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Google Cloud Digital Leader
From cloud fundamentals to Google Cloud products, at the pace of the Cloud Digital Leader certification.
22 posts · 134 min read in total
- 01
Cloud Fundamentals
Why the cloud exists: the essential concepts that show up in any cloud certification, whether AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud.
5 min read
- 02
Regions and Zones
Where the cloud really is: how regions and zones cut latency and keep one failure from taking everything down, on any provider.
4 min read
- 03
Security and Shared Responsibility in the Cloud
The provider protects the cloud; you protect what you put in it. The division of responsibilities, IAM and least privilege, on any provider.
6 min read
- 04
Google Cloud: the starting point
How Google Cloud organizes your space: organization, folders and projects, where permissions and billing live, and the global infrastructure behind it.
6 min read
- 05
Security and Identity on Google Cloud
How Google Cloud applies IAM in practice: policies in the resource hierarchy, service accounts, encryption with your own keys and audit logs.
6 min read
- 06
Virtual Machines: from the dedicated server to the cloud
From the dedicated server to the cloud VM: what virtualization is, who looks after what, and what the cloud brought that traditional hosting didn't have.
4 min read
- 07
Compute Engine: virtual machines on Google Cloud
Compute Engine is Google Cloud's VM service: how to choose the machine type, the disks, the instance group and how to pay for it.
8 min read
- 08
Scaling and Load Balancing on Google Cloud
How to keep several identical VMs running: a group that replaces a failed machine, and a balancer that decides where each request goes.
7 min read
- 09
Cloud Service Models: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and FaaS
Four ways to use the cloud, from renting infrastructure to ready-made software: what each model delivers and who looks after what, on any provider.
6 min read
- 10
Serverless and Cloud Run on Google Cloud
How to run the brewery's site without paying for idle servers all year: Cloud Run, App Engine and Cloud Run functions, and when each one fits.
6 min read
- 11
App Engine on Google Cloud
How to put a web application online without managing machines: App Engine, its Standard and Flexible environments, and when to choose each one.
7 min read
- 12
Containers in the Cloud
How to run containers in the cloud without managing servers: container services, Kubernetes orchestration and image registries, on any provider.
7 min read
- 13
Kubernetes and GKE on Google Cloud
How to keep many containers running without waking up at night: what Kubernetes does, and how GKE splits the work between Google and your team.
6 min read
- 14
DevOps, SRE and APIs on Google Cloud
How to deliver and observe software in the cloud: automated deploys, monitoring, reliability targets (SRE) and APIs with a gateway.
5 min read
- 15
Cloud Storage: block, file and object
Three ways to store data in the cloud: what block, file and object storage are, when to use each one and how the cost changes.
7 min read
- 16
Cloud Databases
Installed on a VM or managed? How the cloud handles backups, replicas and failures, and what stays your responsibility.
7 min read
- 17
Data and Analytics on Google Cloud
Where to keep each kind of data on Google Cloud, why the store's database should not answer business questions, and how the data reaches the report.
7 min read
- 18
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
How a computer learns from data: AI, machine learning, the three kinds of learning and the life cycle of a model, on any cloud provider.
5 min read
- 19
AI on Google Cloud: Pre-trained APIs, BigQuery ML and Vertex AI
How to use AI on Google Cloud without starting from scratch: pre-trained APIs, SQL models in BigQuery and Vertex AI for custom and generative models.
6 min read
- 20
Cloud Networking: VPC, subnets and firewalls
How to build a private cloud network: VPCs, subnets, gateways and firewalls, and how to decide what stays open to the internet and what stays protected.
7 min read
- 21
Digital Transformation and Migration to Google Cloud
How to move systems to the cloud without stopping the business: migration strategies, Google Cloud tools and the transformation that comes after.
5 min read
- 22
Cloud Costs: pay for what you use and control the bill
Where the cloud bill comes from, which pricing models exist (on-demand, committed use, spot) and how to avoid surprises with budgets, tags and right-sizing.
7 min read