Deploying Applications on GCP - Data, Networking, and More

Computing services such as virtual machine instances, container orchestration systems, serverless, etc., gain a lot of attention in the tech world, but storage and networking are also essential for almost all applications. Data storage is a broad topic covering a wide variety of storage mechanisms for different use cases. Networking is vital for service communication, and security is always important, though typically an afterthought.

As the technologies used to build distributed systems keep improving, data storage offerings continue to grow, evolve, and inspire new services. Having a better understanding of these different services can help us build better applications.

This lesson will help prepare you for the Google Professional Cloud Developer Certification exam, which requires a working knowledge of building cloud-native systems on GCP, and covers a wide variety of topics, from designing distributed systems to knowing how to create different storage resources.

This lesson focuses on the third section of the exam overview, concentrating specifically on the last four points, which cover data storage creation, networking, and security services.

Learning Objectives

• Create data storage resources
• Deploy and implement networking resources
• Automate resource provisioning with Deployment Manager
• Manage service accounts

Intended Audience

• IT professionals who want to become cloud-native developers
• IT professionals preparing for Google’s Professional Cloud Developer exam

Prerequisites

• Software development experience
• Proficient with at least one programming language
• SQL and NoSQL experience
• Networking experience (subnets, CIDR notation, and firewalls)
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code concepts