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Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer

(GCACE.AE1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-563-3
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About This Course

Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer course covers the skills needed to deploy applications, monitor operations, and manage enterprise solutions on the Google Cloud Platform. Master cloud architecture, storage solutions, operations, security, networking, pricing, and support resources. Gain hands-on experience through guided labs using real Google Cloud environments. Learn best practices for planning, designing, and managing secure cloud solution architectures. The course helps you validate your expertise in deploying applications, managing cloud operations, and architecting secure Google Cloud environments.

Skills You’ll Get

An Associate Cloud Engineer deploys and secures applications and infrastructure, monitors operations of multiple projects, and maintains enterprise solutions to ensure that they meet target performance metrics. This individual has experience working with public clouds and on-premises solutions. They are able to use the Google Cloud console and the command-line interface to perform common platform-based tasks to maintain and scale one or more deployed solutions that leverage Google-managed or self-managed services on Google Cloud.

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Lessons

19+ Lessons | 125+ Exercises | 360+ Quizzes | 101+ Flashcards |

TestPrep

2+ Full Length Tests | 50+ Post Assessment Questions | 100+ Practice Test Questions

Hands-On Labs

15+ LiveLab | 15+ Video tutorials | 16+ Minutes

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1

Introduction

  • What Does This Course Cover?
  • Exam Objectives
2

Overview of Google Cloud

  • Types of Cloud Services
  • Cloud Computing vs. Data Center Computing
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
3

Google Cloud Computing Services

  • Computing Components of Google Cloud
  • Storage Components of Google Cloud
  • Networking Components of Google Cloud
  • Additional Components of Google Cloud
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
4

Projects, Service Accounts, and Billing

  • How Google Cloud Organizes Projects and Accounts
  • Roles and Identities
  • Service Accounts
  • Billing
  • Enabling APIs
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
5

Introduction to Computing in Google Cloud

  • Compute Engine
  • App Engine
  • Kubernetes Engine
  • Cloud Run
  • Cloud Functions
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
6

Computing with Compute Engine Virtual Machines

  • Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines with the Console
  • Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines with Cloud SDK
  • Basic Virtual Machine Management
  • Guidelines for Planning, Deploying, and Managing Virtual Machines
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
7

Managing Virtual Machines

  • Managing Single Virtual Machine Instances
  • Introduction to Instance Groups
  • Guidelines for Managing Virtual Machines
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
8

Computing with Kubernetes

  • Introduction to Kubernetes Engine
  • Deploying Kubernetes Clusters
  • Deploying Application Pods
  • Monitoring Kubernetes
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
9

Managing Standard Mode Kubernetes Clusters

  • Viewing the Status of a Kubernetes Cluster
  • Adding, Modifying, and Removing Nodes
  • Adding, Modifying, and Removing Pods
  • Adding, Modifying, and Removing Services
  • Creating Repositories in the Artifact Registry
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
10

Computing with Cloud Run and App Engine

  • Overview of Cloud Run
  • Creating a Cloud Run Service
  • Creating a Cloud Run Job
  • App Engine Components
  • Deploying an App Engine Application
  • Scaling App Engine Applications
  • Splitting Traffic Between App Engine Versions
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
11

Computing with Cloud Functions

  • Introduction to Cloud Functions
  • Cloud Functions Receiving Events from Cloud Storage
  • Cloud Functions Receiving Events from Pub/Sub
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
12

Planning Storage in the Cloud

  • Types of Storage Systems
  • Storage Data Models
  • Choosing a Storage Solution: Guidelines to Consider
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
13

Deploying Storage in Google Cloud

  • Deploying and Managing Cloud SQL
  • Deploying and Managing Firestore
  • Deploying and Managing BigQuery
  • Deploying and Managing Cloud Spanner
  • Deploying and Managing Cloud Pub/Sub
  • Deploying and Managing Cloud Bigtable
  • Deploying and Managing Cloud Dataproc
  • Managing Cloud Storage
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
14

Loading Data into Storage

  • Loading and Moving Data to Cloud Storage
  • Importing and Exporting Data
  • Streaming Data to Cloud Pub/Sub
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
15

Networking in the Cloud: Virtual Private Clouds and Virtual Private Networks

  • Creating a Virtual Private Cloud with Subnets
  • Deploying Compute Engine with a Custom Network
  • Creating Firewall Rules for a Virtual Private Cloud
  • Creating a Virtual Private Network
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
16

Networking in the Cloud: DNS, Load Balancing, Google Private Access, and IP Addressing

  • Configuring Cloud DNS
  • Configuring Load Balancers
  • Google Private Access
  • Managing IP Addresses
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
17

Deploying Applications with Cloud Marketplace and Cloud Foundation Toolkit

  • Deploying a Solution Using Cloud Marketplace
  • Building Infrastructure Using the Cloud Foundation Toolkit
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
18

Configuring Access and Security

  • Managing Identity and Access Management
  • Managing Service Accounts
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
19

Monitoring, Logging, and Cost Estimating

  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Cloud Logging
  • Using Cloud Trace and Google Cloud Status
  • Using the Pricing Calculator
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

2

Google Cloud Computing Services

  • Creating a Filestore Instance
4

Introduction to Computing in Google Cloud

  • Creating a VM Instance
  • Creating a Service in Cloud Run
6

Managing Virtual Machines

  • Creating a Snapshot
  • Creating an Instance Group
12

Deploying Storage in Google Cloud

  • Initializing Data Systems with Cloud Spanner
  • Creating an Instance in Bigtable
  • Creating a Workflow Template in Dataproc
13

Loading Data into Storage

  • Creating and Moving Data Files
14

Networking in the Cloud: Virtual Private Clouds and Virtual Private Networks

  • Creating a VPC Network
  • Creating a Cloud Router
  • Creating a VPC Network Peering Connection
  • Creating a VPN Connection
15

Networking in the Cloud: DNS, Load Balancing, Google Private Access, and IP Addressing

  • Creating a Load Balancer
16

Deploying Applications with Cloud Marketplace and Cloud Foundation Toolkit

  • Creating a Deployment Using Deployment Manager

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There are no prerequisites for this certification

$125

Pearson VUE

multiple choice and multiple select questions

The exam contains 50-60 questions.

180 minutes

Recertification is accomplished by retaking the exam during the recertification eligibility time period and achieving a passing score. You may attempt recertification starting 60 days prior to your certification expiration date. 

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