Professional Level
13 Hands-on labs

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect (LA)

By Matthew Ulasien

Google Cloud Platform is one of the fastest growing cloud service platforms offered today that lets you run your applications and data workflows at 'Google-sized' scale.The Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification is one of the most highly desired IT certifications out today. It is also one of the most challenging exams offered by any cloud vendor today. Passing this exam will take many hours of study, hands on experience, and understanding of a very wide range of GCP topicsLuckily, we're here to help you out! This course is designed to be your best single resource to prepare for and pass the exam to become a certified Google Cloud Architect. So let's get started!

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11 hours
  • 107 Lessons
  • 13 Hands-On Labs
  • 1 Practice Exam

About the course

Google Cloud Platform is one of the fastest growing cloud service platforms offered today that lets you run your applications and data workflows at ‘Google-sized’ scale.

The Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification is one of the most highly desired IT certifications out today. It is also one of the most challenging exams offered by any cloud vendor today. Passing this exam will take many hours of study, hands on experience, and understanding of a very wide range of GCP topics.

Luckily, we’re here to help you out! This course is designed to be your best single resource to prepare for and pass the exam to become a certified Google Cloud Architect.

So let’s get started!

Lab Highlights

Working with Snapshots on Google Compute Engine Creating a Load-Balanced Managed Instance Group on Google Cloud Platform Deploying Resources with Google Cloud Deployment Manager Using Startup Scripts on Google Compute Engine Working with Custom Images on Google Compute Engine Working with Disks on Google Compute Engine Creating Firewall Rules on a Google Cloud VPC Network Creating a Custom Mode VPC Network on Google Cloud Platform Understanding Service Accounts and Scopes on Google Compute Engine Object Versioning in Google Cloud Storage Connecting Networks with Google Cloud VPN Using Static Routes View Sample Billing Data with BigQuery
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  • Chapter 1 4 Lessons Course Introduction 17:40

    Course Introduction

    4:11

    Using the Master Builder's Guide to Google Cloud - Interactive Diagram

    2:39

    Purpose of this Course

    5:18

    Architect Exam and Course Overview

    5:32
  • Chapter 2 5 Lessons Cloud Resource Manager 39:59

    Management Services

    1:46

    Resource Hierarchy

    10:38

    Resource Hierarchy Hands On

    5:39

    Labels

    13:24

    Quotas

    8:32
  • Chapter 3 7 Lessons Cloud IAM 1:58:01

    Cloud IAM Overview

    18:27

    IAM Hands-On Part 1

    9:43

    IAM Hands-On Part 2

    14:28

    Service Accounts

    8:47

    Service Accounts Hands On

    15:32

    IAM Best Practices

    6:04

    Understanding Service Accounts and Scopes on Google Compute Engine

    45:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 4 3 Lessons Billing 1:05:21

    Billing Overview

    6:19

    Hands On - Billing and IAM

    14:02

    View Sample Billing Data with BigQuery

    45:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 5 7 Lessons Operations 1:04:32

    Operations Overview

    3:33

    Cloud Logging Concepts

    9:44

    Hands On - Cloud Logging

    15:51

    Cloud Monitoring Concepts

    5:15

    Hands On - Cloud Monitoring

    16:50

    Trace, Error Reporting, and Debug Concepts

    5:17

    Hands On - APM Trace, Error Reporting, and Debug

    8:02
  • Chapter 6 8 Lessons Google Cloud Storage 2:02:18

    Cloud Storage Concepts

    10:07

    Using the gsutil Command

    8:30

    Cloud Storage Security Concepts

    11:21

    Hands On - Cloud Storage Security

    20:42

    Object Versioning and Lifecycle Management

    11:42

    Hands On - Object Versioning

    14:39

    gsutil Command Line A-Z

    15:17

    Object Versioning in Google Cloud Storage

    30:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 7 4 Lessons Managed Databases on Google Cloud Platform 1:03:02

    Managed Databases Overview

    9:44

    Managed Databases on Google Cloud

    22:13

    Cloud SQL Closer Look

    13:41

    BigQuery Overview

    17:24
  • Chapter 8 8 Lessons Virtual Networks 2:08:27

    VPC Concepts

    12:18

    VPC Hands-On

    14:28

    Firewalls

    5:41

    Hands-On - Firewall Rules

    9:15

    Shared VPC Concepts

    14:14

    Hands On - Shared VPC

    12:31

    Creating a Custom Mode VPC Network on Google Cloud Platform

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Creating Firewall Rules on a Google Cloud VPC Network

    30:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 9 7 Lessons Interconnecting Networks (Hybrid Networking) 1:57:39

