Cloud Computing and DevOps
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Prep
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Google Cloud Platform Essentials
Set up Google Cloud projects securely and deploy websites, containerised applications and a simple data pipeline using compute, storage, databases and BigQuery, with costs under control.
About this course
Explore Google Cloud. Learn compute, storage, networking, and management tools to deploy and run applications on GCP.
What you will learn
- Organise Google Cloud resources into projects and folders, link billing and work confidently in the Console and Cloud Shell
- Choose regions and zones, design a basic VPC with firewall rules and grant least-privilege access with IAM
- Run workloads on Compute Engine and Cloud Run and choose the right deployment option for a given application
- Store and analyse data with Cloud Storage classes, BigQuery, Cloud SQL and Firestore
- Monitor services with Cloud Logging and Monitoring and control spend with budgets, labels and alerts
- Deploy a static website, a containerised API and an automated data pipeline following security best practices
Curriculum
Module 1GCP Foundations4 lessons
- 1GCP Structure: Projects and Billing Free preview
- 2Console and Cloud Shell
- 3Regions, Zones and Networking Basics
- 4IAM on GCP
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 2Core Services4 lessons
- 5Compute Engine and Cloud Run
- 6Cloud Storage Classes
- 7BigQuery Introduction
- 8Cloud SQL and Firestore
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 3Operations4 lessons
- 9Monitoring and Logging
- 10Cost Controls and Budgets
- 11Deployment Options Compared
- 12Security Best Practices
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 4Hands-On3 lessons
- 13Host a Static Site
- 14Deploy a Containerised App
- 15Course Project: Data Pipeline Lite
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
PFinal project: Data Pipeline Lite: Automated Pharmacy Sales Reporting
Who this course is for
- Developers and IT professionals starting to build or host applications on Google Cloud
- Data analysts and aspiring data engineers who want to use BigQuery and Cloud Storage
- Small business technical leads evaluating Google Cloud for their systems
Requirements
- A computer with a modern web browser and a Google account; a billing-enabled Google Cloud account is needed for hands-on work
- Basic familiarity with the command line and with simple code or SQL
- No prior Google Cloud experience is needed
What is included
Written lessons
15 lessons, each with a practical exercise and key points to remember.
Module quizzes
A short quiz at the end of each module. Pass mark 70%, and you can retake it.
Final project
Data Pipeline Lite: Automated Pharmacy Sales Reporting. A practical brief with steps and a way to check your own work.
Certificate
A certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses with a unique code anyone can verify.
How the certificate works
Complete every lesson and pass every module quiz with 70% or more. Your certificate then appears in your learner area, ready to print or save as PDF. It shows your name, the course title, the completion date and a unique code. It is a certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses, not an accredited qualification.
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