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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
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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

Using APIs to manage resources

API usage is extremely common now. APIs are access points to an application that offer developers flexibility in the way they communicate with them, dramatically increasing their efficiency.

Important Note

GCP offers full documentation on the APIs for their services. We recommend that you check out https://cloud.google.com/apis/ and click on the specific service you wish to read more about.

APIs use different authentication services, depending on where the API calls come from and the resource(s) they are requesting:

  • API keys: These are encrypted strings that can be used when API calls don't need to access user data. These are great for getting developers up and running quickly. Keys are created from the GCP console under APIs & Services | Credentials. These keys are then used in the API request.
  • OAuth client IDs: These are based on the scope, meaning that different privileges will be granted to different IDs. This method...