Architecting w/ Google Cloud Platform: Design & Process

Full Course Name: Architecting with Google Cloud Platform: Design and Process (AGCP-DP)

This​ ​two-day​ ​instructor-led​ ​training class​ ​equips​ ​students​ ​to​ ​build​ ​highly​ ​reliable​ ​and​ ​efficient​ ​solutions​ ​on​ ​Google​ ​Cloud Platform,​ ​using​ ​proven​ ​design​ ​patterns​ ​and​ ​the​ ​principles​ ​of​ ​Google​ ​Site​ ​Reliability​ ​Engineering​ ​(SRE).​ ​It​ ​is​ ​a continuation​ ​of​ ​the​ ​​Architecting​ ​with​ ​Google​ ​Cloud​ ​Platform:​ ​Infrastructure​​ ​course​ ​and​ ​assumes​ ​hands-on experience​ ​with​ ​the​ ​technologies​ ​covered​ ​in​ ​that​ ​course.

Through​ ​a​ ​combination​ ​of​ ​presentations,​ ​demos,​ ​and​ ​hands-on​ ​labs,​ ​participants​ ​learn​ ​to​ ​design​ ​GCP​ ​deployments that​ ​are​ ​highly​ ​reliable​ ​and​ ​secure;​ ​and​ ​how​ ​to​ ​operate​ ​GCP​ ​deployments​ ​in​ ​a​ ​highly​ ​available​ ​and​ ​cost-effective manner.

Course Content

Module 1: Defining the Service

• Design​ ​in​ ​this​ ​class
• State​ ​and​ ​solution
• Measurement
• Gathering​ ​requirements,​ ​SLOs,​ ​SLAs,​ ​and​ ​SLIs​ ​(key​ ​performance indicators)

• Microservices​ ​architecture
• GCP​ ​12-factor​ ​support
• Mapping​ ​compute​ ​needs​ ​to​ ​Google​ ​Cloud​ ​Platform​ ​processing services
• Compute​ ​system​ ​provisioning

• Classifying and characterizing data
• Data​ ​ingest​ ​and​ ​data​ ​migration
• Identification​ ​of​ ​storage​ ​needs​ ​and​ ​mapping​ ​to​ ​Google​ ​Cloud Platform​ ​storage​ ​systems

• Network​ ​edge​ ​configuration
• Network​ ​configuration​ ​for​ ​data​ ​transfer​ ​within​ ​the​ ​service,​ ​including load​ ​balancing​ ​and​ ​network​ ​location
• Network​ ​integration​ ​with​ ​other​ ​environments,​ ​including​ ​on​ ​premise and​ ​multi-cloud

• Failure due to loss of resources
• Failure due to overload
• Strategies for coping with failure
• Business​ ​continuity​ ​and​ ​disaster​ ​recovery,​ ​including​ ​restore​ ​strategy and​ ​data​ ​lifecycle​ ​management
• Scalable​ ​and​ ​resilient​ ​design

• Google​ ​Cloud​ ​Platform​ ​security
• Network​ ​access​ ​control​ ​and​ ​firewalls
• Protections​ ​against​ ​denial​ ​of​ ​service
• Resource​ ​sharing​ ​and​ ​isolation
• Data encryption and key management
• Identity​ ​access​ ​and​ ​auditing

• Capacity Planning
• Pricing

• Deployment
• Monitoring and alerting
• Incident response

Who should attend

This class is intended for the following participants:

• Cloud Solutions Architects, Site Reliability Engineers, Systems Operations professionals, DevOps Engineers, IT managers

• Individuals using Google Cloud Platform to create new solutions or to integrate existing systems, application environments, and infrastructure with the Google Cloud Platform

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course, participants should have:

• Completed Architecting with GO-AGCPI or have equivalent experience
• Basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments

• Systems​ ​Operations​ ​experience​ ​including​ ​deploying​ ​and​ ​managing​ ​applications,​ ​either​ ​on-premises​ ​or​ ​in​ ​a​ ​public​ ​cloud environment

Course Objectives

This course teaches participants the following skills:

• Design for high availability, scalability, and maintainability
• Assess tradeoffs and make sound choices among Google Cloud Platform products
• Integrate on-premises and cloud resources
• Identify ways to optimize resources and minimize cost
• Implement processes that minimize downtime, such as monitoring and alarming, unit and integration testing, production resilience testing, and incident post-mortem analysis
• Implement policies that minimize security risks, such as auditing, separation of duties and least privilege
• Implement technologies and processes that assure business continuity in the event of a disaster