PASS THE CERTIFICATION AND BECOME A CLOUD ARCHITECT
The Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect is one of the most sought-after and highest-paid cloud certifications on the market. It covers the foundations of Google Cloud and the core services that envelop it.
This course will teach you everything you need to land your Professional Cloud Architect certification but also goes above and beyond to teach you real-world skills that will make you shine above the rest.
PREREQUISITES
- Recommended: Hold the Associate Cloud Engineer certification
- Recommended: Either passed the ACE exam using my course or watch it as part one of your PCA studies
- A computer to perform the multiple demo lessons
- An email address and credit card for the GCP account
- $15 per month of studies for use with the advanced demos
DESIGNED FOR
- Those who have passed the Associate Cloud Engineer exam
- Experienced Engineers or Consultants
- IT Managers looking to understand their platforms and Environments
- Project Managers looking to advance their knowledge in GCP
DIFFERENT FROM THE REST
SLACK COMMUNITY SUPPORT - Direct access to support from the instructor and others going through the same course as you
PRODUCTION VALUES - Highest production values than the competition
SUITABLE FOR ANYONE - Suitable for absolutely anyone looking to learn Google Cloud.
SCENARIO BASED - Based on scenarios you would encounter in the real world.
LEARN REAL-WORLD SKILLS - It's not just about the certification, it's about the learning that comes with it.
ADVANCED GOOGLE CLOUD ARCHITECTURE - This course covers advanced architectural concepts in relation to Google Cloud but also covers the extended Google Cloud services range in-depth, which feature in the Cloud Architect exam. Topics in this course include:
- Designing infrastructure solutions that meet business and technical requirements
- Designing network, storage, and compute resources
- Leverage, deploy, and continuously train pre-existing machine learning models.
- Enterprise cloud strategy, solution design, and architectural best practices
- Software development methodologies and approaches
- Multi-tiered distributed applications which span multi-cloud or hybrid environments.
COURSE OUTCOMES
- Confidence to sit and pass the Professional Cloud Architect exam
- Preparation in technical interviews for Cloud Architect roles.
- The ability to design local, global, elastic architectures in Google Cloud that are secure, cost-effective, resilient, efficient and adhere to Google Cloud best practices.
- Understanding of technical fundamentals that Google Cloud products and services build upon
ACQUIRED PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE:
- Building complex security solutions in Google Cloud
- Design highly-secure and resilient architectures in Google Cloud
- Advance your career in terms of salary and project opportunities
- Advanced knowledge to tackle the more difficult professional-level exams
Course Curriculum
- ABOUT THIS SECTION - PLEASE READ
- [ACESHARED] Networking Refresher - PART 1 (15:45)
- [ACESHARED] Networking Refresher - PART 2 (10:49)
- [ACESHARED] Network Address Translation [NAT] - PART 1 (10:17)
- [ACESHARED] Network Address Translation [NAT] - PART 2 (10:12)
- [ACESHARED] DNS Fundamentals (15:25)
- [ACESHARED] DNS Record Types (11:50)
- [ACESHARED] Virtualization Fundamentals (12:09)
- [ACESHARED] Intro to Containers (9:00)
- [ACESHARED] Storage Fundamentals (10:41)
- [ACESHARED] Cloud IAM Overview (16:08)
- [ACESHARED] Policies and Conditions (10:35)
- [DEMO] Cloud IAM - PART 1 (15:31)
- [DEMO] Cloud IAM - PART 2 (11:11)
- [ACESHARED] Service Accounts (11:39)
- [DEMO] Service Accounts [PART 1] (10:39)
- [DEMO] Service Accounts [PART 2] (7:27)
- SAML 2.0 Identity Federation (13:02)
- [DEMO] Service Account Impersonation (14:19)
- [ACESHARED] Cloud Identity (10:31)
- Google Cloud Directory Sync [GCDS] (6:12)
- [ACESHARED] Cloud IAM Best Practices (7:26)
- [ACESHARED] Virtual Private Cloud [VPC] (8:16)
- [ACESHARED] Networks and Subnets (4:57)
- [ACESHARED] Routing and Private Google Access (16:44)
