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Professional Cloud Architect Google Cloud Certification Guide - Second Edition

By : Konrad Cłapa, Brian Gerrard
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Book Image

Professional Cloud Architect Google Cloud Certification Guide - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Konrad Cłapa, Brian Gerrard

Overview of this book

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is one of the industry leaders thanks to its array of services that can be leveraged by organizations to bring the best out of their infrastructure. This book is a comprehensive guide for learning methods to effectively utilize GCP services and help you become acquainted with the topics required to pass Google's Professional Cloud Architect certification exam. Following the Professional Cloud Architect's official exam syllabus, you'll first be introduced to the GCP. The book then covers the core services that GCP offers, such as computing and storage, and takes you through effective methods of scaling and automating your cloud infrastructure. As you progress through the chapters, you'll get to grips with containers and services and discover best practices related to the design and process. This revised second edition features new topics such as Cloud Run, Anthos, Data Fusion, Composer, and Data Catalog. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the knowledge required to take and pass the Google Cloud Certification – Professional Cloud Architect exam and become an expert in GCP services.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction to GCP
5
Section 2: Manage, Design, and Plan a Cloud Solution Architecture
14
Chapter 12: Exploring Storage and Database Options in GCP – Part 2
17
Section 3: Secure, Manage and Monitor a Google Cloud Solution
21
Section 4: Exam Focus

Anthos Config Management

Anthos Config Management comes with a suite of components that provide you with constant configuration and policies across multiple Anthos clusters. The components are interoperable but can also be used independently of each other. Figure 8.8 shows three components included in the service:

Figure 8.8 – Anthos Configuration Management

Let's look at the components in more detail:

  • Config Sync continuously reconciles the state of your clusters with a central set of configurations stored in one or more Git repositories. This feature lets you manage common configurations with an auditable, transactional, and version-controlled deployment process that can span hybrid or multi-cloud environments:

Figure 8.9 – Anthos Configuration Manager

  • Policy Controller enables the enforcement of fully programmable policies. You can use these policies to actively block non-compliant API requests...