbHRAA
• Persistent Disk in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zovhVfou-DI
• Choosing the right VM family type for your workload https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dbqgQDaw1U
• Application capacity optimizations with global load balancing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jovQpk3eIr8
• Define new paths with routing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrozwscLY20
• Simplify routing with VPC Peering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UQacCynuFU
• Centralize control with Shared VPC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WotV3D01tJA
• What is Cloud Load Balancing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8EqM6Xt3MA
• Introduction to Load Balancing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtLhVvSFi84
• Choosing the right load balancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdeOeu4E7eQ
• What is Cloud CDN? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=841kyd_mfH0
• Google Cloud CDN in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azbxckHW9oU
• Getting started with Cloud CDN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftocllBHpe0
• Introducing Media CDN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TBfQU7eJE
• Upgrade to Google’s HA VPN to get industry-leading availability for mission-critical workloads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIEExVWf5bg
• Hybrid Networking: Google Cloud Interconnect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKaryf7qp9w

Labs

2 Getting Started with VPC Networking and Google Compute Engine

• very similar lab is available at https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/focuses/1229 (cost 1 credit)
• recording of lab https://youtu.be/yWktOy668vE

Module 04: Storage in the Cloud

Websites

• Cloud Storage https://cloud.google.com/storage?hl=en
• Storage Transfer Service https://cloud.google.com/storage-transfer-service?hl=en
• Transfer Appliance https://cloud.google.com/transfer-appliance/docs/4.0/overview
• Google Cloud SQL https://cloud.google.com/sql?hl=en
• Spanner https://cloud.google.com/spanner?hl=en
• Cloud Firestore https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore
• Firestore data model https://cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/data-model
• Bigtable https://cloud.google.com/bigtable?hl=en
• Google Cloud online storage products https://cloud.google.com/products/storage?hl=en

Videos

• Difference between object store, block store and file store - Google Cloud Storage options https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvyerY_dHJk
• How to store data on Google Cloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2mL4sUOjVo
• Cloud Storage in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNOs3LlsH6k
• How does storage work across Google data centers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=073GYKU5z60
• What is Storage Transfer Service? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oIw2mT_4-M
• Introducing Google Cloud’s Transfer Appliance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g2ntSRU2pI
• Cloud SQL in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQ2n6i-7jw
• What is Cloud SQL? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl8ig2BtLAY
• Cloud Spanner in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bjYk6Hhd10
• What is Cloud Spanner? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUSU1e9j8wc
• Firestore in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IemOAESlWKw
• Introducing Cloud Firestore https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLl-K7zZEsYLmOF_07IayrTntevxtbUxDL&v=QcsAb2RR52c
• Bigtable in one minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq9uDOM4whI
• What is Cloud Bigtable? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4q4nqJAamo

Courses

• Deep Dives - Google Cloud Storage https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbOwD4pDuqPbqv_DbqiDOqiSYYSXdY3Cs

Labs

3 Getting Started with Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL

• recording of lab https://youtu.be/1-o8_dmKsSg

Module 05: Containers in the Cloud

Websites

• What are containers? https://cloud.google.com/learn/what-are-containers
• Containers in Cloud https://cloud.google.com/containers?hl=en
• Kubernetes https://kubernetes.io
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine?hl=en

Videos

• Top 3 ways to run your containers on Google Cloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh0fPT-AWwM
• What is Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl5M1CzgEH4
• Why choose Google Kubernetes Engine? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt2NjPIISdA
• Introducing GKE Autopilot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JKsv2BtAnY

Module 06: Applications in the Cloud

Websites

• Cloud Run https://cloud.google.com/run?hl=en
• Cloud Functions https://cloud.google.com/functions?hl=en

Videos

• Cloud Run in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL2rAmWFZjM
• Say hello to serverless containers with Cloud Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhwYc4StHIc
• Moving serverless forward with Cloud Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3YF8uly_gw
• Introduction to Cloud Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t94tdyojs0
• Cloud Functions in a minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL4ZlPEamDo
• Introducing Cloud Functions (2nd gen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATBDTTM-Ohk
• Cloud Functions 2nd gen walkthrough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6pMppfU2aQ

Labs

4 Hello Cloud Run

• recording of lab https://youtu.be/oyZwo7kol40

Module 07: Course Summary

Courses for further study

• Cloud Engineer learning path https://cloud.google.com/learn/training/cloud-infrastructure#cloud-engineer-learning-path
• Cloud Architect learning path https://cloud.google.com/learn/training/cloud-infrastructure#cloud-architect-learning-path
• Cloud Developer learning path https://cloud.google.com/learn/training/application-development#cloud-developer-learning-path
• Cloud DevOps Engineer learning path https://cloud.google.com/learn/training/application-development#cloud-devOps-engineer-learning-path

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