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Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals

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COURSE
Beginner
Duration: 46 minutes and 25 seconds
Overview of Google Cloud Platform
In this lesson, you'll learn about GCP services such as compute, storage, and networking, and how to create virtual machines and web apps using the Google Cloud Console and gcloud CLI.
EXAM
Duration: Up to 20 minutes
Knowledge Check: Overview of Google Cloud Platform
Knowledge Check: Overview of Google Cloud Platform
HANDS-ON LAB
Beginner
Duration: Up to 1 hour and 15 minutes
Working with Google Cloud Storage from the Console
This Lab introduces you to all of the key concepts and trade-offs that you need to understand to work effectively with Google Cloud Storage.
COURSE
Beginner
Duration: 33 minutes and 48 seconds
Setting up a Google Cloud Platform Environment
In this lesson, you will learn how to create and set up new GCP projects, assign roles to users, learn how to enable APIs, set up budgets, and monitor spending.
COURSE
Beginner
Duration: 34 minutes and 34 seconds
Introduction to Google Compute Engine
This lesson will introduce you to the Google Compute Engine.
HANDS-ON LAB
Beginner
Duration: Up to 45 minutes
Starting a Linux Virtual Machine on Google Compute Engine
In this lab, you will create a new Compute Engine VM and then connect to it by using the browser-based SSH connection.
COURSE
Beginner
Duration: 34 minutes and 52 seconds
Introduction to Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
In this lesson, you will learn how to build your own private and public networks in GCP.
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Overview

If you want to learn how to use Google's lightning-fast, global cloud network to host your applications, then this is a good place to start. This course will help you gain a solid understanding of the various components of the Google Cloud Platform.

The courses in this path cover these topics:

  • How to deploy an application to App Engine, Container Engine, and Compute Engine
  • Storage options
  • Database services, including Cloud SQL, Cloud Datastore, and BigQuery
  • Networking
  • Access control
  • Autoscaling and load balancing
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Guy launched his first training website in 1995 and he's been helping people learn IT technologies ever since. He has been a sysadmin, instructor, sales engineer, IT manager, and entrepreneur. In his most recent venture, he founded and led a cloud-based training infrastructure company that provided virtual labs for some of the largest software vendors in the world. Guy’s passion is making complex technology easy to understand. His activities outside of work have included riding an elephant and skydiving (although not at the same time).

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