Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer All-in-One Exam Guide

by Jack Hyman

Overview

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This study guide offers 100% coverage of every objective for the Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer exam 

Take the challenging Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer exam with confidence using the comprehensive information contained in this effective self-study guide. The book serves as an introduction to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and shows you how to pass the test. Beyond exam preparation, the guide also serves as a valuable on-the-job reference.

Written by a recognized expert in the field, Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer All-In-One Exam Guide is based on proven pedagogy and features special elements that teach and reinforce practical skills. The book contains accurate practice questions and detailed explanations. You will discover how to plan set up, and configure GCP; ensure effective operation; and administer access and security.

• Covers every topic on the exam—demonstrated through exercises, sample exams, and practice use cases
• Provides online access to TotalTester customizable exam engine with additional practice questions
• Written by a cloud computing expert, educator, and experienced author
  
  
  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781260473452
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/06/2020
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jack A. Hyman, Ph.D., GCP Associate, is a security, cloud computing, data science, blockchain, and usability engineering author, consultant, educator, and speaker. He has authored, contributed, and reviewed many peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books for publications, including the IEEE, ACM, Elsevier, and Sage. 

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii

Acknowledgments xxi

Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Google Cloud Platform 1

Cloud Architectures 2

SaaS 2

PaaS 3

IaaS 3

Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud 3

Comparison of Data Centers vs. Cloud Consumption 4

Rent vs. Own 5

Pay As You Go 5

Resource Allocation 5

Specialized Services 6

Google Cloud Platform Core Features 6

Compute Resources 6

Networking Infrastructure 8

Storage and Databases 9

Identity and Security 11

Management and Developer Solutions 11

Chapter Review 12

Questions 13

Answers 14

Chapter 2 Setup, Projects, and Billing 17

Projects and Accounts 18

Organization 20

Projects 24

Roles and Permissions 25

Service Accounts 27

Service Account Keys 27

Billing Management 28

Billing Accounts 28

Budget Alerts and Data Exports 30

API Functions 31

Provisioning Monitoring 33

Chapter Review 34

Questions 35

Answers 37

Chapter 3 Compute Engine 39

Fundamental Concepts in Compute Engine 40

Security Privileges 40

Virtual Machines Instances 41

Instance Groups 44

Instance Templates 46

Sole-Tenant Nodes 46

Disks 46

Snapshots 49

Images 50

Health Checks 51

Settings 52

Planning, Managing, and Monitoring Virtual Machines 52

Planning Considerations 53

Capacity Planning 53

Instance Monitoring 53

Cost Management 54

Exercise 3-1 Creating and Managing Instances 55

Chapter Review 60

Questions 61

Answers 65

Chapter 4 Kubernetes Engine 69

Fundamentals of Google Kubernetes Engine 70

Objects 70

Workloads 70

Pods 71

Services 71

ReplicaSet 72

Deployments 72

StatefulSet 73

DaemonSet 73

Jobs 73

Kubernetes Architecture Principles 74

Deployment Approaches 75

Deploying Using Cloud Console 76

Deploying Using Cloud Shell or Cloud SDK 80

Application Pods and Kubernetes 82

Monitoring Principles and Kubernetes 84

Uptime Checks 85

Alerting Policies 86

Managing Kubernetes Clusters 87

Managing Kubernetes Nodes 89

Managing Kubernetes Nodes Using Cloud Console 89

Managing Kubernetes Nodes Using Cloud Shell or Cloud SDK 90

Managing Kubernetes Pods 91

Managing Pods Using Cloud Console 91

Managing Pods Using Cloud Shell or Cloud SDK 93

Managing Kubernetes Services 93

Managing Services Using Cloud Console 93

Managing Services Using Cloud Shell or Cloud SDK 95

Image Repository Management 95

Image Repository and Image Details with Cloud Console 95

Image Repository and Image Details Using Cloud Shell or Cloud SDK 96

Exercise 4-1 Creating and Managing Kubernetes Engine Clusters 97

Chapter Review 99

Questions 100

Answers 103

Chapter 5 App Engine 107

Delivery Environment 107

Choosing Between Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, and App Engine 108

