GCP300A
Architecting with Google Cloud Design and Process
This course features a combination of lectures, design activities, and hands-on labs to show you how to use proven design patterns on Google Cloud to build highly reliable and efficient solutions and operate deployments that are highly available and cost-effective. This course was created for those who have already completed the Architecting with Google Compute Engine or Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine course.
What you will learn
- Apply a tool set of questions, techniques and design considerations.
- Define application requirements and express them objectively as KPIs, SLOs and SLIs.
- Decompose application requirements to find the right microservice boundaries.
- Leverage Google Cloud developer tools to set up modern, automated deployment pipelines.
- Choose the appropriate Google Cloud Storage services based on application requirements.
- Discuss Google Cloud network architectures, including hybrid architectures.
- Implement reliable, scalable, resilient applications balancing key performance metrics with cost.
- Choose the right Google Cloud deployment services for your applications.
- Secure cloud applications, data and infrastructure.
- Monitor service level objectives and costs using Cloud Monitoring.
Prerequisites
- Have completed Architecting with Google Compute Engine, Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine, or have equivalent experience.
- Have basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments.
- Have systems operations experience, including deploying and managing applications, either on-premises or in a public cloud environment.
Target audience
- Cloud Solutions Architects, Site Reliability Engineers, Systems Operations professionals, DevOps Engineers, IT managers, Individuals using Google Cloud to create new solutions or to integrate existing systems, application environments, and infrastructure with Google Cloud
Training Program
9 modules to master the fundamentals
Objectives
- Describe users in terms of roles and personas.
- Evaluate KPIs using SLOs and SLIs.
- Determine the quality of application requirements using SMART criteria.
Activities
3 activities
Quiz
Objectives
- Decompose monolithic applications into microservices.
- Recognize appropriate microservice boundaries.
- Design consistent, standard RESTful service APIs.
- Identify the 12-factor best practices for implementing services.
Activities
2 activities
Quiz
Objectives
- Discuss the automation of service deployment using CI/CD pipelines.
- Explain how to leverage Cloud Source Repositories for source and version control.
- Automate builds with Cloud Build and build triggers.
- Manage container images with Container Registry.
Activities
1 lab
Quiz
Objectives
- Identify the use cases for Spanner.
- Identify the use cases for Cloud SQL.
- Identify the use cases for Firestore.
- Identify the use cases for Memorystore.
Activities
2 activities
Quiz
Objectives
- Discuss the design of VPC networks to optimize for cost, security, and performance.
- Describe how global and regional load balancers provide access to services.
- Connect networks using peering and VPNs.
- Define hybrid networks between Google Cloud and on-premises data centers using Cloud Interconnect.
Activities
2 activities
Quiz
Objectives
- Choose the appropriate Google Cloud deployment service for your applications.
- Configure scalable, resilient infrastructure using Instance Templates and Groups.
- Orchestrate microservice deployments using Kubernetes and GKE.
- Leverage App Engine for a completely automated platform as a service (PaaS).
Activities
1 lab
Quiz
Objectives
- Discuss the design of services to meet requirements for availability, durability, and scalability.
- Identify the failures to be avoided to implement a fault-tolerant system.
Activities
2 activities
Quiz
Objectives
- Identify the best practices for designing secure systems.
- Discuss the use of organizational policies and folders to simplify cloud governance.
- Identify Google Cloud services that can be leveraged for access management.
- Identify Google Cloud services that can be leveraged to mitigate DDoS attacks.
Activities
1 activity
Quiz
Objectives
- Discuss different ways to manage new service versions.
- Describe how to forecast, monitor, and optimize service costs.
- Observe if your services are meeting their SLOs using Cloud Monitoring and Dashboards.
- Use Uptime Checks to determine service availability.
- Respond to service outages using Cloud Monitoring Alerts.
Activities
1 activity
1 lab
Quiz
Quality Process
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Teaching Methods Used
- Lectures / Theoretical Slides — Presentation of concepts using visual aids (PowerPoint, PDF).
- Technical Demonstration (Demos) — The instructor performs a task or procedure while students observe.
- Guided Labs — Guided practical exercises on software, hardware, or technical environments.
- Quiz / MCQ — Quick knowledge check (paper-based or digital via tools like Kahoot/Klaxoon).
Evaluation and Monitoring System
The achievement of training objectives is evaluated at multiple levels to ensure quality:
- Continuous Knowledge Assessment : Verification of knowledge throughout the training via participatory methods (quizzes, practical exercises, case studies) under instructor supervision.
- Progress Measurement : Comparative self-assessment system including an initial diagnostic to determine the starting level, followed by a final evaluation to validate skills development.
- Quality Evaluation : End-of-session satisfaction questionnaire to measure the relevance and effectiveness of the training as perceived by participants.
Train multiple employees
- Volume discounts (multiple seats)
- Private or custom session
- On-site or remote