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The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By : Dr. Logan Song
Book Image

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By: Dr. Logan Song

Overview of this book

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer is a comprehensive guide to mastering cloud computing concepts by building a broad and deep cloud knowledge base, developing hands-on cloud skills, and achieving professional cloud certifications. Even if you’re a beginner with a basic understanding of computer hardware and software, this book serves as the means to transition into a cloud computing career. Starting with the Amazon cloud, you’ll explore the fundamental AWS cloud services, then progress to advanced AWS cloud services in the domains of data, machine learning, and security. Next, you’ll build proficiency in Microsoft Azure Cloud and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by examining the common attributes of the three clouds while distinguishing their unique features. You’ll further enhance your skills through practical experience on these platforms with real-life cloud project implementations. Finally, you’ll find expert guidance on cloud certifications and career development. By the end of this cloud computing book, you’ll have become a cloud-savvy professional well-versed in AWS, Azure, and GCP, ready to pursue cloud certifications to validate your skills.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning about the Amazon Cloud
9
Part 2:Comprehending GCP Cloud Services
14
Part 3:Mastering Azure Cloud Services
19
Part 4:Developing a Successful Cloud Career

Summary

Congratulations! We have completed the first chapter of our AWS self-learning journey: cloud compute services. In this chapter, we have thoroughly discussed Amazon EC2 instances and provisioned EC2 instances step by step, using the AWS cloud console and CloudShell command lines. We then extended from EC2 (VM) to the container and serverless concepts and briefly discussed Amazon’s ECS, EKS, and Lambda services.

In the next chapter, we will discuss Amazon storage services, including block storage and network storage that can be added and shared by EC2 instances, and the Simple Storage Service.

At the end of each chapter, we provide practice questions and answers. These questions are designed to help you understand the cloud concepts discussed in the chapter. Please spend time on each question before checking the answer.