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The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By : Dr. Logan Song
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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

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “Using putty to connect to a Linux instance, install mysql client pkg and connect to the RDS endpoint.”

A block of code is set as follows:

Create database school;
Create table school.students (
    StudentID int primary key,
    LastName varchar(100),
    FirstName varchar(100),
    City varchar(100)  );

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

Create database school;
Create table school.students (
    StudentID int primary key,
    LastName varchar(100),
    FirstName varchar(100),
    City varchar(100)  );

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

gcloud functions deploy image_checking  --trigger-resource  z04092023-upload --trigger-event google.storage.object.finalize --runtime python37

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: “Click Explore table items.”

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