Course Overview
Learn how to deploy and manage containerized applications on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Learn how to use other tools on Google Cloud that interact with GKE deployments. This course features a combination of lectures, demos, and hands-on labs to help you explore and deploy solution elements—including infrastructure components like pods, containers, deployments, and services—along with networks and application services. You'll also learn how to deploy practical solutions, including security and access management, resource management, and resource monitoring.
Who should attend
This class is intended for the following participants:
- Cloud architects, administrators, and SysOps/DevOps personnel
- Individuals using Google Cloud Platform to create new solutions or to integrate existing systems, application environments, and infrastructure with the Google Cloud Platform.
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this course, participants should have completed Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure (GCF-CI) or have equivalent experience.
Course Objectives
- Understand how software containers work.
- Understand the architecture of Kubernetes.
- Understand the architecture of Google Cloud.
- Understand how pod networking works in Google Kubernetes Engine.
- Create and manage Kubernetes Engine clusters using the Google Cloud Console and gcloud/kubectl commands.
- Launch, roll back, and expose jobs in Kubernetes.
- Manage access control using Kubernetes RBAC and IAM.
- Manage pod security policies and network policies.
- Use Secrets and ConfigMaps to isolate security credentials and configuration artifacts.
- Understand Google Cloud choices for managed storage services.
- Monitor applications running in Google Kubernetes Engine.