Detailed Course Outline
Module 0 - Introduction to the Associate Cloud Engineer Certification
- Role of an Associate Cloud Engineer and scenario introduction
- Certification value and benefits
- Certification process
Module 1 - Setting up a Cloud Environment
- Creating projects, assigning IAM roles, enabling APIs, provisioning logging/ monitoring workspaces, managing billing, installing command-line tools.
- Describe tasks involved in setting up a cloud solution environment when migrating from on-premises to Google Cloud.
- Determine the skills you need to develop to set up a solution environment in Google Cloud.
Module 2 - Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution
- Estimating pricing, planning compute, data storage, and network resources.
- Identify the tasks of the Cloud Engineer in planning and configuring a cloud solution.
- Determine the skills you need to develop when planning and configuring a solution in Google Cloud.
Module 3 - Deploying and Implementing a Cloud Solution
- Differentiating and deploying among compute options including Compute Engine, GKE, App Engine, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions.
- Differentiating and deploying among storage and data options including Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Bigtable, Cloud Spanner, BigQuery, and Pub/Sub.
- Differentiating and deploying among networking options including VPC, firewall rules, interconnect options (VPN), and load balancer options.
- Identify the tasks of the Cloud Engineer in deploying and implementing a cloud solution.
- Determine the skills you need to develop related to deploying and implementing a cloud solution.
Module 4 - Ensuring Successful Operation of a Cloud Solution
- Managing and adjusting the configuration of compute resources, and understanding cost implications.
- Managing and adjusting the configuration of storage and data resources, and understanding cost implications.
- Managing and adjusting the configuration of network resources, and understanding cost implications.
- Identify the tasks of the Cloud Engineer in ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution.
- Determine the skills you need to develop to ensure successful operation of cloud solutions.
Module 5 - Configuring Access and Security
- Managing IAM and service accounts.
- Viewing project audit logs.
- Identify the tasks of the Cloud Engineer in configuring access and security.
- Determine the skills you need to develop to manage access and security in Google Cloud.
Module 6 - Your Next Steps
- Finalizing your study plan
- Creating a weekly study sheet
- Registering for the exam