    The Power of the Network

    5:46

    Connecting your Network to Google

    15:35

    Cloud VPN

    7:16

    Hands On - Cloud VPN

    11:58

    Hands On - Cloud Router

    11:48

    Google Cloud DNS

    5:16

    Connecting Networks with Google Cloud VPN Using Static Routes

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 10 13 Lessons Compute Engine - Virtual Machines 5:09:31

    Compute Engine Deep Dive

    2:47

    Disks

    13:35

    Hands On - Disks

    17:31

    Hands On - Attaching and Resizing Disks

    11:48

    Images

    12:58

    Hands On - Custom Images

    8:49

    Snapshots

    11:43

    Startup and Shutdown Scripts

    7:57

    Preemptible VM's

    12:23

    Working with Disks on Google Compute Engine

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Working with Custom Images on Google Compute Engine

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Working with Snapshots on Google Compute Engine

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Using Startup Scripts on Google Compute Engine

    30:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 11 7 Lessons Load Balancing and Instance Groups 2:07:46

    Force Multipliers - Automation and Scaling

    4:37

    Load Balancers

    14:42

    Instance Groups and Autoscaling

    15:31

    Hands On - Managed Instance Group

    13:48

    Hands On - Load Balancer

    8:44

    Hands On - Autoscaler and Instance Group Updates

    10:24

    Creating a Load Balanced Managed Instance Group on Google Cloud Platform

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 12 1 Lesson Google Cloud CDN 10:01

    Cloud CDN Concepts

    10:01
  • Chapter 13 3 Lessons Cloud Deployment Manager 1:23:00

    Cloud Deployment Manager Concepts

    7:27

    Hands On - Cloud Deployment Manager

    15:33

    Deploying Resources with Google Cloud Deployment Manager

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 14 1 Lesson Compute Services Overview 14:22

    Where Should I Run My Code?

    14:22
  • Chapter 15 2 Lessons App Engine 22:54

    App Engine Overview

    10:06

    Hands On - App Engine Versions and Memcache

    12:48
  • Chapter 16 4 Lessons Kubernetes Engine 1:46:29

    Container Resources

    5:20

    GKE Administration Concepts

    16:47

    GKE Commands and Hands-On

    24:22

    Creating and Deploying a Google Kubernetes Engine Cluster

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 17 2 Lessons Big Data, Machine Learning, and Data Lifecycle 25:18

    Big Data and Machine Learning Services

    15:56

    Data Lifecycle

    9:22
  • Chapter 18 4 Lessons Case Studies 46:33

    Case Study Overview

    3:53

    Mountkirk Games

    14:45

    Dress4Win

    14:22

    TerramEarth

    13:33
  • Chapter 19 3 Lessons Planning Your Cloud Transition 26:43

    Making the Case for the Cloud and GCP

    9:18

    Cost Optimization

    10:10

    Architecting Cloud Applications

    7:15
  • Chapter 20 4 Lessons Migrating to Google Cloud 39:41

    Planning a Successful Cloud Migration

    14:26

    Storage Transfer Service

    6:59

    Data Migration Best Practices

    11:56

    Migrating Applications

    6:20
  • Chapter 21 2 Lessons Resilient Cloud Solution Infrastructure 17:26

    Disaster Recovery Concepts

    8:59

    Backup and Recovery Methods in GCP

    8:27
  • Chapter 22 3 Lessons Security and Compliance 37:31

    Security Methods in GCP

    9:33

    Network Design for Security and Isolation

    14:00

    Legal Compliance and Audits

    13:58
  • Chapter 23 2 Lessons Development Practices 26:59

    Software Development Lifecycle Concepts

    16:08

    Testing Your Application for Resiliency

    10:51
  • Chapter 24 1 Lesson Getting Ready for the Exam 4:12

    Additional Study Resources

    4:12
  • Chapter 25 3 Lessons Course Conclusion 2:07:48

    Preparing for the Exam

    6:33

    Keep Up to Date with GCP This Month

    1:15

    Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect - Practice Exam

    2:00:00 Quiz

What you will need

  • Since this is a professional level course, the following Linux Academy courses are considered to be firm prerequisites (or at least equivalent knowledge): - Google Cloud Essentials - Google Cloud Certified Associated Cloud Engineer - Google Cloud Security Essentials While not required, the following courses are VERY highly recommended topical deep dives on various compute platforms on Google Cloud: - Google App Engine Deep Dive - Google Kubernetes Engine Deep Dive - Google Cloud Functions Deep Dive We will cover primary exam topics in the above services, but this course will not be an extensive 'how-to' on them and will assume that you've used them before. Additionally, Google's perspective is that you have had previous experience using Google Cloud Platform before attempting the exam, and their exam questions will reflect this assumption. Making extensive use of the hands on labs in this course and the GCP Cloud Playground will help, but be aware that hands on experience is assumed.

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

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