App Engine Components 110

Deploying App Engine Applications 111

Deploying an App Engine Application Using Cloud Shell or Cloud SDK 111

Monitoring Deployed App Engine Applications Using Cloud Console 114

Scaling and App Engine Applications 115

Dynamic Scaling Principles 116

Traffic Handling and App Engine 118

IP Address Splitting 118

HTTP Cookie Splitting 119

Chapter Review 119

Questions 120

Answers 123

Chapter 6 Cloud Functions and Cloud Run 125

Serverless Compute Options 125

Cloud Functions 126

Exercise 6-1 Executing a Bask Cloud Function 127

Cloud Run 128

Exercise 6-2 Deploying an Application in a Container Using Cloud Run 129

Cloud Run for Anthos 131

Deploying Cloud Events 131

Cloud Events and Cloud Storage 132

Cloud Events and Cloud Pub/Sub 135

Choosing App Engine, Cloud Functions, or Cloud Run 138

Chapter Review 140

Questions 141

Answers 144

Chapter 7 Storage and Database Management 147

Storage Options in GCP 147

Persistent Storage 148

Configuring a Persistent Disk 150

Cache 152

Memorystore 152

Object Storage 154

Cloud Storage 154

Object Storage Classes 155

Storage Versioning and Object Lifecycle Management 156

Configuring Cloud Storage 157

Data Model Options 161

Object: Cloud Storage Solutions 161

Managing Cloud Storage 161

Relational Storage Solutions 162

Configuration: Cloud SQL 163

Configuration: Cloud Spanner 163

Configuration: BigQuery 164

Nonrelational Storage Solutions 165

Configuration: Cloud Datastore 166

Configuration: Cloud Firestore 168

Configuration: Bigtable 169

Deploying and Managing Data 170

Cloud SQL Deployment and Management 170

Cloud Spanner Deployment and Management 173

BigQuery Deployment and Management 177

Cloud Datastore Deployment and Management 180

Bigtable Deployment and Management 181

Cloud Pub/Sub Deployment and Management 182

Dataproc Deployment and Management 185

Importing and Exporting Approaches 189

Importing/Exporting in Cloud SQL 189

Importing/Exporting in Cloud Spanner 191

Importing/Exporting in BigQuery 192

Importing/Exporting in Cloud Datastore 194

Importing/Exporting in Bigtable 195

Importing/Exporting in Cloud Dataproc 195

Chapter Review 196

Questions 196

Answers 200

Chapter 8 Networking 203

IP Address Management 203

Static and Ephemeral IP Addresses 204

Expanding the CIDR Block Range 204

Reserving an IP Address 206

Virtual Private Cloud Management 207

Creating Virtual Private Clouds 207

Creating a Shared Virtual Private Cloud 211

Compute Engine and VPC 212

Firewall Rules 215

Creating Firewall Rules Using Cloud Console 217

Creating Firewall Rules Using gcloud 219

Virtual Private Networks 219

Configuring a VPN Using Cloud Console 219

Configuring a VPN Using gcloud 222

Load Balancing 222

Proxy vs. Passthrougb 223

Configuring a Load Balancer Using Cloud Console 225

Configuring a Load Balancer Using gcloud 228

Cloud DNS 229

Understanding Zone Types 230

Managed Zone Creation Using Cloud Console 231

Managed Zone Creation Using gcloud 234

Chapter Review 235

Questions 236

Answers 238

Chapter 9 Deployment Management 241

Deploying Solutions Using Cloud Marketplace 241

Browsing the Cloud Marketplace Catalog 241

Deployings Cloud Marketplace Solution 243

Deploying Applications Using the Deployment Manager 248

Developing Deployment Manager Templates 248

Using and Launching Deployment Manager Template Files 249

Chapter Review 250

Questions 250

Answers 252

Chapter 10 Access and Security 255

Managing Identity and Access Management 255

Cloud Identity Access Management Basics 256

Viewing Identity and Access Management Role Assignments 256

Predefined Roles 260

Assigning IAM Roles 261

Validating and Reviewing Added Roles 261

Defining Custom IAM Roles 264

Service Account Management 266

User-Managed and Google-Managed Service Accounts 266

Managing Service Accounts with Limited Privileges 267

Assigning Service Accounts to VM Instances 269

Viewing Audit Logs for Projects and Managed Services 272

Chapter Review 273

Questions 273

Answers 276

Chapter 11 Operations and Pricing 279

Overview of Google Operations Suite 280

Workspaces 281

Provisioning a Workspace 281

Creating a Workspace 282

Enabling Stackdriver APIs for Monitoring and Logging 283

Monitoring with Operations Suite 284

Configuring Stackdriver for Metrics and Logging 284

Configuring Monitoring for Metrics 286

Creating Stackdriver Custom Metrics 290

Logging with Operations Suite 291

Configuring Log Sinks 291

Viewing and Filtering Logs 294

Viewing Log Messages in Operations Suite 294

Cloud Diagnostics 295

Cloud Trace 295

Cloud Debugger 296

Cloud Platform Status 298

Planning and Estimating with the Pricing Calculator 300

Chapter Review 303

Questions 303

Answers 306

Appendix A Objective Map 309

Appendix B About the Online Content 315

System Requirements 315

Your Total Seminars Training Hub Account 315

Privacy Notice 315

Single User License Terms and Conditions 315

Total Tester Online 317

Technical Support 317

Glossary 319

Index 335