- [ACESHARED] IP Addressing (14:07)
- [DEMO] Creating Internal and External IP Addresses - PART 1 (9:01)
- [DEMO] Creating Internal and External IP Addresses - PART 2 (12:23)
- [ACESHARED] Firewall and Firewall Rules (13:16)
- [DEMO] Custom VPC - PART 1 (13:32)
- [DEMO] Custom VPC - PART 2 (13:53)
- [DEMO] Custom VPC - PART 3 (4:07)
- [ACESHARED] VPC Network Peering (6:42)
- [ACESHARED] [DEMO] VPC Network Peering (14:46)
- [ACESHARED] Shared VPC (8:45)
- Cloud NAT (11:58)
- [DEMO] Setting up Cloud NAT with a Bastion Host - PART 1 (8:17)
- [DEMO] Setting up Cloud NAT with a Bastion Host - PART 2 (10:22)
- Cloud CDN (14:41)
- [ACESHARED] VPC Flow Logs (7:15)
- VPC Best Practices and Architectures (15:31)
- [ACESHARED] Compute Engine Overview (10:06)
- [ACESHARED] Compute Engine Billing (15:04)
- [ACESHARED] Managing Instances (18:33)
- [DEMO] Connecting to your Instances - PART 1 (11:17)
- [DEMO] Connecting to your Instances - PART 2 (10:57)
- [DEMO] Metadata and Startup Scripts (15:02)
- [ACESHARED] Persistent Disks and Local SSDs - Part 1 (11:52)
- [ACESHARED] Persistent Disks and Local SSDs - Part 2 (5:27)
- [DEMO] Managing disks on Compute Engine - PART 1 (10:35)
- [DEMO] Managing disks on Compute Engine - PART 2 (7:54)
- [ACESHARED] Snapshots (9:30)
- [DEMO] Creating Snapshots and Snapshot Schedules (13:14)
- Sole-tenant Nodes (9:50)
- [ACESHARED] GKE and Kubernetes Concepts (12:15)
- [ACESHARED] Cluster and Node Management (13:09)
- [ACESHARED] Pods and Object Management (13:44)
- [ACESHARED] Kubernetes Services - PART 1 (12:09)
- [ACESHARED] Kubernetes Services - PART 2 (5:49)
- Ingress for GKE (8:34)
- GKE Storage Options (16:03)
- [DEMO] 'Box of Bowties' - PART 1 - Creating a GKE Cluster -1 (13:17)
- [DEMO] 'Box of Bowties' - PART 2 - Creating a GKE Cluster -2 (10:15)
- [DEMO] 'Box of Bowties' - PART 3 - Creating and deploying an app in GKE (16:02)
- [DEMO] 'Box of Bowties' - PART 4 - Managing workloads on GKE (14:17)
- Anthos Overview (10:25)
- Anthos Clusters - PART 1 (13:48)
- Anthos Clusters - PART 2 (7:50)
- Ingress for Anthos (12:42)
- Anthos Service Mesh - PART 1 (11:53)
- Anthos Service Mesh - PART 2 (11:35)
- Anthos Config Management - PART 1 (10:36)
- Anthos Config Management - PART 2 (8:09)
- Anthos Tooling - PART 1 (11:55)
- Anthos Tooling - PART 2 (10:07)
- Cloud Run for Anthos (11:02)
Hi, I’m Antoni Tzavelas
Antoni is an experienced Cloud Architect and Technical Instructor specializing in cloud technologies. Over the past year, Antoni has taught hundreds of students in the classroom and created online courses taken by thousands of students globally.
Antoni loves working with his students to learn the necessary skills to advance their career, and ultimately, their lives. This comes from his passion for learning from being in the technology industry for almost 20 years, implementing and architecting many different Cloud and DevOps solutions.
Antoni's fun time consists of creating online content for social media, building with Lego and running marathons.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a subscription?
Yes ... all courses are one-time purchases and include 1-year access to certification course and all updates.
Do the courses have labs?
In my courses, they are marked as DEMO lessons. The course gets you to create GCP accounts at the start. DEMO lessons run largely within the free tier but allow us to do long-running demos and architecture evolutions which aren't possible with traditional lab systems.
Are there any access restrictions?
Certainly not. As long as the certification exists, you will have access to this course and can watch it at any time during your subscription.
What do the courses include?
Theory lessons, DEMO lessons and DEMO Assets (on GitHub). Final practice exams. Visual Learning aids and full professionally made captions.
Is the course complete?
Yes. This course is fully complete.
How long do I have access to the course?
1-year access. After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for a year from the time you signed up - across any and all devices you own.